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74
Citations
29393
World Ranking
5465
National Ranking
2594

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists

Overview

Ming O. Li is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of focus include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to immune system function, cancer, and therapy. Key areas of their research involve Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immune cells in cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Their notable publications include:

  • Single-cell sequencing links multiregional immune landscapes and tissue-resident T cells in ccRCC to tumor topology and therapy efficacy, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Glycolysis fuels phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling to bolster T cell immunity, 2021, Science
  • Cancer immunotherapy via targeted TGF-β signalling blockade in TH cells, 2020, Nature
  • TGF-β suppresses type 2 immunity to cancer, 2020, Nature
  • Tumor-associated macrophages expressing the transcription factor IRF8 promote T cell exhaustion in cancer, 2022, Immunity

Ming O. Li frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field, including Briana G. Nixon, Kristelle J. Capistrano, Xian Zhang, Fengshen Kuo, and Timothy A. Chan.

Their work has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Immunity
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cancer Research

In 2016, Ming O. Li received the AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award from the American Association of Immunologists.

Best Publications

  • Transforming growth factor-beta regulation of immune responses.

    Ming O. Li;Yisong Y. Wan;Shomyseh Sanjabi;Anna Karin L Robertson

  • The cellular and molecular origin of tumor-associated macrophages.

    Ruth A. Franklin;Will Liao;Abira Sarkar;Myoungjoo V. Kim;Myoungjoo V. Kim

  • TGF-β: A Master of All T Cell Trades

    Ming O. Li;Richard A. Flavell

  • Transforming Growth Factor-β Controls Development, Homeostasis, and Tolerance of T Cells by Regulatory T Cell-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms

    Ming O. Li;Shomyseh Sanjabi;Richard A. Flavell

  • Tumor immune microenvironment characterization in clear cell renal cell carcinoma identifies prognostic and immunotherapeutically relevant messenger RNA signatures

    Yasin Şenbabaoğlu;Ron S. Gejman;Ron S. Gejman;Andrew G. Winer;Ming Liu

  • T Cell-Produced Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Controls T Cell Tolerance and Regulates Th1- and Th17-Cell Differentiation

    Ming O. Li;Yisong Y. Wan;Richard A. Flavell

  • Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein Prevents Activation of NF-κB and Induction of Alpha/Beta Interferon

    Xiuyan Wang;Ming Li;Hongyong Zheng;Thomas Muster

  • Neuropilin 1 is expressed on thymus-derived natural regulatory T cells, but not mucosa-generated induced Foxp3+ T reg cells

    Jonathan M. Weiss;Angelina M. Bilate;Michael Gobert;Yi Ding

  • Aerobic glycolysis promotes T helper 1 cell differentiation through an epigenetic mechanism

    Min Peng;Na Yin;Sagar Chhangawala;Ke Xu

  • Contextual Regulation of Inflammation: A Duet by Transforming Growth Factor-β and Interleukin-10

    Ming O. Li;Richard A. Flavell

  • Bone marrow mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells induce monocyte emigration in response to circulating Toll-like receptor ligands

    Chao Shi;Ting Jia;Simon Mendez-Ferrer;Tobias M. Hohl

  • An essential role of the NF-kappa B/Toll-like receptor pathway in induction of inflammatory and tissue-repair gene expression by necrotic cells.

    Ming Li;David F. Carpio;Ye Zheng;Peter Bruzzo

  • TGF-β regulates in vivo expansion of Foxp3-expressing CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells responsible for protection against diabetes

    Yufeng Peng;Yasmina Laouar;Ming O. Li;E. Allison Green

  • Foxo proteins cooperatively control the differentiation of Foxp3 + regulatory T cells

    Weiming Ouyang;Omar Beckett;Qian Ma;Ji Hye Paik

  • Regulation of the Immune Response by TGF-β: From Conception to Autoimmunity and Infection

    Shomyseh Sanjabi;Soyoung A. Oh;Ming O. Li

  • T cell receptor signalling in the control of regulatory T cell differentiation and function

    Ming O. Li;Alexander Y. Rudensky

  • Foxp3 Exploits a Pre-Existent Enhancer Landscape for Regulatory T Cell Lineage Specification

    Robert M. Samstein;Aaron Arvey;Steven Z. Josefowicz;Xiao Peng

  • Phosphatidylserine Receptor Is Required for Clearance of Apoptotic Cells

    Ming O. Li;Matthew R. Sarkisian;Wajahat Z. Mehal;Pasko Rakic

  • Novel Foxo1-dependent transcriptional programs control T reg cell function

    Weiming Ouyang;Will Liao;Will Liao;Chong T. Luo;Na Yin

  • An Essential Role of the Forkhead-Box Transcription Factor Foxo1 in Control of T Cell Homeostasis and Tolerance

    Weiming Ouyang;Omar Beckett;Richard A. Flavell;Ming O. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Ming Liu
Ming Liu Fudan University
Alexander Y. Rudensky
Alexander Y. Rudensky Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Timothy A. Chan
Timothy A. Chan Cleveland Clinic
James J. Hsieh
James J. Hsieh Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Q. Zhang
Michael Q. Zhang The University of Texas at Dallas
Amer A. Beg
Amer A. Beg University of South Florida
Victor E. Reuter
Victor E. Reuter Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Paul Russo
Paul Russo Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christina S. Leslie
Christina S. Leslie Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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