Publications

Selected from over 80 Pre-Reviewed Publications:

  1. Li Y, Huard J. Muscle derived stem cell transdifferentiate into myofibroblast in injured muscle. American J Pathology. 2002; 161 (3): 895-907.
  2. Li Y, Foster W, Deasy BM, Chan YS, Prisk V, Tang Y, Cummins J, Huard J. TGF-1 induces the differentiation of myogenic cells into fibrotic cells in injured skeletal muscle: a key event in muscle fibrogenesis. American J Pathology 2004;164(3):1007-1019.
  3. Chen X, Mao Z, Liu S, Liu H, Wang X, Wu H, Wu Y, Zhao T, Fan W, Li Y, et al. Dedifferentiation of Adult Human Myoblasts Induced by CNTF in Vitro. Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Jul;16(7):3140-3151.
  4. Shen W, Li Y, Tang Y, Cummins J, Huard J. NS398, a cylooxygenase-2 specific inhibitor, delayed skeletal muscle healing by decreasing regeneration and promoting fibrosis. American J Pathology 2005;167:(4):1105-1117.
  5. Bedair H, Liu TT, Kaar J, Shown B, Russell A, Huard J, Li Y, Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Therapy Improves Muscle Healing. J Applied Physiology 2007 Jun;102(6):2338-2345.
  6. Li Y, Li J, Foster W, Tang Y, Xiao X, Huard J. Decorin promotes muscle cell differentiation and muscle regeneration. Molecular Therapy 2007 Sep;15(9):1616-22.
  7. Zhu JH*, Li Y*, Shen W,  Qiao CP, Ambrosio F, Lavasani M, Nozaki M, Branca MF, Huard J. Relationships between TGF-1, Myostatin, and decorin: Implications for skeletal muscle fibrosis.  J Bio Chem 2007;282(35):25852-63.
  8. Deasy BM, Feduska JM, Payne TR, Li Y,. Huard J. Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) on the Vascularization and Fibrosis of Regenerating Skeletal Muscle Tissue/ Fibers. Molecular Therapy 2009;17(10):1788-1798.
  9. Wang W, Pan HY, Murray K, Jefferson M, Li Y,. MMP1 promotes muscle cells migration and differentiation. American J Pathology 2009, 174 (2); 541-549.
  10. Mu XD, Li Y, Conditional TGF-beta1 treatment increase stem cell-like cells population myoblasts. Journal Cellular Molecular Medicine 2011;15(3):679-690
  11. Zhu JH, Li Y,, Lu AP, Gharaibeh B, Ma JQ, Quintero A, Huard J. Follostatin improves skeletal muscle healing by blocking TGF-beta like signaling pathway. American J Pathology  2011; 179(2): 915-930.
  12. Mu XD, Urso M, Murray K, Fu F, Li Y,. Relaxin regulates MMP expression in myogenic cells and promotes satellite cell activation during muscle dealing of both young and aged mice. American J Pathology 2010;177(5)2399-2410
  13. Ma, JQ*, Holden K*, Zhu JH, Pan HY, Li Y,. The Application of Three Dimensional Collagen-Scaffolds Seeded with Myoblasts to Repair Skeletal Muscle Defects. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2011;2011:812135. Epub 2011 Dec 12.
  14. Mu XD, Peng HR, Pan HY, Huard J, Li Y,. Study of muscle cell dedifferentiation after skeletal muscle injury of mice with a Cre-Lox system. PloS One 2011;6(2): e16699
  15. Mu XD, Xiang GH, Rathbone CR, Pan HY, Bellayr IH, Walter TJ, Li Y,. Slow-adhering stem cells derived from injured skeletal muscle have improved regenerative capacity. American J Pathology  2011;179(2):931-941.
  16. Lin B, Kim J, Li YX, Pan HY, Carvajal-Vergara X, Salama G, Cheng T, Li Y, Lo CW, Yang L. High purity enrichment of functional cardiac lineage cells from human iPS cells. Circulation Research  2012; Aug 1;95(3):327-35.
  17. Mu XD, Bellayr I, Choi YH, Pan HY, Li Y. Regeneration of soft tissue is promoted by MMP1 after digit amputation in mice. Plos One 2013; PLoS ONE 8(3): e59105. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059105
  18. Pan HY, Vojnits K, Liu T, Yang L, Wang YG, Huard J, Cox C, Lally K, Li Y,. MMP1 gene therapy to improve myoblast transplantation in MDX mice. Cell Adhesion & Migration 2014, 8(6);xxx. (ID: 983799 DOI:10.4161/19336918.2014.983799)

 

Yong Li

Associate Professor

 

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  • DEPARTMENTDepartment of Pediatric Surgery
    University of Texas Medical School at Houston
    The Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
  • COUNTRY USA