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. Li LC. Designing PCR primer for DNA methylation mapping. Methods Mol Biol 2007;402:371-84
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Li LC. The multifaceted small RNAs. RNA Biol. 2008 Mar 29;5(2) [Epub ahead of print].
  15. Dharap A, Bowen K, Place R, Li LC, Vemuganti R. Transient focal ischemia induces extensive temporal changes in rat cerebral MicroRNAome. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2009 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print]
  16. Ning H, Liu G, Lin G, Garcia M, Li LC, Lue TF, Lin CS. Identification of an aberrant cell line among human adipose tissue-derived stem cell isolates. Differentiation. 2009 Feb;77(2):172-80. Epub 2008 Oct 21.
  17. Ning H, Huang YC, Banie L, Hung S, Lin G, Li LC, Lue TF, Lin CS. MicroRNA regulation of neuron-like differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells. Differentiation. 2009 Dec;78(5):253-9. Epub 2009 Aug 19.
  18. Huang V, Qin Y, Wang J, Wang X, Place RF, Lin GT, Lue TF, Li LC. RNAa is conserved in mammalian cells. PLoS ONE. 2010 5(1): e8848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008848
  19. Lin G, Yang R, Banie L, Wang G, Ning H, Li LC, Lue TF, Lin CS. Effects of transplantation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells on prostate tumor. Prostate. 2010 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]