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Overview

Li Sun is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on topics such as neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration mechanisms, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The scientist has contributed to several research areas including:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies

Among the recent published works, Li Sun has co-authored:

  • Repurposing erectile dysfunction drugs tadalafil and vardenafil to increase bone mass, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing uncovers the cell type-dependent transcriptomic changes in the retrosplenial cortex after peripheral nerve injury, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Normative growth modeling of brain morphology reveals neuroanatomical heterogeneity and biological subtypes in children with ADHD, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Liver MRI-derived Proton Density Fat Fraction Predicts Diabetes Risk in Patients with Obesity: A Dose-Response Study, 2025, Radiology
  • Beyond bone biology: Lessons from team science, 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Li Sun frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Se-Min Kim, Charit Taneja, Vitaly Ryu, Anisa Gumerova, and Naseer Ahmad.

Their publications have appeared in various scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell Reports
  • Radiology
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Main fields of study for Li Sun are:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Subfields include:

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • FSH Directly Regulates Bone Mass

    Li Sun;Yuanzhen Peng;Allison C. Sharrow;Allison C. Sharrow;Jameel Iqbal

  • The myokine irisin increases cortical bone mass

    Graziana Colaianni;Concetta Cuscito;Teresa Mongelli;Paolo Pignataro

  • Genotype–phenotype correlation in 1,507 families with congenital adrenal hyperplasia owing to 21-hydroxylase deficiency

    Maria I. New;Moolamannil Abraham;Brian Gonzalez;Miroslav Dumic

  • Glucocerebrosidase gene-deficient mouse recapitulates Gaucher disease displaying cellular and molecular dysregulation beyond the macrophage.

    Pramod K. Mistry;Jun Liu;Mei Yang;Timothy Nottoli

  • Blocking FSH induces thermogenic adipose tissue and reduces body fat

    Peng Liu;Yaoting Ji;Yaoting Ji;Tony Yuen;Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy

  • Oxytocin is an anabolic bone hormone

    Roberto Tamma;Graziana Colaianni;Ling Ling Zhu;Adriana DiBenedetto

  • Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma

    Maria I New;Yu K Tong;Tony Yuen;Peiyong Jiang

  • Follicle-stimulating hormone stimulates TNF production from immune cells to enhance osteoblast and osteoclast formation

    Jameel Iqbal;Li Sun;T. Rajendra Kumar;Harry C. Blair

  • A new function for CD38/ADP-ribosyl cyclase in nuclear Ca2+ homeostasis.

    Adebanjo Oa;Anandatheerthavarada Hk;Koval Ap;Moonga Bs;Moonga Bs

  • Calcineurin regulates bone formation by the osteoblast

    Li Sun;Harry C. Blair;Yuanzhen Peng;Neeha Zaidi

  • Blocking antibody to the β-subunit of FSH prevents bone loss by inhibiting bone resorption and stimulating bone synthesis

    Ling-Ling Zhu;Harry Blair;Harry Blair;Jay Cao;Tony Yuen

  • ACTH protects against glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of bone

    Mone Zaidi;Li Sun;Lisa J. Robinson;Irina L. Tourkova

  • Regulation of bone remodeling by vasopressin explains the bone loss in hyponatremia

    Roberto Tamma;Li Sun;Concetta Cuscito;Ping Lu

  • Role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in osteoclast differentiation

    Satish Srinivasan;Alexander Koenigstein;Joy Joseph;Li Sun

  • Structure-phenotype correlations of human CYP21A2 mutations in congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

    Shozeb Haider;Barira Islam;Valentina D’Atri;Miriam Sgobba

  • TNFα mediates the skeletal effects of thyroid-stimulating hormone

    Hidenori Hase;Takao Ando;Leslie Eldeiry;Alina Brebene

  • Induction of a program gene expression during osteoblast differentiation with strontium ranelate

    Ling-Ling Zhu;Samir Zaidi;Yuanzhen Peng;Hang Zhou

  • FSH-receptor isoforms and FSH-dependent gene transcription in human monocytes and osteoclasts

    Lisa J. Robinson;Irina Tourkova;Yujuan Wang;Allison C. Sharrow

  • Glucocerebrosidase 2 gene deletion rescues type 1 Gaucher disease

    Pramod K. Mistry;Jun Liu;Li Sun;Wei-Lien Chuang

  • Smoke carcinogens cause bone loss through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and induction of Cyp1 enzymes.

    Jameel Iqbal;Li Sun;Jay Cao;Tony Yuen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mone Zaidi
Mone Zaidi Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Harry C. Blair
Harry C. Blair University of Pittsburgh
Maria I. New
Maria I. New Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Terry F. Davies
Terry F. Davies Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clifford J. Rosen
Clifford J. Rosen Maine Medical Center
Maria Grano
Maria Grano University of Bari Aldo Moro
Narayan G. Avadhani
Narayan G. Avadhani University of Pennsylvania
Silvia Colucci
Silvia Colucci University of Luxembourg
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Yale University
Goutham Narla
Goutham Narla University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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