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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jane B. Lian is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the subfields of study cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology
  • Rheumatology
  • Cell Biology

The main research topics addressed in their work consist of:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Identification of tRNA-derived small RNA (tsRNA) responsive to the tumor suppressor, RUNX1, in breast cancer, 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • RUNX1 and RUNX2 transcription factors function in opposing roles to regulate breast cancer stem cells, 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing BMP-9 by CRISPR-Cas9 present high in vitro osteogenic potential and enhance in vivo bone formation, 2021, Gene Therapy
  • Titanium with nanotopography attenuates the osteoclast-induced disruption of osteoblast differentiation by regulating histone methylation, 2021, Biomaterials Advances
  • Pathogenic mutations in the chromokinesin KIF22 disrupt anaphase chromosome segregation, 2022, eLife

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Janet L. Stein
  • Gary S. Stein
  • Prachi N. Ghule
  • André J. van Wijnen

Frequent publication venues for the scientist's work are:

  • Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Results and problems in cell differentiation
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biomaterials Advances

Jane B. Lian received the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • Progressive development of the rat osteoblast phenotype in vitro: Reciprocal relationships in expression of genes associated with osteoblast proliferation and differentiation during formation of the bone extracellular matrix

    Thomas A. Owen;Michael A. Aronow;Victoria Shalhoub;Leesa M. Barone

  • Osteocalcin and matrix Gla protein: vitamin K-dependent proteins in bone

    P. V. Hauschka;J. B. Lian;D. E. C. Cole;C. M. Gundberg

  • Molecular mechanisms mediating proliferation/differentiation interrelationships during progressive development of the osteoblast phenotype

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian

  • Canonical WNT Signaling Promotes Osteogenesis by Directly Stimulating Runx2 Gene Expression

    Tripti Gaur;Christopher J. Lengner;Hayk Hovhannisyan;Ramesh A. Bhat

  • Relationship of cell growth to the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression during osteoblast differentiation.

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian;Thomas A. Owen

  • Concepts of Osteoblast Growth and Differentiation: Basis for Modulation of Bone Cell Development and Tissue Formation:

    Jane B. Lian;Gary S. Stein

  • Biological Functions of miR-29b Contribute to Positive Regulation of Osteoblast Differentiation

    Zhaoyong Li;Mohammad Q. Hassan;Mohammed Jafferji;Rami I. Aqeilan

  • A microRNA signature for a BMP2-induced osteoblast lineage commitment program.

    Zhaoyong Li;Mohammad Q. Hassan;Stefano Volinia;Andre J. van Wijnen

  • Factors that promote progressive development of the osteoblast phenotype in cultured fetal rat calvaria cells.

    Michael A. Aronow;Louis C. Gerstenfeld;Thomas A. Owen;Melissa S. Tassinari

  • MicroRNA control of bone formation and homeostasis

    Jane B. Lian;Gary S. Stein;Andre J. van Wijnen;Janet L. Stein

  • Runx2 control of organization, assembly and activity of the regulatory machinery for skeletal gene expression.

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian;Andre J. Van Wijnen;Janet L. Stein

  • Transcriptional control of osteoblast growth and differentiation

    G. S. Stein;J. B. Lian;J. L. Stein;A. J. Van Wijnen

  • The Wnt Antagonist Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein-1 Is a Negative Regulator of Trabecular Bone Formation in Adult Mice

    Peter V. N. Bodine;Weiguang Zhao;Yogendra P. Kharode;Frederick J. Bex

  • Expression of the osteoblast differentiation factor RUNX2 (Cbfa1/AML3/Pebp2αA) is inhibited by tumor necrosis factor-α

    Linda C. Gilbert;Xiaofei He;Paul K. Farmer;Janet Rubin

  • Regulatory controls for osteoblast growth and differentiation: role of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors

    Jane B. Lian;Amjad Javed;S. Kaleem Zaidi;Christopher Lengner

  • The Influence of Type I Collagen on the Development and Maintenance of the Osteoblast Phenotype in Primary and Passaged Rat Calvarial Osteoblasts: Modification of Expression of Genes Supporting Cell Growth, Adhesion, and Extracellular Matrix Mineralization

    Maureen P. Lynch;Janet L. Stein;Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian

  • Self-renewal of human embryonic stem cells is supported by a shortened G1 cell cycle phase

    Klaus A. Becker;Prachi N. Ghule;Jaclyn A. Therrien;Jane B. Lian

  • Runt Homology Domain Proteins in Osteoblast Differentiation: AML3/CBFA1 Is a Major Component of a Bone-Specific Complex

    Chaitali Banerjee;Laura R. McCabe;Je-Yong Choi;Scott W. Hiebert

  • Networks and hubs for the transcriptional control of osteoblastogenesis

    Jane B. Lian;Gary S. Stein;Amjad Javed;Andre J. Van Wijnen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary S. Stein
Gary S. Stein University of Vermont
Janet L. Stein
Janet L. Stein University of Vermont
Andre J. Van Wijnen
Andre J. Van Wijnen University of Connecticut Health Center
Martin Montecino
Martin Montecino Andrés Bello University
Sayyed K. Zaidi
Sayyed K. Zaidi University of Vermont
Amjad Javed
Amjad Javed University of Alabama at Birmingham
Je-Yong Choi
Je-Yong Choi Kyungpook National University
Anthony N. Imbalzano
Anthony N. Imbalzano University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Thomas A. Owen
Thomas A. Owen Pfizer (United States)
Jeffrey A. Nickerson
Jeffrey A. Nickerson University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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