Publications

Selected Publications

  1. Li J, Krajewski KM, Shy ME, Lewis RA, Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy: the electrophysiology fits the name. Neurology 2002; 58:1769-73. PMID: 12084875.
  2. Li J, Loeb JA, Shy ME, Shah AK, Tselis AC, Kupsky WJ, Lewis RA. Asymmetric Flaccid Paralysis: A Neuromuscular Presentation of West Nile Virus Infection. Ann Neurol 2003; 53 (6): 703-710. PMID: 12783415.
  3. Li J, Bai YH, Ghandour K, Qin P, Grandis M, Trostinskaia A, Ianakova E, Wu XY, Schenone A, Vallat JM, Kupsky WJ, Hatfield J, Shy ME. Skin biopsies in myelin related neuropathies; bringing molecular pathology to the bedside. Brain, 2005;128 (Pt 5):1168-77. PMID: 15774502.
  4. Bai YH, Ianakova E, Pu Q, Ghandour K, Levinson R, Martin JJ, Ceuterick-de Groote C, Mazanec R, Seeman P, Shy ME, and Li J. Effect of an R69C mutation in myelin protein zerogene on myelination and ion Channel Subtypes. Arch Neurol 2006; 63: 1787 – 1794. PMID: 17172621.
  5. Li J, Ghandour K, Radovanovic D, Shy RR, Krajewski KM, Shy ME,Nicholson GA. Stoichiometric alteration of PMP22 protein determines the phenotype of HNPP. Arch Neurol 2007; 64 (7): 974-978. PMID: 17620487.
  6. Chow CY, Zhang YL, Dowling J, Jin N, Adamska M, Shiga K, Szigeta K, Shy ME, Li J, Zhang XB, Lupski JR, Weisman L, Meisler MH. Mutation of FIG4 encoding a PI(3,5)P2 phosphatase causes neurodegeneration in the pale tremor mouse and in patients with CMT type 4J. Nature; 2007; 448 (7149): 68-72. PMID: 17572665.
  7. Zhang XB, Chow CY, Sahenk Z, Shy ME, Meisler MH, Li J. Mutation of FIG4 Causes a Rapidly Progressive, Asymmetric Neuronal Degeneration. Brain, 2008; 131(Pt 8):1990-2001. PMID: 18556664.
  8. Katona I, Wu XY, Feely SME, Sottile S, Siskind C, Miller LJ, Shy ME, and Li J. PMP22 Expression in Dermal Nerve Myelin from Patients with CMT1A. Brain 2009; 132(Pt 7):1734-40. PMID: 19447823; PMCID: PMC2724915.
  9. Saporta MA, Katona I, Lewis RA, Masse S, Shy ME, and Li J. Shortened Internodal Length of Dermal Myelinated Nerve Fibers in CMT1A. Brain 2009; 132: 3263-73. PMID: 19923170. PMCID: PMC2800385
  10. Bai Y, Zhang XB, Katona I, Saporta MA, Shy ME, O’Malley HA, Isom LL, Suter U, Li J. Conduction Block in PMP22 Deficiency. Journal of Neuroscience 2010; 30: 600-608. PMID: 2001523; PMCID: PMC3676309.
  11. Guo JS, Wang LM, Zhang Y, Wu JW, Arpag S, Hu B, Imhof BA, Tian XX, Carter BD, Suter U, Li J. Abnormal Myelin Junctions and Permeability in PMP22 Deficient Nerves; Annals of Neurology 2014; 75 (2): 255-65. PMID: 24339129; PMCID: PMC4206215.
  12. Liu PF, Gelowani V, Zhang F, Drory VE, Ben-Shachar S, Roney E, Medeiros AC, Moore RJ, DiVincenzo C, Burnette WB, Higgins JJ, Li J, Urtreger AO, and Lupski JR. Mechanism, Prevalence, and More Severe Neuropathy Phenotype of the Charcot-Marie- Tooth Type 1A Triplication. American Journal of Human Genetics; 2014, 94 (3): 462-9. PMID: 24530202; PMCID: PMC3951935.
  13. Dortch RD, Dethrage LM, Gore JC, Smith SA, and Li J; Proximal Nerve Magnetization Transfer MRI Relates to Disability in Charcot-Marie- Tooth Diseases. Neurology 2014; 83: 1545-53. PMID: 25253751; PMCID: PMC4222857.
  14. Zou JL, Hu B, Arpag S, Hamilton A, Zeng YS, Vanoye C, and Li J. Reactivation of Lysosomal Ca2+ Efflux Rescues Abnormal Lysosomal Storage in FIG4 Deficient Cells. Journal of Neuroscience 2015; 35: 6801-6812. PMID: 25126456; PMCID: PMC4412898.
  15. Hu B, Arpag S, Zhang XB, Möbius W, Werner H, Sosinsky G, Ellisman M, Zhang Y, Hamilton A, Chernoff J, Li J. Tuning PAK Activity to Rescue Abnormal Myelin Permeability in HNPP. PLOS Genetics; 2016; 12(9): e1006290. PMID: 27583434; PMCID: PMC5008806
  16. Hu B, Arpag S, Zuchner S, Li J. A Novel Missense Mutation of CMT2P Alters Transcription Machinery. Annals of Neurology; 2016; 80: 834-845. PMID: 27615052; PMCID: PMC51774558 (with Editorial Commentary)
  17. Hu B, Simmons M, Ravi V, Arpag S,Moiseev D, Castoro R, Mobley BC, Burnett BW, Siskind C, Day JW, Yawn R, Feely S, Li YB, Yan Q, Shy ME, Li J. Myelin Abnormality in CMT4J Recapitulates Features of Acquired Demyelinating Neuropathies; Annals of Neurology; 2018; 83: 756-770; PMID:29518270; PMCID:PMC5912982
  18. Moiseev D, Hu B and Li J. Morphometric Analysis of Peripheral Myelinated Nerve Fibers through Deep Learning; Journal of Peripheral Nerve System; 2018; doi:10.1111/jns.12293; PMID: 30488523; PMCID: PMC6420354
  19. Shisheva A, Hu B, Li J. Severe consequences of SAC3/FIG4 Phosphatase Deficiency to Phosphoinositides in Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type-4J; Molecular Neurobiology 2019; 56(12): 8656-8667. PMID: 31313076
  20. Chen YS, Moiseev, Kong WY, Bezanovski A, Li J; Automation of Quantifying Axonal Loss in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathies through Deep Learning Derived Muscle Fat Fraction; JMRI; 2021; 53: 1539-1549; PMID: 33448058

