Li WH. Targeting Ceramides and Adiponectin Receptors in the Islet of Langerhans for Treating Diabetes. Molecules. 2022 Sep 19;27(18):6117. doi: 10.3390/molecules27186117. PMID: 36144859; PMCID: PMC9502927.
Onodera T, Ghazvini Zadeh E, Xu P, Gordillo R, Guo Z, Joffin N, Yu B, Scherer PE, Li WH. PEGylated AdipoRon derivatives improve glucose and lipid metabolism under insulinopenic and high-fat diet conditions. J Lipid Res. 2021;62:100095. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100095. Epub 2021 Jun 30. PMID: 34214600; PMCID: PMC8327158.
Ghazvini Zadeh, E.H., Huang, Z., Xia, J., Li, D., Davidson, H.W., and Li, W.H. (2020). ZIGIR, a Granule-Specific Zn(2+) Indicator, Reveals Human Islet alpha Cell Heterogeneity. Cell reports 32, 107904.
Kim J, Okamoto H, Huang Z, Anguiano G, Chen S, Liu Q, Cavino K, Xin Y, Na E, Hamid R, Lee J, Zambrowicz B, Unger R, Murphy AJ, Xu Y, Yancopoulos GD, Li WH*, Gromada J*. Amino Acid Transporter Slc38a5 Controls Glucagon Receptor Inhibition-Induced Pancreatic α Cell Hyperplasia in Mice. Cell Metabolism. 2017; 25(6):1348-1361.
Li WH. Probes for monitoring regulated exocytosis. Cell calcium. 2017; 64:65-71.
Xu Y, Chen Y, Li D, Liu Q, Xuan Z, Li WH. TargetLink, a new method for identifying the endogenous target set of a specific microRNA in intact living cells. RNA biology. 2017; 14(2):259-274.
Clavijo Jordan MV, Lo ST, Chen S, Preihs C, Chirayil S, Zhang S, Kapur P, Li WH, De Leon-Rodriguez LM, Lubag AJ, Rofsky NM, Sherry AD. Zinc-sensitive MRI contrast agent detects differential release of Zn(II) ions from the healthy vs. malignant mouse prostate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016; 113(37):E5464-71.
Kusminski CM, Chen S, Ye R, Sun K, Wang QA, Spurgin SB, Sanders PE, Brozinick JT, Geldenhuys WJ, Li WH, Unger RH, Scherer PE. MitoNEET-Parkin Effects in Pancreatic α- and β-Cells, Cellular Survival, and Intrainsular Cross Talk. Diabetes. 2016; 65(6):1534-55.
Yang S, Li WH. Tracking Dynamic Gap Junctional Coupling in Live Cells by Local Photoactivation and Fluorescence Imaging. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2016; 1437:181-91.
Mitchell RK, Hu M, Chabosseau PL, Cane MC, Meur G, Bellomo EA, Carzaniga R, Collinson LM, Li WH, Hodson DJ, Rutter GA. Molecular Genetic Regulation of Slc30a8/ZnT8 Reveals a Positive Association With Glucose Tolerance. Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.). 2016; 30(1):77-91.
Li D, Huang Z, Chen S, Hu Z, Li WH. GLP-1 Receptor Mediated Targeting of a Fluorescent Zn(2+) Sensor to Beta Cell Surface for Imaging Insulin/Zn(2+) Release. Bioconjugate chemistry. 2015; 26(8):1443-50.
Li D, Liu L, Li WH. Genetic targeting of a small fluorescent zinc indicator to cell surface for monitoring zinc secretion. ACS chemical biology. 2015; 10(4):1054-63.