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Liangdan Sun is a researcher affiliated with Anhui Medical University in China. Their work spans multiple intersecting fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields in which Liangdan Sun has contributed include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, Genetics, and Oncology.

Liangdan Sun's research primarily covers topics such as Psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, Dermatology and skin diseases, Cytokine signaling pathways and interactions, melanin and skin pigmentation, T-cell and B-cell immunology, Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, and Immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Liangdan Sun include:

  • International Immunopharmacology
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • UNC Libraries
  • Advanced Science
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Qi Zhen
  • Huiyao Ge
  • Yafen Yu
  • Yirui Wang
  • Yiwen Mao

Some of Liangdan Sun's recent papers are:

  • Health-related quality of life of COVID-19 patients after discharge: A multicenter follow-up study (2021), Journal of Clinical Nursing
  • Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV promotes imiquimod-induced psoriatic inflammation via macrophages and keratinocytes in mice (2022), Nature Communications
  • CTNNB1/ β -catenin dysfunction contributes to adiposity by regulating the cross-talk of mature adipocytes and preadipocytes (2020), Science Advances
  • Low dose of emetine as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 virus therapy: preclinical in vitro inhibition and in vivo pharmacokinetic evidences (2020), Molecular Biomedicine
  • Association of the Polymorphism rs13259960 in SLEAR With Predisposition to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (2020), Arthritis & Rheumatology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study in a Chinese Han population identifies nine new susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Jian-Wen Han;Jian-Wen Han;Hou-Feng Zheng;Hou-Feng Zheng;Yong Cui;Yong Cui;Liang-Dan Sun;Liang-Dan Sun

  • Genomewide association study of leprosy.

    Fu-Ren Zhang;Wei Huang;Shu-Min Chen;Liang-Dan Sun

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Psoriasis genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility variants within LCE gene cluster at 1q21

    Xue Jun Zhang;Wei Huang;Sen Yang;Sen Yang;Liang Dan Sun;Liang Dan Sun

  • Genome-wide association study of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese subjects identifies susceptibility loci at PLCE1 and C20orf54.

    Li Dong Wang;Fu You Zhou;Xue Min Li;Liang Dan Sun

  • Association analyses identify six new psoriasis susceptibility loci in the Chinese population

    Liang-Dan Sun;Hui Cheng;Hui Cheng;Zai-Xing Wang;Zai-Xing Wang;An-Ping Zhang;An-Ping Zhang

  • Genetic variants in STAT4 and HLA-DQ genes confer risk of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

    De Ke Jiang;Jielin Sun;Guangwen Cao;Yao Liu

  • A genome-wide association study in Han Chinese identifies multiple susceptibility loci for IgA nephropathy

    Xue Qing Yu;Ming Li;Hong Zhang;Hui Qi Low

  • Genetic Structure of the Han Chinese Population Revealed by Genome-wide SNP Variation

    Jieming Chen;Houfeng Zheng;Houfeng Zheng;Jin Xin Bei;Liangdan Sun;Liangdan Sun

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia in Han Chinese at 11p11.2

    Wei Hua Yue;Hai Feng Wang;Hai Feng Wang;Liang Dan Sun;Fu Lei Tang

  • Genome-wide analyses of non-syndromic cleft lip with palate identify 14 novel loci and genetic heterogeneity.

    Yanqin Yu;Xianbo Zuo;Miao He;Jinping Gao

  • A large-scale screen for coding variants predisposing to psoriasis.

    Huayang Tang;Xin Jin;Yang Li;Hui Jiang

  • Genome-wide association study for vitiligo identifies susceptibility loci at 6q27 and the MHC

    Cheng Quan;Yun-Qing Ren;Lei-Hong Xiang;Liang-Dan Sun

  • Genome-wide association study identifies two new susceptibility loci for atopic dermatitis in the Chinese Han population

    Liang Dan Sun;Feng Li Xiao;Feng Li Xiao;Yang Li;Yang Li;Wen Ming Zhou;Wen Ming Zhou

  • Meta-analysis Followed by Replication Identifies Loci in or near CDKN1B, TET3, CD80, DRAM1, and ARID5B as Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Asians

    Wanling Yang;Huayang Tang;Yan Zhang;Xianfa Tang

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies GRK5 and RASGRP1 as Type 2 Diabetes Loci in Chinese Hans

    Huaixing(黎怀星) Li;Wei Gan;Ling Lu;Xiao Dong

  • High-density genotyping study identifies four new susceptibility loci for atopic dermatitis

    David Ellinghaus;Hansjörg Baurecht;Hansjörg Baurecht;Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Elke Rodríguez

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies multiple novel associations and ethnic heterogeneity of psoriasis susceptibility

    Xianyong Yin;Hui Qi Low;Ling Wang;Yonghong Li

  • Deep sequencing of the MHC region in the Chinese population contributes to studies of complex disease

    Fusheng Zhou;Hongzhi Cao;Xianbo Zuo;Tao Zhang

  • Identification of two new loci at IL23R and RAB32 that influence susceptibility to leprosy.

    Furen Zhang;Hong Liu;Shumin Chen;Huiqi Low

Frequent Co-Authors

Sen Yang
Sen Yang Anhui Medical University
Xuejun Zhang
Xuejun Zhang Fudan University
Jianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu Genome Institute of Singapore
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yingrui Li
Yingrui Li Beijing Institute of Genomics
Yu-Lung Lau
Yu-Lung Lau University of Hong Kong
Pak C. Sham
Pak C. Sham University of Hong Kong
Stacey S. Cherny
Stacey S. Cherny Tel Aviv University
Mark Seielstad
Mark Seielstad University of California, San Francisco
Ping Li
Ping Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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