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Overview

Jian Jian Li is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, their work often focuses on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure

Jian Jian Li has published extensively, with frequent publication venues including:

  • iScience
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PubMed

Some of the scientist's recent papers are:

  • "Transformable peptide nanoparticles arrest HER2 signalling and cause cancer cell death in vivo," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Fatty acid oxidation fuels glioblastoma radioresistance with CD47-mediated immune evasion," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Dual blockade of CD47 and HER2 eliminates radioresistant breast cancer cells," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Longitudinal transcriptome analyses show robust T cell immunity during recovery from COVID-19," 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • "Engineered extracellular vesicles with high collagen-binding affinity present superior in situ retention and therapeutic efficacy in tissue repair," 2022, Theranostics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ming Fan
  • Jie Huang
  • Di Jing
  • Nian Jiang
  • Kit S. Lam

Best Publications

  • Metabolic oxidation/reduction reactions and cellular responses to ionizing radiation: a unifying concept in stress response biology.

    Douglas R. Spitz;Edouard I. Azzam;Jian Jian Li;David Gius

  • Transgenic mice demonstrate AP-1 (activator protein-1) transactivation is required for tumor promotion.

    Matthew R. Young;Jian-Jian Li;Jian-Jian Li;Mercedes Rincón;Richard A. Flavell

  • The role of NF-κB in the regulation of cell stress responses

    Tieli Wang;Xia Zhang;Jian Jian Li

  • Cyclin B1/Cdk1 Coordinates Mitochondrial Respiration for Cell-Cycle G2/M Progression

    Zhaoqing Wang;Ming Fan;Demet Candas;Tie Qiao Zhang

  • Manganese Superoxide Dismutase-Mediated Gene Expression in Radiation-Induced Adaptive Responses

    Guozheng Guo;Yan Yan-Sanders;Beverly D. Lyn-Cook;Tieli Wang

  • Phenotypic changes induced in human breast cancer cells by overexpression of manganese-containing superoxide dismutase.

    Jian-Jian Li;L. W. Oberley;D. K. St Clair;L. A. Ridnour

  • MnSOD in oxidative stress response-potential regulation via mitochondrial protein influx.

    Demet Candas;Jian Jian Li

  • Anthocyanidins inhibit activator protein 1 activity and cell transformation: structure–activity relationship and molecular mechanisms

    De Xing Hou;Keiko Kai;Jian-Jian Li;Shigang Lin

  • NF-κB-mediated adaptive resistance to ionizing radiation

    Kazi Mokim Ahmed;Jian Jian Li

  • Inhibitors of both nuclear factor-κB and activator protein-1 activation block the neoplastic transformation response

    Jian-Jian Li;Chandra Westergaard;Paritosh Ghosh;Nancy H. Colburn

  • Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment of Radiation-Induced Lung Fibrosis

    Nian Hua Ding;Jian-Jian Li;Lun Quan Sun

  • HER2-associated radioresistance of breast cancer stem cells isolated from HER2-negative breast cancer cells

    Nadire Duru;Ming Fan;Demet Candas;Cheikh Menaa

  • Kinesin Family Deregulation Coordinated by Bromodomain Protein ANCCA and Histone Methyltransferase MLL for Breast Cancer Cell Growth, Survival, and Tamoxifen Resistance

    June X. Zou;Zhijian Duan;Junjian Wang;Alex Sokolov

  • Transformable peptide nanoparticles arrest HER2 signalling and cause cancer cell death in vivo

    Lu Zhang;Di Jing;Nian Jiang;Tatu Rojalin

  • Inhibition of tumor promoter-induced transformation by retinoids that transrepress AP-1 without transactivating retinoic acid response element.

    Jian Jian Li;Zigang Dong;Marcia I. Dawson;Nancy H. Colburn

  • Breast cancer stem cells: Multiple capacities in tumor metastasis.

    Shao-Qing Geng;Aris T. Alexandrou;Jian Jian Li

  • NF-κB-Mediated HER2 Overexpression in Radiation-Adaptive Resistance

    Ning Cao;Shiyong Li;Zhaoqing Wang;Kazi Mokim Ahmed

  • Overexpression of Manganese-containing Superoxide Dismutase Confers Resistance to the Cytotoxicity of Tumor Necrosis Factor α and/or Hyperthermia

    Jian-Jian Li;Larry W. Oberley

  • Cyclin B1/CDK1-regulated mitochondrial bioenergetics in cell cycle progression and tumor resistance.

    Bowen Xie;Shuangyan Wang;Nian Jiang;Jian Jian Li

  • The network of epithelial–mesenchymal transition: potential new targets for tumor resistance

    Danupon Nantajit;Dong Lin;Jian Jian Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy H. Colburn
Nancy H. Colburn National Institutes of Health
Kit S. Lam
Kit S. Lam University of California, Davis
Ralph R. Weichselbaum
Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago
Larry W. Oberley
Larry W. Oberley University of Iowa
Douglas R. Spitz
Douglas R. Spitz University of Iowa
Yinsheng Wang
Yinsheng Wang University of California, Riverside
William J. Murphy
William J. Murphy University of California, Davis
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
De-Xing Hou
De-Xing Hou Kagoshima University
David Gius
David Gius Northwestern University

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