Wenxue Li
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Yansheng Liu, PhD
Barbora Salovska, PhD
Yi Di
Craig M Crews, PhD
Amer Balabaki
Aniruddha Panda
27Publications
705Citations
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2024
A proteome-wide quantitative platform for nanoscale spatially resolved extraction of membrane proteins into native nanodiscs
Brown C, Ghosh S, McAllister R, Kumar M, Walker G, Sun E, Aman T, Panda A, Kumar S, Li W, Coleman J, Liu Y, Rothman J, Bhattacharyya M, Gupta K. A proteome-wide quantitative platform for nanoscale spatially resolved extraction of membrane proteins into native nanodiscs. Nature Methods 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39609567, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02517-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsTarget membrane proteinsMembrane proteinsMembrane contextSynaptic vesicle membrane proteinVesicle membrane proteinsMammalian membrane proteinsMembrane-active polymersExtraction of membrane proteinsNative nanodiscsOrganellar membranesNative membrane environmentMultiprotein complexesMolecular contextCellular membranesMembrane environmentQuantitative platformBioanalytical approachesExtraction efficiencyOpen-access databasesProteinMembraneExtraction conditionsNanodiscsTarget MPPTMoreR-enabled cross-species PTM mapping and comparative phosphoproteomics across mammals
Wang S, Di Y, Yang Y, Salovska B, Li W, Hu L, Yin J, Shao W, Zhou D, Cheng J, Liu D, Yang H, Liu Y. PTMoreR-enabled cross-species PTM mapping and comparative phosphoproteomics across mammals. Cell Reports Methods 2024, 4: 100859. PMID: 39255793, PMCID: PMC11440062, DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsP-siteSurrounding amino acid sequenceKinase-substrate networkQuantitative phosphoproteomic analysisFunctional enrichment analysisPhosphoproteomic resultsKinase motifsComparative phosphoproteomicsPTM sitesPhosphorylation eventsPhosphoproteomic analysisProteomic analysisEnrichment analysisMammalian speciesSpeciesEvolutionary anglePhosphoproteomeMotifEnvironmental factorsNon-human speciesPTMProteomicsKinaseMammalsProteinNetwork-based elucidation of colon cancer drug resistance mechanisms by phosphoproteomic time-series analysis
Rosenberger G, Li W, Turunen M, He J, Subramaniam P, Pampou S, Griffin A, Karan C, Kerwin P, Murray D, Honig B, Liu Y, Califano A. Network-based elucidation of colon cancer drug resistance mechanisms by phosphoproteomic time-series analysis. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3909. PMID: 38724493, PMCID: PMC11082183, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47957-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMechanism of cell responseResistance mechanismsSignaling pathway responsesDrug resistance mechanismsEnzyme/substrate interactionsAdaptive resistance mechanismsNetwork rewiringPhosphorylation stateSignaling pathway activationDrug perturbationsProteomic technologiesSignaling crosstalkPathway responsesInhibitor designPathway activationCancer drug resistance mechanismsCell adaptive responsesAdaptive responsePhosphatase activityNetwork-based methodologyRewiringTherapeutic efficacyPhosphoproteome coverageCell responsesControl mediumEGFR targeting PhosTACs as a dual inhibitory approach reveals differential downstream signaling
Hu Z, Chen P, Li W, Krone M, Zheng S, Saarbach J, Velasco I, Hines J, Liu Y, Crews C. EGFR targeting PhosTACs as a dual inhibitory approach reveals differential downstream signaling. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadj7251. PMID: 38536914, PMCID: PMC10971414, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj7251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInhibit cancer cell viabilityProteome-wide levelCancer cell viabilityDifferential signaling pathwaysPhosphoproteomic approachTyrosine dephosphorylationProtein dephosphorylationSignal transductionActivating dephosphorylationInduce apoptosisReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsRTK activationSignaling pathwayInhibition of kinasesDephosphorylationEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorCell viabilityFactor receptorInhibitory approachesTyrosineTyrosine kinase inhibitorsInhibitory effectInhibitory potentialKinase inhibitorsThe CUL5 E3 ligase complex negatively regulates central signaling pathways in CD8+ T cells
