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57
Citations
17723
World Ranking
2129
National Ranking
1058

Overview

Hu Li is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology, oncology, immunology, cancer research, and physiology.

Li's work addresses several specialized topics, including:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Frequent publication venues for Li include:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Among Li's recent publications are:

  • "p21 produces a bioactive secretome that places stressed cells under immunosurveillance" (2021, Science)
  • "Immune signatures underlying post-acute COVID-19 lung sequelae" (2021, Science Immunology)
  • "Senescent alveolar macrophages promote early-stage lung tumorigenesis" (2023, Cancer Cell)
  • "Metabolic remodelling during early mouse embryo development" (2021, Nature Metabolism)
  • "SspABCD-SspE is a phosphorothioation-sensing bacterial defence system with broad anti-phage activities" (2020, Nature Microbiology)

Li has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Cheng Zhang
  • Cristina Correia
  • Choong Yong Ung
  • Taylor M. Weiskittel
  • Richard M. Weinshilboum

Best Publications

  • Highly efficient reprogramming to pluripotency and directed differentiation of human cells with synthetic modified mRNA

    Luigi Warren;Philip D. Manos;Philip D. Manos;Tim Ahfeldt;Tim Ahfeldt;Yuin-Han Loh

  • Donor cell type can influence the epigenome and differentiation potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells

    Kitai Kim;Kitai Kim;Rui Zhao;Akiko Doi;Kitwa Ng

  • Development of a primary human Small Intestine-on-a-Chip using biopsy-derived organoids

    Magdalena Kasendra;Alessio Tovaglieri;Alessio Tovaglieri;Alexandra Sontheimer-Phelps;Alexandra Sontheimer-Phelps;Sasan Jalili-Firoozinezhad;Sasan Jalili-Firoozinezhad

  • CellNet: Network Biology Applied to Stem Cell Engineering

    Patrick Cahan;Hu Li;Samantha A. Morris;Samantha A. Morris;Edroaldo Lummertz da Rocha;Edroaldo Lummertz da Rocha;Edroaldo Lummertz da Rocha

  • Distinct brain transcriptome profiles in C9orf72-associated and sporadic ALS

    Mercedes Prudencio;Veronique V Belzil;Ranjan Batra;Christian A Ross

  • The inhibition of TDP-43 mitochondrial localization blocks its neuronal toxicity

    Wenzhang Wang;Luwen Wang;Junjie Lu;Sandra L Siedlak

  • LIN28 Regulates Stem Cell Metabolism and Conversion to Primed Pluripotency.

    Jin Zhang;Sutheera Ratanasirintrawoot;Sutheera Ratanasirintrawoot;Sriram Chandrasekaran;Zhaoting Wu

  • Induction of multipotential hematopoietic progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells via respecification of lineage-restricted precursors

    Sergei Doulatov;Sergei Doulatov;Linda T. Vo;Linda T. Vo;Stephanie S. Chou;Stephanie S. Chou;Peter G. Kim;Peter G. Kim

  • Interaction of tau with the RNA-Binding Protein TIA1 Regulates tau Pathophysiology and Toxicity.

    Tara Vanderweyde;Daniel J. Apicco;Katherine Youmans-Kidder;Peter E.A. Ash

  • Dissecting engineered cell types and enhancing cell fate conversion via CellNet.

    Samantha A. Morris;Samantha A. Morris;Patrick Cahan;Patrick Cahan;Hu Li;Anna M. Zhao;Anna M. Zhao

  • Reducing the RNA binding protein TIA1 protects against tau-mediated neurodegeneration in vivo

    Daniel J. Apicco;Peter E. A. Ash;Brandon Maziuk;Chelsey LeBlang

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Ontogeny

    Shannon McKinney-Freeman;Patrick Cahan;Hu Li;Hu Li;Scott A. Lacadie

  • PD-L1 (B7-H1) Competes with the RNA Exosome to Regulate the DNA Damage Response and Can Be Targeted to Sensitize to Radiation or Chemotherapy

    Xinyi Tu;Bo Qin;Yong Zhang;Cheng Zhang

  • Hsp70-Bag3 interactions regulate cancer-related signaling networks

    Teresa A. Colvin;Vladimir L. Gabai;Jianlin Gong;Stuart K. Calderwood

  • Senescent cells: a therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease

    Bennett G. Childs;Hu Li;Jan M. van Deursen

  • p21 produces a bioactive secretome that places stressed cells under immunosurveillance.

    Ines Sturmlechner;Ines Sturmlechner;Cheng Zhang;Chance C. Sine;Erik-Jan van Deursen

  • PPAR-α and glucocorticoid receptor synergize to promote erythroid progenitor self-renewal

    Hsiang Ying Lee;Xiaofei Gao;M. Inmaculada Barrasa;Hu Li

  • Alternative splicing of MBD2 supports self-renewal in human pluripotent stem cells.

    Yu Lu;Yu Lu;Yuin Han Loh;Yuin Han Loh;Yuin Han Loh;Hu Li;Hu Li;Hu Li;Marcella Cesana;Marcella Cesana

  • Metabolism in Pluripotent Stem Cells and Early Mammalian Development

    Jin Zhang;Jing Zhao;Perrine Dahan;Vivian Lu

  • RNA binding proteins co-localize with small tau inclusions in tauopathy

    Brandon F. Maziuk;Daniel J. Apicco;Anna Lourdes Cruz;Lulu Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

George Q. Daley
George Q. Daley Boston Children's Hospital
Benjamin Wolozin
Benjamin Wolozin Boston University
Rui Zhao
Rui Zhao University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Liewei Wang
Liewei Wang Mayo Clinic

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