研究方向
植物氣體信號分子（NO、CO等）的代謝、功能以及信號轉導
在研項目
國家自然科學基金、 江蘇省自然科學基金和博士點基金各1項。
主要工作
1、開展了一氧化氮（NO）的植物生理效應和信號轉導工作。
2、發現了植物內源產生的一氧化碳（CO）也具有與NO類似的植物生長調節效應，包括提高植物耐鹽性和調節不定根/側根發生,因此在實踐中可以通過調節CO的產生來提高農作物的免疫性和改善植物生長發育。
論文目錄
Cao ZY, Geng BB, Xu S, Xuan W, Nie L, Shen WB*, Liang YC, Guan RZ*. BnHO1, a haem oxygenase-1 gene from Brassica napus, is required for salinity and osmotic stress-induced lateral root formation. J Exp Bot, 2011, doi:10.1093/jxb/err190
Xie YJ, Xu S, Han B, Wu MZ, Yuan XX, Han Y, Gu Q, Xu DK, Yang Q, Shen WB*, Evidence of Arabidopsis salt acclimation induced by up-regulation of HY1and the regulatory role of RbohD-derived reactive oxygen species synthesis. Plant J, 2011, 66: 280–292
Wu MZ, Huang JJ, Xu S, Ling TF, Xie YJ, Shen WB*. Haem oxygenase delays programmed cell death in wheat aleurone layers by modulation of hydrogen peroxide metabolism. J Exp Bot, 2011, 62: 235–248
Xie YJ, Ling TF, Han Y, Liu KL, Zheng QS, Huang LQ, Yuan XX, He Z, Hu B, Fang L, Shen ZG, Yang Q, Shen WB*. Carbon monoxide enhances salt tolerance by nitric oxide-mediated maintenance of ion homeostasis and up-regulation of antioxidant defense in wheat seedling root. Plant Cell Environ, 2008, 31(12): 1864–1881
Xuan W, Zhu FY, Xu S, Huang BK, Ling TF, Qi JY, Ye MB, Shen WB*. The heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide system is involved in the auxin-induced cucumber adventitious rooting process. Plant Physiol, 2008, 148: 881–893
Han Y, Zhang J, Chen X, Gao Z, Xuan W, Xu S, Ding X, She WB*. Carbon monoxide alleviates cadmium-induced oxidative damage by modulating glutathione metabolism in the roots of Medicago sativa. New Phytologist, 2008, 177(1): 155–166
