Li Tao

Position Title

 Ph.D. Applicant

Publications

  1. Kanninen T, Tao L, Romero R, Xu Y, Arenas-Hernandez M, Galaz J, Liu Z, Miller D, Levenson D, Greenberg JM, Panzer J, Padron J, Theis KR, Gomez-Lopez N. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin participates in the host response to intra-amniotic inflammation leading to preterm labor and birth. Hum Immunol. 2023 Jul 6:S0198-8859(23)00089-7. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2023.06.005. PMID: 37422429
  2. Farias-Jofre M, Romero R, Xu Y, Levenson D, Tao L, Kanninen T, Galaz J, Arenas-Hernandez M, Liu Z, Miller D, Bhatti G, Seyerle M, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. Differential immunophenotype of circulating monocytes from pregnant women in response to viral ligands. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 May 6;23(1):323. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05562-0. PMID: 37149573
  3. Garcia-Flores V, Romero R, Peyvandipour A, Galaz J, Pusod E, Panaitescu B, Miller D, Xu Y, Tao L, Liu Z, Tarca AL, Pique-Regi R, Gomez-Lopez N. A single-cell atlas of murine reproductive tissues during preterm labor. Cell Rep. 2023 Jan 31;42(1):111846. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111846. PMID: 36599348
  4. Motomura K, Romero R, Galaz J, Tao L, Garcia-Flores V, Xu Y, Done B, Arenas-Hernandez M, Miller D, Gutierrez-Contreras P, Farias-Jofre M, Aras S, Grossman LI, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. Fetal and maternal NLRP3 signaling is required for preterm labor and birth. JCI Insight. 2022 Aug 22;7(16):e158238. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.158238.PMID: 35993366
  5. Demery-Poulos C, Romero R, Xu Y, Arenas-Hernandez M, Miller D, Tao L, Galaz J, Farias-Jofre M, Bhatti G, Garcia-Flores V, Seyerle M, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. Pregnancy imparts distinct systemic adaptive immune function. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2022 Nov;88(5):e13606. doi: 10.1111/aji.13606. PMID: 35989229
  6. Farias-Jofre M, Romero R, Galaz J, Xu Y, Tao L, Demery-Poulos C, Arenas-Hernandez M, Bhatti G, Liu Z, Kawahara N, Kanninen T, Shaffer Z, Chaiworapongsa T, Theis KR, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. Pregnancy tailors endotoxin-induced monocyte and neutrophil responses in the maternal circulation. Inflamm Res. 2022 Jun;71(5-6):653-668. doi: 10.1007/s00011-022-01569-z. PMID: 35445873
  7. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Tao L, Gershater M, Leng Y, Zou C, Farias-Jofre M, Galaz J, Miller D, Tarca AL, Arenas-Hernandez M, Bhatti G, Garcia-Flores V, Liu Z, Para R, Kanninen T, Hadaya O, Paredes C, Xu Y. Distinct Cellular Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Pregnant Women. J Immunol. 2022 Apr 15;208(8):1857-1872. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2101123. PMID: 35379748
  8. Gershater M, Romero R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Galaz J, Motomura K, Tao L, Xu Y, Miller D, Pique-Regi R, Martinez G 3rd, Liu Y, Jung E, Para R, Gomez-Lopez N. IL-22 Plays a Dual Role in the Amniotic Cavity: Tissue Injury and Host Defense against Microbes in Preterm Labor. J Immunol. 2022 Apr 1;208(7):1595-1615. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100439. PMID: 35304419
  9. Garcia-Flores V, Romero R, Xu Y, Theis KR, Arenas-Hernandez M, Miller D, Peyvandipour A, Bhatti G, Galaz J, Gershater M, Levenson D, Pusod E, Tao L, Kracht D, Florova V, Leng Y, Motomura K, Para R, Faucett M, Hsu CD, Zhang G, Tarca AL, Pique-Regi R, Gomez-Lopez N. Maternal-fetal immune responses in pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 18;13(1):320. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27745-z. PMID: 35042863
  10. Arenas-Hernandez M, Romero R, Gershater M, Tao L, Xu Y, Garcia-Flores V, Pusod E, Miller D, Galaz J, Motomura K, Schwenkel G, Para R, Gomez-Lopez N. Specific innate immune cells uptake fetal antigen and display homeostatic phenotypes in the maternal circulation. J Leukoc Biol. 2022 Mar;111(3):519-538. doi: 10.1002/JLB.5HI0321-179RR. PMID: 34889468
  11. Para R, Romero R, Miller D, Galaz J, Done B, Peyvandipour A, Gershater M, Tao L, Motomura K, Ruden DM, Isherwood J, Jung E, Kanninen T, Pique-Regi R, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. The Distinct Immune Nature of the Fetal Inflammatory Response Syndrome Type I and Type II. Immunohorizons. 2021 Sep 14;5(9):735-751. doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2100047. PMID: 34521696
  12. Garcia-Flores V, Romero R, Xu Y, Theis K, Arenas-Hernandez M, Miller D, Peyvandipour A, Galaz J, Levenson D, Bhatti G, Gershater M, Pusod E, Kracht D, Florova V, Leng Y, Tao L, Faucett M, Para R, Hsu CD, Zhang G, Tarca AL, Pique-Regi R, Gomez-Lopez N. Maternal-Fetal Immune Responses in Pregnant Women Infected with SARS-CoV-2. Res Sq. 2021 Mar 31:rs.3.rs-362886. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-362886/v1. Preprint. PMID: 33821263 Updated.
  13. Motomura K, Romero R, Galaz J, Miller D, Done B, Arenas-Hernandez M, Garcia-Flores V, Tao L, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Modulates the Transcriptome of the Myometrium and Cervix in Late Gestation. Reprod Sci. 2021 Aug;28(8):2246-2260. doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00454-6. PMID: 33650091

 

Education

2010 B.E Software Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University

2015 M.S. Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology

Advisor

Wanqing Liu, Ph.D., and Xuequn Chen

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