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Overview

Xin-Min Li is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has a research focus that spans multiple disciplines including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work involves several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Xin-Min Li has contributed to numerous publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • Changing Technologies of RNA Sequencing and Their Applications in Clinical Oncology, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Circular RNA FEACR inhibits ferroptosis and alleviates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by interacting with NAMPT, 2023, Journal of Biomedical Science
  • The circRNA CNEACR regulates necroptosis of cardiomyocytes through Foxa2 suppression, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Reusable Co-nanoparticles for general and selective N-alkylation of amines and ammonia with alcohols, 2021, Chemical Science
  • The Emerging Roles of Autophagy-Related MicroRNAs in Cancer, 2020, International Journal of Biological Sciences

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Chemical Science

Over the course of their work, Xin-Min Li has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Zeli Yuan
  • Hongyu Li
  • Jie Gao
  • Mingyan Yang
  • Jiajia Lv

Best Publications

  • Cardiac hypertrophy in vitamin D receptor knockout mice: role of the systemic and cardiac renin-angiotensin systems.

    Wei Xiang;Juan Kong;Songcang Chen;Li Ping Cao

  • MicroRNA-377 is up-regulated and can lead to increased fibronectin production in diabetic nephropathy

    Qiang Wang;Youli Wang;Andrew W. Minto;Jinhua Wang

  • miR-17-92 cluster accelerates adipocyte differentiation by negatively regulating tumor-suppressor Rb2/p130

    Qiang Wang;Yan Chun Li;Jinhua Wang;Juan Kong

  • Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Is Regulated by Wnt and Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Signaling in Osteoblast Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Qing Luo;Quan Kang;Quan Kang;Weike Si;Weike Si;Wei Jiang

  • CCN1/Cyr61 Is Regulated by the Canonical Wnt Signal and Plays an Important Role in Wnt3A-Induced Osteoblast Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Weike Si;Quan Kang;Quan Kang;Hue H. Luu;Jong Kyung Park;Jong Kyung Park

  • Mapping the first stages of mesoderm commitment during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells

    Denis Evseenko;Yuhua Zhu;Katja Schenke-Layland;Jeffrey Kuo

  • Phase I study of decitabine-mediated gene expression in patients with cancers involving the lungs, esophagus, or pleura.

    David S. Schrump;Maria R. Fischette;Dao M. Nguyen;Ming Zhao

  • Excessive autophagy contributes to neuron death in cerebral ischemia.

    Ruoyang Shi;Jiequn Weng;Ling Zhao;Xin-Min Li

  • Expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in rat hippocampus after treatment with antipsychotic drugs.

    Ou Bai;Jennifer Chlan-Fourney;Rudy Bowen;David Keegan

  • Inhibitor of DNA binding/differentiation helix-loop-helix proteins mediate bone morphogenetic protein-induced osteoblast differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.

    Ying Peng;Quan Kang;Qing Luo;Wei Jiang

  • Integrative survival-based molecular profiling of human pancreatic cancer.

    Timothy R. Donahue;Linh M. Tran;Reginald Hill;Yunfeng Li

  • Antipsychotic Drugs: Comparison in Animal Models of Efficacy, Neurotransmitter Regulation, and Neuroprotection

    Jeffrey A. Lieberman;Frank P. Bymaster;Herbert Y. Meltzer;Ariel Y. Deutch

  • Dose-related effects of chronic antidepressants on neuroprotective proteins BDNF, Bcl-2 and Cu/Zn-SOD in rat hippocampus

    Haiyun Xu;J Steven Richardson;Xin-Min Li

  • Malignant melanotic schwannian tumor: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and gene expression profiling study of 40 cases, with a proposal for the reclassification of "melanotic schwannoma".

    Jorge Torres-Mora;Sarah Dry;Xinmin Li;Scott Binder

  • Quetiapine facilitates oligodendrocyte development and prevents mice from myelin breakdown and behavioral changes.

    L Xiao;H Xu;Y Zhang;Z Wei

  • Hey1 basic helix-loop-helix protein plays an important role in mediating BMP9-induced osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal progenitor cells.

    Katie A. Sharff;Wen-Xin Song;Xiaoji Luo;Ni Tang

  • Endothelial cells provide an instructive niche for the differentiation and functional polarization of M2-like macrophages.

    Huanhuan He;Jingying Xu;Carmen M. Warren;Dan Duan

  • Bayesian Shrinkage Estimation of Quantitative Trait Loci Parameters

    Hui Wang;Yuan-Ming Zhang;Xinmin Li;Godfred L. Masinde

  • Quetiapine attenuates the immobilization stress-induced decrease of brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in rat hippocampus.

    Haiyun Xu;Hong Qing;Wenfu Lu;David Keegan

  • Anti-diabetic effect of ginsenoside Re in ob/ob mice.

    Jing-Tian Xie;Sangeeta R. Mehendale;Xinmin Li;Richard Quigg

  • Synergetic effects of quetiapine and venlafaxine in preventing the chronic restraint stress‐induced decrease in cell proliferation and BDNF expression in rat hippocampus

    Haiyun Xu;Zhong Chen;Zhong Chen;Jue He;Samson Haimanot

Frequent Co-Authors

Haiyun Xu
Haiyun Xu Shantou University
Subburaman Mohan
Subburaman Mohan Loma Linda University
David J. Baylink
David J. Baylink Loma Linda University
Alan A. Boulton
Alan A. Boulton University of Saskatchewan
Richard J. Quigg
Richard J. Quigg University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Ren Sun
Ren Sun University of California, Los Angeles
Russell Greiner
Russell Greiner University of Alberta
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Bruce A. Roe
Bruce A. Roe University of Oklahoma
Nicholas C. Wu
Nicholas C. Wu Scripps Research Institute

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