PUBLICATIONS

  1. Julian Ramelow, Yacob Keleta, Guodong Niu, Xiaohong Wang, and Jun Li (2023). Plasmodium parasitophorous vacuole membrane protein Pfs16 promotes malaria transmission by silencing mosquito immunity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104824
  2. Genwei Zhang, Guodong Niu, Diana Hooker-Romera, Sadeq Shabani, Julian Romelow, Xiaohong Wang, Noah S. Butler, Anthony A. James, and Jun Li (2023). Targeting Plasmodium a-tubulin-1 to block malaria transmission to mosquitoes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection  Microbiology. 13: 1132647. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1132647 
  3. Masafumi Yoshinaga, Guodong Niu, Kunie Yoshinaga-Sakurai, Venkadesh S. Nadar, Xiaohong Wang, Berry P. Rosen and Jun Li (2023.) Arsinothricin Inhibits Plasmodium falciparum Proliferation in Blood and Blocks Parasite Transmission to Mosquitoes Microorganisms 2023, 11(5) 1195  https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11051195
  4. Changchun Mao, Jun Li, Lili Feng, and Wenda Gao (2023). Beyond antibody fucosylation: α-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase (Fut8) as a potential new therapeutic target for cancer immunotherapyAntibody Therapeutics. 6(3):1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/abt/tbad004
  5. Peng Chen, Mingming Zhang, Yichen Zhang, Jun Li, Xihe Wan, Tingli Lv, Yiyue Chen, Zhigang Zhao, Zhihao Ma, Zhu Zhu, Lihua Chen, Zhen Li, Zisheng Wang, & Guo Qiao (2023) Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 infection changes microbiota and metabolites in the gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) midgut Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12:1017165. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1017165
  6. Qiao G, Li X, Li J, Zhang M, Shen Y, Zhao Z, Zhang Y, Qi Z, Chen P, Sun Y, Cang P, Liu P, Wangkahart E, Wang Z. An Eco-Friendly Conversion of Aquaculture Suspended Solid Wastes Into High-Quality Fish Food by Improving Poly-β-Hydroxybutyrate Production. Front Physiol. 2022 May 26;13:797625. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.797625. PMID: 35721543; PMCID: PMC9205610.
  7. Rue, K.L.; Niu, G.; Li, J.; Raptis, R.G. Crystal Structure Determination and Hirshfeld Analysis of a New Alternariol Packing Polymorph. Crystals 2022, 12, 579. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050579
  8. Jin L, Niu G, Guan L, Ramelow J, Zhan Z, Zhou X, Li J. Discovery of mosquitocides from fungal extracts through a high-throughput cytotoxicity-screening approach. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Dec 4;14(1):595. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-05089-3. PMID: 34863250; PMCID: PMC8643003.
  9. Keleta Y, Ramelow J, Cui L, Li J. Molecular interactions between parasite and mosquito during midgut invasion as targets to block malaria transmission. NPJ Vaccines. 2021 Nov 29;6(1):140. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00401-9. PMID: 34845210; PMCID: PMC8630063.
  10. Niu G, Kalani K, Wang X, Li J. Sterigmatocystin Limits Plasmodium falciparum Proliferation and Transmission. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Nov 29;14(12):1238. doi: 10.3390/ph14121238. PMID: 34959639; PMCID: PMC8707518.
  11. Guodong Niu, Yingjun Cui, Xiaohong Wang, Yacob Keleta, and Jun Li. 2021. Studies of the parasite-midgut interaction reveal Plasmodium proteins important for malaria transmission to mosquitoes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 11:654216. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.654216.
  12. Niu, G., Wang, X., Hao, Y. et al. A novel fungal metabolite inhibits Plasmodium falciparum transmission and infection. Parasites Vectors 14, 177 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04677-7
  13. Niu G, Annamalai T, Wang X, Li S, Munga S, Niu G, Tse-Dinh Y, Li J. 2020. A diverse global fungal library for drug discovery. PeerJ 8:e10392 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10392
  14. Cui, Y., Niu, G., Li, V.L. et al. Analysis of blood-induced Anopheles gambiae midgut proteins and sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum interaction reveals mosquito genes important for malaria transmission. Sci Rep 10, 14316 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71186-5
  15. Niu, G.; Hao, Y.; Wang, X.; Gao, J.-M.; Li, J. Fungal Metabolite Asperaculane B Inhibits Malaria Infection and Transmission. Molecules 2020, 25, 3018. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25133018
  16. Niu, Guodong and Zhang, Genwei and Perez, Laura and Wang, Xiaohong and Butler, Noah and Li, Jun, Malaria Transmission Assisted by Interaction between Plasmodium α-Tubulin-I and Anopheles FREP1 Protein. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3640820 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3640820
  17. Niu, G., Zhang, G., Franca, C. et al. FBN30 in wild Anopheles gambiae functions as a pathogen recognition molecule against clinically circulating Plasmodium falciparum in malaria endemic areas in Kenya. Sci Rep 7, 8577 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09017-3
  18. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292, 11960-11969 (2017) . - The fibrinogen-like domain of FREP1 protein is a broad-spectrum malaria transmission-blocking vaccine antigen. Guodong Niu, Caio Franc̨a, Genwei Zhang, Wanlapa Roobsoong, Wang Nguitragool, Xiaohong Wang, Jetsumon Prachumsri, Noah S. Butler, Jun Li. 
