University of Iowa · BiologyLi Lab
Bing Li · Iowa City, Iowa
Research Focus
Dr. Bing Li's lab focuses on understanding how a high fat diet leads to obesity and increases the risk of breast cancer. They study a protein called A-FABP, which plays a key role in this connection, particularly in how it interacts with immune cells and cancer cells. By uncovering these mechanisms, the lab aims to identify new ways to prevent breast cancer in individuals with obesity and evaluate A-FABP as a potential biomarker for monitoring breast cancer risk.
obesitybreast cancerA-FABPhigh fat dietlipid metabolismimmune regulationtumor microenvironmentbiomarker
Research Aims
3AIM 01Investigate how different types of high fat diets affect A-FABP levels and breast cancer risk.
AIM 02Analyze the metabolic effects of A-FABP in tumor-associated macrophages and breast cancer cells.
AIM 03Evaluate A-FABP as a biomarker in women with varying obesity status and breast cancer.
Skills the Lab Values
cell cultureimmunohistochemistrymouse modelsWestern blotRNA sequencingflow cytometrymetabolomicsbiochemical assays
Output against the department
Publications864top 2% of dept.23rd of 1,033
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Citations29ktop 12% of dept.122nd of 1,033
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