Education

Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Zhengzhou University, China, 2002

Current position

Yuchang Li is a research associate in Southern California Research Center for ALPD & Cirrhosis at University of Southern California. His research is focusing on the contribution of mesothelial cells to liver development and fibrosis.

Publications

1. Li, Y., Wang, J. and Asahina, K. (2013). Mesothelial cells give rise to hepatic stellate cells and myofibroblasts via mesothelial-mesenchymal transition in liver injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(6): 2324-2329.
   
2. Li, Y., Li, G., Ivanova, A., Aaron, S. and Simm, M. (2008). The critical role of human transcriptional repressor CTCF mRNA up-regulation in the induction of anti-HIV-1 responses in CD4(+) T cells. Immunol Lett 117(1): 35-44.
   
3. Li, G., Aaron, S., Kazmierczak, K., Lesner, A., Li, Y., Ivanova, A., Bentsman, G., Potash, M. J. and Simm, M. (2007). Inhibition of HIV-1 or bacterial activation of macrophages by products of HIV-1-resistant human cells. Immunol Cell Biol 85(8): 603-609.
   
4. Lesner, A., Li, Y., Nitkiewicz, J., Li, G., Kartvelishvili, A., Kartvelishvili, M. and Simm, M. (2005). A soluble factor secreted by an HIV-1-resistant cell line blocks transcription through inactivating the DNA-binding capacity of the NF-kappa B p65/p50 dimer. J Immunol 175(4): 2548-2554.
   
5. Li Y, Liu X and Mani B. Construction and Determination of cDNA library following short interval successive partial hepatectomy in rat liver regeneration. Journal of the Institute of Medicine 2004; 26:1-4.
   
6. Li, Y. C., Xu, C. S., Zhu, W. L. and Li, W. Q. (2003). Isolation and analysis of a novel gene over-expressed during liver regeneration. World J Gastroenterol 9(6): 1282-1286.
   
7. Xu, C. S., Li, Y. C., Lin, J. T., Zhang, H. Y. and Zhang, Y. H. (2003). Cloning and analysing the up-regulated expression of transthyretin-related gene (LR1) in rat liver regeneration following short interval successive partial hepatectomy. World J Gastroenterol 9(1): 148-151.
   
8. Li Y, Lin J and Xu C. Change of TNF-α, c-myc, p53, p21, PCNA, Bcl-2, and TGF-β related with the cell proliferation in rat liver regeneration following short interval successive partial hepatectomy. Reproductive and Development Biology 2003; 11:253-260.
   
9. Li Y, Li W, Zhang H, Wei M and Xu C. Cloning and functional analysis is of up-regulated expressed genes in rat liver regeneration following short interval successive partial hepatectomy. Reproductive and Development Biology 2003; 11:151-160.
   
10. Li Y, Lin J, Zhang H, Li W, Wei M, Shen P, Han H, Xu C. Comparative study on the three methods of cloning full-length cDNA. Biotechnology 2003; 13:18-19.
    
11. Li, Y. C., Xu, C. S. and Zhang, Y. H. (2002). [Cloning differentially expressed genes by suppression subtractive hybridization in rat liver regeneration]. Yi Chuan 24(2): 152-154.
    
12. Li Y, M J, Lin J, Liang W and Xu C. Analysis of ADAMs mRNA expression following short interval successive partial hepatectomy in rat liver. Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2001; 10:235-237.