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59
Citations
17582
World Ranking
12324
National Ranking
390

Overview

Yang Li is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and has an extensive research profile primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics focus largely on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, cancer-related gene regulation, RNA modifications and cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, pancreatic function and diabetes, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Yang Li's recent publications illustrate the scope and direction of their research. Notable papers include:

  • Development of Potent, Selective Surrogate WNT Molecules and Their Application in Defining Frizzled Requirements (2020, Cell chemical biology)
  • Therapeutic blood-brain barrier modulation and stroke treatment by a bioengineered FZD4-selective WNT surrogate in mice (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Sirtuin 3-mediated deacetylation of acyl-CoA synthetase family member 3 by protocatechuic acid attenuates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2020, British Journal of Pharmacology)
  • Tissue-targeted R-spondin mimetics for liver regeneration (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Antibody Binding Epitope Mapping (AbMap) of Hundred Antibodies in a Single Run (2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics)

Frequent collaborators include the following coauthors:

  • Sung-Jin Lee
  • Wen-Chen Yeh
  • Jay Ye
  • Asmiti Sura
  • Nicholas Suen

Yang Li also consistently publishes in several well-known venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • eLife
  • Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • A Multiprotein Mediator of Transcriptional Activation and Its Interaction with the C-Terminal Repeat Domain of RNA Polymerase II

    Young Joon Kim;Stefan Björklund;Yang Li;Michael H. Sayre

  • Identification and cloning of a megakaryocyte growth and development factor that is a ligand for the cytokine receptor MpI

    T.D. Bartley;J. Bogenberger;P. Hunt;Y.-S. Li

  • RSC, an Essential, Abundant Chromatin-Remodeling Complex

    Bradley R. Cairns;Yahli Lorch;Yang Li;Mincheng Zhang

  • A Novel Histone Acetyltransferase Is an Integral Subunit of Elongating RNA Polymerase II Holoenzyme

    Birgitte Ø Wittschieben;Gabriel Otero;Therese de Bizemont;Jane Fellows

  • Elongator, a multisubunit component of a novel RNA polymerase II holoenzyme for transcriptional elongation.

    Gabriel Otero;Jane Fellows;Yang Li;Therese de Bizemont

  • Activation of G Protein-Coupled Receptor 43 in Adipocytes Leads to Inhibition of Lipolysis and Suppression of Plasma Free Fatty Acids

    Hongfei Ge;Xiaofan Li;Jennifer Weiszmann;Ping Wang

  • Adaptive Neural Network Control of AUVs With Control Input Nonlinearities Using Reinforcement Learning

    Rongxin Cui;Chenguang Yang;Yang Li;Sanjay Sharma

  • Acute glucose-lowering and insulin-sensitizing action of FGF21 in insulin-resistant mouse models--association with liver and adipose tissue effects.

    Jing Xu;Shanaka Stanislaus;Narumol Chinookoswong;Yvonne Y. Lau

  • T0070907, a Selective Ligand for Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ, Functions as an Antagonist of Biochemical and Cellular Activities

    Gary Lee;Fabienne Elwood;John McNally;Jennifer Weiszmann

  • The role of SDF-1-CXCR4/CXCR7 axis in the therapeutic effects of hypoxia-preconditioned mesenchymal stem cells for renal ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Hongbao Liu;Shuibing Liu;Yang Li;Xiaohong Wang

  • Yeast global transcriptional regulators Sin4 and Rgr1 are components of mediator complex/RNA polymerase II holoenzyme

    Yang Li;Stefan Bjorklund;Stefan Bjorklund;Yi Wei Jiang;Young Joon Kim

  • Hypoxic preconditioning advances CXCR4 and CXCR7 expression by activating HIF-1α in MSCs

    Hongbao Liu;Wujun Xue;Guanqun Ge;Xiaohui Luo

  • CTD kinase associated with yeast RNA polymerase II initiation factor b

    William J. Feaver;Opher Gileadi;Yang Li;Roger D. Kornberg

  • A review on spindle thermal error compensation in machine tools

    Yang Li;Wanhua Zhao;Shuhuai Lan;Jun Ni

  • Mutual Information-Based Multi-AUV Path Planning for Scalar Field Sampling Using Multidimensional RRT*

    Rongxin Cui;Yang Li;Weisheng Yan

  • Structural organization of yeast and mammalian mediator complexes.

    Michaela R. Dotson;Chao Xing Yuan;Robert G. Roeder;Lawrence C. Myers

  • RNA polymerase II initiation factor interactions and transcription start site selection.

    Yang Li;Peter M. Flanagan;Herbert Tschochner;Roger D. Kornberg

  • Treating diabetes and obesity with an FGF21-mimetic antibody activating the βKlotho/FGFR1c receptor complex

    Ian N. Foltz;Sylvia Hu;Chadwick King;Xinle Wu

  • FGF19-induced Hepatocyte Proliferation Is Mediated through FGFR4 Activation

    Xinle Wu;Hongfei Ge;Bryan Lemon;Steven Vonderfecht

  • Separating mitogenic and metabolic activities of fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19)

    Xinle Wu;Hongfei Ge;Bryan Lemon;Steven Vonderfecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhen Luo
Zhen Luo Tianjin University
Roger D. Kornberg
Roger D. Kornberg Stanford University
Yuh J. Chao
Yuh J. Chao University of South Carolina
William G. Richards
William G. Richards Brigham and Women's Hospital
Amato J. Giaccia
Amato J. Giaccia Stanford University
S. Jack Hu
S. Jack Hu University of California, Riverside
Jesper Q. Svejstrup
Jesper Q. Svejstrup University of Copenhagen
Paul Tempst
Paul Tempst Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
John M. Maris
John M. Maris Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Hediye Erdjument-Bromage
Hediye Erdjument-Bromage New York University

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