Selected Publications

  1. Li LC, Chui R, Nakajima K, Oh BR, Au HC, Dahiya R: Frequent methylation of estrogen receptor in prostate cancer: correlation with tumor progression. Cancer Res 2000 Feb 1;60(3):702-6.
  2. Li LC, Chui RM, Sasaki M, Nakajima K, Perinchery G, Au HC, Nojima D, Carroll PR, Dahiya R: A single nucleotide polymorphism in the E-cadherin gene promoter alters transcriptional activities. Cancer Res 2000 Feb 15;60(4):873-6.
  3. Li LC, Yeh CC, Nojima D, Dahiya R. Cloning and characterization of human estrogen receptor beta promoter. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000 Aug 28;275(2):682-9.
  4. Li LC, Zhao H, Nakajima K, Oh BR, Filho LA, Carroll PR, Dahiya R. Methylation of the E-cadherin gene promoter correlates with progression of prostate cancer. J Urol 2001 Aug;166(2):705-9.
  5. Li LC and Dahiya R. MethPrimer: designing primers for methylation PCRs. Bioinformatics 2002;18:1-5.
  6. Li LC, Zhao H, Shiina H, Kane CJ and Dahiya R. PGDB: a curated and integrated database of genes related to the prostate. Nucleic Acids Research 2003, Jan 1;31(1):291-3.
  7. Li LC, Okino ST and Dahiya R. DNA methylation in prostate cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Reviews on Cancer 2004 Sep 20;1704(2):87-102.
  8. Li LC, Shiina H, Deguchi M, Zhao H, Okino ST, Kane CJ, Carroll PR, Igawa M and Dahiya R. Age-dependent methylation of estrogen receptor alpha in prostate cancer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004 Aug; 20 321(2):455-461.
  9. Li LC, Carroll PR, and Dahiya R. Epigenetic changes in prostate cancer: implication for diagnosis and treatment. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jan 19;97(2):103-15.
  10. Li LC, Okino ST, Zhao H, Pokot D, Place RF, Dahiya R. Small double-stranded RNAs induce transcriptional activation in human cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Nov 14;103(46):17337-17342.
  11. Place RF, Li LC, Pookot D, Noonan EJ, Dahiya R. MicroRNA-373 induces expression of genes with complementary promoter sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 5;105(5):1608-13. Epub 2008 Jan 28.
  12. Chen Z, Place RF, Jia ZJ, Pookot D, Dahiya R, Li LC. Antitumor effect of dsRNA-induced p21WAF1/CIP1 gene activation in human bladder cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 Mar;7(3):698-703.
  13. Li LC. The multifaceted small RNAs. RNA Biol. 2008 Mar 29;5(2) [Epub ahead of print].