Liao X, Li W, Zhou H, Rajendran B, Li A, Ren J, Luan Y, Calderwood D, Turk B, Tang W, Liu Y, Wu D. The CUL5 E3 ligase complex negatively regulates central signaling pathways in CD8+ T cells. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 603. PMID: 38242867, PMCID: PMC10798966, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44885-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCD8+ T cellsT cellsCancer immunotherapyMouse CD8+ T cellsAnti-tumor immunityTumor growth inhibition abilityAnti-tumor effectsInhibition of neddylationCD8Effector functionsTCR stimulationIL2 signalingCentral signaling pathwaysCore signaling pathwaysEffector activityNegative regulatory mechanismsTranslational implicationsImmunotherapyGrowth inhibition abilityCytokine signalingTCRProteomic alterationsSignaling pathwayCancerCRISPR-based screens
2023
Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers
Girish V, Lakhani A, Thompson S, Scaduto C, Brown L, Hagenson R, Sausville E, Mendelson B, Kandikuppa P, Lukow D, Yuan M, Stevens E, Lee S, Schukken K, Akalu S, Vasudevan A, Zou C, Salovska B, Li W, Smith J, Taylor A, Martienssen R, Liu Y, Sun R, Sheltzer J. Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers. Science 2023, 381: eadg4521. PMID: 37410869, PMCID: PMC10753973, DOI: 10.1126/science.adg4521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsAn optogenetic-phosphoproteomic study reveals dynamic Akt1 signaling profiles in endothelial cells
Zhou W, Li W, Wang S, Salovska B, Hu Z, Tao B, Di Y, Punyamurtula U, Turk B, Sessa W, Liu Y. An optogenetic-phosphoproteomic study reveals dynamic Akt1 signaling profiles in endothelial cells. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 3803. PMID: 37365174, PMCID: PMC10293293, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39514-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPhosphorylation sitesSerine/threonine kinase AktMass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomicsThreonine kinase AktAkt-dependent phosphorylationAberrant Akt activationEndothelial cellsKinase substrateKinase AktCell signalingPhosphorylation profilePhenotypic outcomesDownstream signalingAkt activationAkt1 phosphorylationHuman diseasesSystem-level analysisAKT1Vascular endothelial cellsRich resourcePhosphorylationSignalingGrowth factorAktCells7SK methylation by METTL3 promotes transcriptional activity
Perez-Pepe M, Desotell A, Li H, Li W, Han B, Lin Q, Klein D, Liu Y, Goodarzi H, Alarcón C. 7SK methylation by METTL3 promotes transcriptional activity. Science Advances 2023, 9: eade7500. PMID: 37163588, PMCID: PMC10171809, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTranscriptional elongationTranscriptional responseAdaptive transcriptional responseHeterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteinsElongation factor complexPositive transcription elongation factor complexGrowth factorExtracellular signalsRNA modificationsRNA 7SKEpidermal growth factorCell signalingInduces phosphorylationMethyltransferase 3Nuclear ribonucleoproteinFactor complexTranscriptional activityUnknown functionMethylationMETTL3RibonucleoproteinPhosphorylationTEFbElongationSignalingPhosphoproteomic analysis of metformin signaling in colorectal cancer cells elucidates mechanism of action and potential therapeutic opportunities
Salovska B, Gao E, Müller‐Dott S, Li W, Cordon C, Wang S, Dugourd A, Rosenberger G, Saez‐Rodriguez J, Liu Y. Phosphoproteomic analysis of metformin signaling in colorectal cancer cells elucidates mechanism of action and potential therapeutic opportunities. Clinical And Translational Medicine 2023, 13: e1179. PMID: 36781298, PMCID: PMC9925373, DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsColorectal cancerLong-term metformin treatmentType 2 diabetesCRC cell linesColorectal cancer cellsBiguanide drug metforminPotential therapeutic opportunitiesMechanism of actionPharmacodynamic interactionsMetformin treatmentTreatment of cancerCRC cellsCell proliferation assaysClinical trialsBcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitorMetforminDrug metforminTherapeutic opportunitiesProliferation assaysCancer cellsPotential cancer therapeuticsPotential roleExpression levelsCell linesCancer therapeuticsTargeted Dephosphorylation of Tau by Phosphorylation Targeting Chimeras (PhosTACs) as a Therapeutic Modality
Hu Z, Chen P, Li W, Douglas T, Hines J, Liu Y, Crews C. Targeted Dephosphorylation of Tau by Phosphorylation Targeting Chimeras (PhosTACs) as a Therapeutic Modality. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2023, 145: 4045-4055. PMID: 36753634, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsProtein tauTau dephosphorylationDisease-modifying therapiesMicrotubule-associated protein tauTau phosphorylation levelsImportant pathological roleTherapeutic modalitiesTau phosphorylationAlzheimer's diseaseTau proteinTherapeutic potentialPathological roleKinase inhibitorsEnhanced downregulationLimited benefitPhosphorylation levelsTauTauopathiesDiseaseCurrent strategiesTau phosphatase
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