Reviews

  1. Li J. Hypothesis of double-polarization (an invited review). J Neurol Sci; 2008; 275: 33-36.
  2. Li, J. Inherited Neuropathies. Seminars in Neurology; 2012; 32: 204-14. PMID: 23117945; PMCID: PMC3667957.
  3. Li J, Parker B,Martyn C, Natarajan C and Guo JS. The PMP22 Gene and Its Related Diseases. Molecular Neurobiology; 2013; 47:673-98. PMID: 23224996; PMCID: PMC3594637
  4. Martyn C and Li J. Fig4 Deficiency: A Newly Emerged Lysosomal Storage Disorder: Progress in Neurobiology; 2013; 101-102:35-45. PMID: 23165282; PMCID: PMC3566336.
  5. Li, J. Molecular regulators of nerve conduction – lessons from inherited neuropathies and rodent genetic models. Experimental Neurology; 2015; 267: 209-18; PMID: 25792482.
  6. Li, J. Caveats in the Established Understanding of CMT1A. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology; 2017; 4 (8): 601-607; doi: 10.1002/acn3.432; PMID: 28812050.
  7. Yongsheng Chen, Jun Li. Peripheral Nerve Magnetic Resonance Imaging; F1000 2019; doi:10.12688/f1000research.19695.1; PMID: 6820826