Selected Publications
"Retinal Capillary Pericyte Apoptosis in Early Human Diabetic Retinopathy"
Li W., Myron Yanoff, Xipu Liu, Xiaodan Ye.
C.Med J. 110:659, 1997
"Expression of Apoptosis Regulatory Genes by Retinal Pericytes after Rapid Glucose Reduction"
Li W., Liu X., Yanoff M., Jian B., Ye X.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 39:1535, 1998.
"Altered mRNA Levels of Antioxidant Enzymes in Pre-apoptotic Pericytes from human diabetic retinas"
Li W., Yanoff M., He Z.
Cell Mol Biol. 45:59, 1999.
"Artificial senescence of bovine retinal pigment epithelial cells induced by near-ultraviolet in vitro"
Li W., Yanoff M., Li Y., He Z.
Mechanism of Ageing & Development 110:137, 1999.
"Vascular endothelial growth factor regulates both apoptosis and angiogenesis of choriocapillaris endothelial cells"
Li W., He Z., Li Y., Yanoff M.
Microvascular Res. 59:286,2000.
"Intravitreal injection of erythropoietin protects both retinal vascular and neuronal cells in early diabetes"
Zhang J., Li W. Xu G
Invest. Ophthalmol. & Vis. Sci. 49:732, 2008.
"Pharmacokinetic and toxicity study of intravitreal erythropoietin in rabbits"
Zhang J., Sinclair S., Li W., Xu G.
Acta Parmacol Sin 29: 1383, 2008.
"Effects of Intravitreal Erythropoietin Therapy for Patients with Chronic and Progressive Diabetic Macular Edema"
Li W., Sinclair S., Xu G.
Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers & Imaging. 41(1):18, 2010.
"ERK- and AKT-dependent neuroprotection of erythropoietin against glyoxal/AGEs via modulation of BCL-2 family proteins"
Shen J, Wu Y, Zhang J, Yanoff M, Li W, Xu G.
Investigative Ophthalmol Visual Science 51 (1): 35, 2010.
"EPO reduces reactive gliosis and stimulates neurotrophin expression in Muller cells"
Hu LM, Xu GT, Li W.
Frontiers in Bioscience E3, 1541-1555, 2011.