Wei Li, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Wei Li, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Biological Systems
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Biological Systems
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Program:Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Recent Publications
2025
Kim, SY, Tang, M, Chih, SY, Sallavanti, J, Gao, Y, Qiu, Z, Wang, HG & Li, W 2025, 'Involvement of p38 MAPK and MAPKAPK2 in promoting cell death and the inflammatory response to ischemic stress associated with necrotic glioblastoma', Cell Death and Disease, vol. 16, no. 1, 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-025-07335-3
Lu, T & Li, W 2025, 'Neutrophil Engulfment in Cancer: Friend or Foe?', Cancers, vol. 17, no. 3, 384. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030384
2024
Yeon Kim, S, Tang, M, Lu, T, Chih, SY & Li, W 2024, 'Ferroptosis in glioma therapy: advancements in sensitizing strategies and the complex tumor-promoting roles', Brain research, vol. 1840, 149045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2024.149045
Tang, M, Dirks, K, Kim, SY, Qiu, Z, Gao, Y, Sun, D, Peruggia, G, Sallavanti, J & Li, W 2025, 'Inhibition of thioredoxin reductase 1 sensitizes glucose-starved glioblastoma cells to disulfidptosis', Cell Death and Differentiation, vol. 32, no. 4, 2700, pp. 598-612. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-024-01440-0
Lu, T, Yee, PP, Chih, SY, Tang, M, Chen, H, Aregawi, DG, Glantz, MJ, Zacharia, BE, Wang, H-G & Li, W 2024, 'LC3-associated phagocytosis of neutrophils triggers tumor ferroptotic cell death in glioblastoma', EMBO Journal, vol. 43, no. 13, pp. 2582-2605. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-024-00130-4
Sun, LL, He, HY, Li, W, Jin, WL & Wei, YJ 2024, 'The solute carrier transporters (SLCs) family in nutrient metabolism and ferroptosis', Biomarker Research, vol. 12, no. 1, 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40364-024-00645-2
2022
Yee, PP, Wang, J, Chih, SY, Aregawi, DG, Glantz, MJ, Zacharia, BE, Thamburaj, K & Li, W 2022, 'Temporal radiographic and histological study of necrosis development in a mouse glioblastoma model', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 12, 993649. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.993649
2021
Wei, Y & Li, W 2021, 'Calcium, an Emerging Intracellular Messenger for the Hippo Pathway Regulation', Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 9, 694828. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.694828
Lin, S, Li, Y, Wang, D, Huang, C, Marino, D, Bollt, O, Wu, C, Taylor, MD, Li, W, DeNicola, GM, Hao, J, Singh, PK & Yang, S 2021, 'Fascin promotes lung cancer growth and metastasis by enhancing glycolysis and PFKFB3 expression', Cancer Letters, vol. 518, pp. 230-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2021.07.025
Wei, Y, Luo, H, Yee, PP, Zhang, L, Liu, Z, Zheng, H, Zhang, L, Anderson, B, Tang, M, Huang, S & Li, W 2021, 'Paraspeckle Protein NONO Promotes TAZ Phase Separation in the Nucleus to Drive the Oncogenic Transcriptional Program', Advanced Science, vol. 8, no. 24, 2102653. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202102653
Yee, PP & Li, W 2021, 'Tumor necrosis: A synergistic consequence of metabolic stress and inflammation', BioEssays, vol. 43, no. 7, 2100029. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202100029