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Tiansen Li is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, with significant attention to ophthalmology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging as subfields.

The scientist's work encompasses several main research topics, including:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Tiansen Li has published research in a variety of venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Gene Therapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Tissue Engineering Part C Methods

Recent publications by Tiansen Li include the following works:

  • Primary cilia biogenesis and associated retinal ciliopathies, 2020, published in Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Rapid characterization of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy vectors by mass photometry, 2022, published in Gene Therapy
  • Restoration of RPGR expression in vivo using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, 2021, published in Gene Therapy
  • Soy Protein Nanofiber Scaffolds for Uniform Maturation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium, 2020, published in Tissue Engineering Part C Methods
  • Accelerated Development of Rod Photoreceptors in Retinal Organoids Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Supplementation with 9-cis Retinal, 2020, published in STAR Protocols

Their collaborations involve frequent co-authors such as Anand Swaroop (7 joint publications), Holly Y. Chen (3 joint publications), Ryan A. Kelley (3 joint publications), Florian Régent (3 joint publications), and Zachary Batz (3 joint publications).

Best Publications

  • Cyclin D1 provides a link between development and oncogenesis in the retina and breast

    Piotr Sicinski;Joana Liu Donaher;Susan B. Parker;Susan B. Parker;Tiansen Li

  • Retinal degeneration in the rd mouse is caused by a defect in the β subunit of rod cGMP-phosphodiesterase

    Cathy Bowes;Tiansen Li;Michael Danciger;Michael Danciger;Leslie C. Baxter

  • Elastic fiber homeostasis requires lysyl oxidase-like 1 protein.

    Xiaoqing Liu;Yun Zhao;Jiangang Gao;Basil Pawlyk

  • Retinopathy and attenuated circadian entrainment in Crx-deficient mice.

    Takahisa Furukawa;Takahisa Furukawa;Eric M. Morrow;Tiansen Li;Fred C. Davis

  • Intrinsic circadian clock of the mammalian retina: importance for retinal processing of visual information.

    Kai-Florian Storch;Carlos Paz;James Signorovitch;Elio Raviola

  • Rescue of Cyclin D1 Deficiency by Knockin Cyclin E

    Yan Geng;Wendy Whoriskey;Mary Y Park;Roderick T Bronson

  • Cyclin D1-dependent kinase activity in murine development and mammary tumorigenesis

    Mark W. Landis;Mark W. Landis;Basil S. Pawlyk;Tiansen Li;Piotr Sicinski

  • Null RPGRIP1 Alleles in Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis

    Thaddeus P. Dryja;Scott M. Adams;Jonna L. Grimsby;Terri L. McGee

  • Molecular genetics of retinitis pigmentosa

    TP Dryja;T Li

  • A retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR)- deficient mouse model for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP3)

    Dong-Hyun Hong;Basil S. Pawlyk;Jingzi Shang;Michael A. Sandberg

  • Requirement for the c-Maf transcription factor in crystallin gene regulation and lens development

    J. I. Kim;Tiansen Li;I.-C. Ho;M. J. Grusby

  • Usherin is required for maintenance of retinal photoreceptors and normal development of cochlear hair cells.

    Xiaoqing Liu;Oleg V. Bulgakov;Keith N. Darrow;Basil Pawlyk

  • Transgenic mice carrying the dominant rhodopsin mutation P347S: Evidence for defective vectorial transport of rhodopsin to the outer segments

    Tiansen Li;Wendy K. Snyder;Jane E. Olsson;Thaddeus P. Dryja

  • Nrl knockdown by AAV-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 prevents retinal degeneration in mice

    Wenhan Yu;Suddhasil Mookherjee;Vijender Chaitankar;Suja Hiriyanna

  • In vivo transfer of a reporter gene to the retina mediated by an adenoviral vector

    Tiansen Li;M. Adamian;D. J. Roof;E. L. Berson

  • The GTPase activating factor for transducin in rod photoreceptors is the complex between RGS9 and type 5 G protein β subunit

    Elina R. Makino;Jason W. Handy;Tiansen Li;Vadim Y. Arshavsky

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa GTPase Regulator (RPGR)-interacting Protein Is Stably Associated with the Photoreceptor Ciliary Axoneme and Anchors RPGR to the Connecting Cilium*

    Dong-Hyun Hong;Guohua Yue;Michael Adamian;Tiansen Li

  • Rootletin, a novel coiled-coil protein, is a structural component of the ciliary rootlet

    Jun Yang;Xiaoqing Liu;Guohua Yue;Michael Adamian

  • Effect of vitamin A supplementation on rhodopsin mutants threonine-17 --> methionine and proline-347 --> serine in transgenic mice and in cell cultures

    Tiansen Li;Michael A. Sandberg;Basil S. Pawlyk;Bernard Rosner

  • Failure of elastic fiber homeostasis leads to pelvic floor disorders.

    Xiaoqing Liu;Yun Zhao;Basil Pawlyk;Margot Damaser

Frequent Co-Authors

Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Eliot L. Berson
Eliot L. Berson Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Robert N. Fariss
Robert N. Fariss National Institutes of Health
Robin R. Ali
Robin R. Ali King's College London
Kunio Nagashima
Kunio Nagashima National Institutes of Health
Thaddeus P. Dryja
Thaddeus P. Dryja Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Matthew W. Kelley
Matthew W. Kelley National Institutes of Health
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
Joan W. Miller
Joan W. Miller Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health

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