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Overview

Huawei Li is affiliated with Fudan University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cancer Research, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • RNA regulation and disease

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Huawei Li cover a range of biomedical and molecular biology topics. These include:

  • "Inhibition of the HMGB1/RAGE axis protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity via suppression of inflammation and oxidative stress," published in 2024 in International Journal of Biological Sciences
  • "Generation of innervated cochlear organoid recapitulates early development of auditory unit," published in 2022 in Stem Cell Reports
  • "Potential role of glucosamine-phosphate N-acetyltransferase 1 in the development of lung adenocarcinoma," published in 2021 in Aging
  • "Mitochondrial Homeostasis-Related lncRNAs are Potential Biomarkers for Predicting Prognosis and Immune Response in Lung Adenocarcinoma," published in 2022 in Frontiers in Genetics
  • "A biomarker framework for auditory system aging: the Aging Biomarker Consortium consensus statement," published in 2025 in Life Medicine

Frequent coauthors in Huawei Li's publications include:

  • Yilai Shu
  • Shan Sun
  • Luo Guo
  • Renjie Chai
  • Wenyan Li

Huawei Li's scientific contributions have appeared in several specialized journals including:

  • International Journal of Biological Sciences
  • Stem Cell Reports
  • Aging
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Life Medicine

Best Publications

  • Pluripotent stem cells from the adult mouse inner ear.

    Huawei Li;Hong Liu;Stefan Heller

  • PTEN loss in the Myf5 lineage redistributes body fat and reveals subsets of white adipocytes that arise from Myf5 precursors

    Joan Sanchez-Gurmaches;Chien-Min Hung;Cynthia A. Sparks;Yuefeng Tang

  • Generation of hair cells by stepwise differentiation of embryonic stem cells

    Huawei Li;Graham Roblin;Hong Liu;Stefan Heller

  • Engraftment and differentiation of embryonic stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells in the cochlear nerve trunk: growth of processes into the organ of Corti.

    C. Eduardo Corrales;Luying Pan;Luying Pan;Huawei Li;Huawei Li;M. Charles Liberman;M. Charles Liberman

  • Autophagy protects auditory hair cells against neomycin-induced damage.

    Zuhong He;Lingna Guo;Yilai Shu;Qiaojun Fang

  • Notch inhibition induces mitotically generated hair cells in mammalian cochleae via activating the Wnt pathway

    Wenyan Li;Jingfang Wu;Jianming Yang;Shan Sun

  • AAV-ie enables safe and efficient gene transfer to inner ear cells

    Fangzhi Tan;Cenfeng Chu;Cenfeng Chu;Jieyu Qi;Jieyu Qi;Wenyan Li

  • Brown Fat AKT2 Is a Cold-Induced Kinase that Stimulates ChREBP-Mediated De Novo Lipogenesis to Optimize Fuel Storage and Thermogenesis

    Joan Sanchez-Gurmaches;Yuefeng Tang;Naja Zenius Jespersen;Martina Wallace

  • Adipose tissue mTORC2 regulates ChREBP-driven de novo lipogenesis and hepatic glucose metabolism

    Yuefeng Tang;Martina Wallace;Joan Sanchez-Gurmaches;Wen-Yu Hsiao

  • Accelerating bioelectric functional development of neural stem cells by graphene coupling: Implications for neural interfacing with conductive materials.

    Rongrong Guo;Shasha Zhang;Miao Xiao;Fuping Qian

  • mTORC2-AKT signaling to ATP-citrate lyase drives brown adipogenesis and de novo lipogenesis.

    C. Martinez Calejman;S. Trefely;S. Trefely;S. W. Entwisle;A. Luciano

  • Rictor/mTORC2 Loss in the Myf5 Lineage Reprograms Brown Fat Metabolism and Protects Mice against Obesity and Metabolic Disease

    Chien-Min Hung;Camila Martinez Calejman;Joan Sanchez-Gurmaches;Huawei Li

  • Mutations in OTOGL, encoding the inner ear protein otogelin-like, cause moderate sensorineural hearing loss.

    Kemal O. Yariz;Duygu Duman;Celia Zazo Seco;Julia Dallman

  • Raptor/mTORC1 loss in adipocytes causes progressive lipodystrophy and fatty liver disease

    Peter L. Lee;Yuefeng Tang;Huawei Li;David A. Guertin

  • Stem cells as therapy for hearing loss

    Huawei Li;C.Eduardo Corrales;Albert Edge;Stefan Heller

  • Identification of Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors That Target Neonatal and Adult Mammalian Inner Ear Cell Subtypes.

    Yilai Shu;Yong Tao;Zhengmin Wang;Yong Tang

  • BMP4 signaling is involved in the generation of inner ear sensory epithelia.

    Huawei Li;Huawei Li;Carleton E Corrales;Zhengmin Wang;Yanling Zhao

  • Renewed proliferation in adult mouse cochlea and regeneration of hair cells

    Yilai Shu;Wenyan Li;Mingqian Huang;Mingqian Huang;Yi Zhou Quan;Yi Zhou Quan

  • Generation of mature and functional hair cells by co-expression of Gfi1, Pou4f3, and Atoh1 in the postnatal mouse cochlea

    Yan Chen;Yuyan Gu;Yige Li;Geng-Lin Li

  • Wnt activation followed by Notch inhibition promotes mitotic hair cell regeneration in the postnatal mouse cochlea

    Wenli Ni;Shan Zeng;Wenyan Li;Yan Chen;Yan Chen

  • Bmi1 Regulates the Proliferation of Cochlear Supporting Cells Via the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway.

    Xiaoling Lu;Shan Sun;Jieyu Qi;Jieyu Qi;Wenyan Li

  • Co-regulation of the Notch and Wnt signaling pathways promotes supporting cell proliferation and hair cell regeneration in mouse utricles

    Jingfang Wu;Wenyan Li;Chen Lin;Yan Chen;Yan Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mustafa Tekin
Mustafa Tekin University of Miami
Bing Su
Bing Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Judit Villén
Judit Villén University of Washington
M. Charles Liberman
M. Charles Liberman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dan Li
Dan Li University of Melbourne
Douglas A. Cotanche
Douglas A. Cotanche Boston University
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Dalhousie University
Susan H. Blanton
Susan H. Blanton University of Miami
Hannie Kremer
Hannie Kremer Radboud University
Jeffrey R. Holt
Jeffrey R. Holt Boston Children's Hospital

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