  19. Scientific Reports. 5:14694 (2015) - Targeting mosquito FREP1 to block malaria transmission. Guodong Niu, Bing Wang, Genwei Zhang, Jarrod B. King, Robert H. Cichewicz, Jun Li (2015). 
  20. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(27):16490-501 (2015) - Anopheles midgut FREP1 mediates Plasmodium invasion. Genwei Zhang, Guodong Niu, Caio M. Franca, Yuemei Dong, Xiaohong Wang, Noah S. Butler, George Dimopoulos, Jun Li.
  21. BioMed Research International, Article ID 238139 (2015) - Constructing a Genome-Wide LD Map of Wild A. gambiae Using Next-Generation Sequencing. Xiaohong Wang, Yaw A. Afrane, Guiyun Yan, Jun Li.
  22. Cell Host & Microbe. 17:628-641  (2015) - PD-1 Co-inhibitory and OX40 Co-stimulatory Crosstalk Regulates Helper T Cell Differentiation and Anti-Plasmodium Humoral Immunity.  Ryan A. Zander, Nyamekye Obeng-Adjei, Jenna J. Guthmiller, Divine Kulu, Jun Li, Aissata Ongoiba, Boubacar Traore, Peter D. Crompton and Noah S. Butler.
  23. PNAS 110(5):20675-20680. (2013) - Genome-block expression-assisted association studies discover malaria resistance genes in Anopheles gambiae. Jun Li, Xiaohong Wang, Genwei Zhang, John I. Githure, Guiyun Yan, Anthony A. James.
  24. IJCBDD 6:157 (2013) - Genomic law-guided gene prediction in fungi and metazoan. Yaping Fang, Jun Li
  25. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44607 (2012) - Comparative Transcriptome Analyses of Deltamethrin-Resistant and -Susceptible Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes from Kenya by RNA-Seq. Mariangela Bonizzoni, Yaw Afrane, William Augustine Dunn, Francis K. Atieli, Goufa Zhou, Daibin Zhong, Jun Li, Andrew Githeko, Guiyun Yan.
  26. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10699 (2010). - Allelic gene structure variations in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Jun Li, Jose Ribeiro, Guiyun Yan.
  27. Science 312, 577-9 (2006). - Natural malaria infection in Anopheles gambiae is regulated by a single genomic control region. Riehle, M.M., Markianos, K., Niare, O., Xu, J., Li, J., Toure, A.M., Podiougou, B., Oduol, F., Diawara, S., Diallo, M., Coulibaly, B., Ouatara, A., Kruglyak, L., Traore, S.F., and Vernick, K.D.
  28. Genome Biol 7, R24 (2006). - Anopheles gambiae genome reannotation through synthesis of ab initio and comparative gene prediction algorithms. Li, J., Riehle, M.M., Zhang, Y., Xu, J., Oduol, F., Gomez, S.M., Eiglmeier, K., Ueberheide, B.M., Shabanowitz, J., Hunt, D.F., Ribeiro, J.M., and Vernick, K.D.
  29. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 295, 383-415 (2005). - Molecular genetics of mosquito resistance to malaria parasites. Vernick, K.D., Oduol, F., Lazzaro, B.P., Glazebrook, J., Xu, J., Riehle, M., and Li, J.
  30. Cellular Microbiology. 8(1), 163 (2006) - A mosquito-specific protein family includes candidate receptors for malaria sporozoite invasion of salivary glands. Korochkina, S., Barreau, C., Pradel, G., Jeffery, E., Li, J., Natarajan, R., Shabanowitz J., Hunt D., Frevert U. and Vernick, K.D.


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