CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information:
Name：
Address:
Zili Li
Lab of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan, Hubei 430070,
People's Republic of China
Phone:
Email:
86-27-87280566 (O)
lizili@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Education:
1991, B. Sc., Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, P.R. China
1997, M. Sc., Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Huazhong Agricultural University, P.R. China
2004, Ph. D, Animal Molecular Virology, Huazhong Agricultural University, P.R. China
Professional experience:
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2009): Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Maryland, College Park. USA
Visiting scholar (2006-2007): Department of Molecular, Cellular and Craniofacial Biology, University
of Louisville. USA
Positions held:
Associate Professor (2004-present): Huazhong Agricultural University, P.R. China
Lecturer (1998-2003): Huazhong Agricultural University, P.R. China
Assistant Researcher (1991- 1994): Guangxi Veterinary Medicine Research Institute, P.R. China
Research interests:
1. Mucosal immunity：MHC class I-related neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) mediated mucosal immunity.
2. Diagnosis and control of avian Diseases. Now focusing on Riemerella anatipestifer infection.
Selected Publications:
1. Li Z, Palaniyandi S, Zeng R, Tuo W, Roopenian DC, Zhu X*. Transfer of IgG in the female genital tract by
MHC class I-related neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) confers protective immunity to vaginal infection. Proc Natl
Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 15;108(11):4388-93. Epub 2011 Feb 28.
2. Zhou Z, Peng X, Xiao Y, Wang X, Guo Z, Zhu L, Liu M, Jin H, Bi D, Li Z*, Sun M*. Genome Sequence of
Poultry Pathogen Riemerella anatipestifer Strain RA-YM. Journal of Bacteriology, 2011, 193(5): 1284-1285.
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Epub 2010 Dec 23.
3. Zhou, Zutao, Zheng, Juan, Tian, Wenxia, Li, Jianli, Zhang, Wanpo, Zhang, Jinliang, Meng, Xianrong, Hu,
Sishun, Bi, Dingren and Li, Zili*. Identification of Riemerella anatipestifer genes differentially expressed in
infected duck livers by the selective capture of transcribed sequences technique, Avian Pathology, 2009 Aug
38( 4): 321-329.
4. Li Z, Zhang H, Denhard LA, Liu LH, Zhou H, Lan ZJ*. Reduced white fat mass in adult mice bearing a
truncated Patched 1. Int J Biol Sci. 2008 Jan 26;4(1):29-36.
5. Zhang J, Guo Y, Hu S*, Bi D*, Wang X, Xiao Y, Gao X, Li Z, Liu M, Peng F, Xu Q. An adhesion moleculebased colloidal gold immunochromatography assay strip for rapidly and specifically detecting chicken
antibodies against Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Res Vet Sci. 2010 Jul 12
6. Zhao H, Li Z, Cooney AJ, Lan ZJ*. Orphan nuclear receptor function in the ovary.Front Biosci. 2007 May 1;
12:3398-405. Review.
7. Ye L, Liu X, Rout SN, Li Z, Yan Y, Lu L, Kamala T, Nanda NK, Song W, Samal SK, Zhu X*. The MHC
class II-associated invariant chain interacts with the neonatal Fc gamma receptor and modulates its trafficking
to endosomal/lysosomal compartments. J Immunol 2008;181;2572-2585.
8. Senthilkumar Palaniyandi, Erika Tomei, Zili Li, Daniel H. Conrad and Xiaoping Zhu*. CD23-Dependent
Transcytosis of IgE and Immune Complex across the Polarized Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells. J
Immunol 2011;2011 Mar 15;186(6):3484-96. Epub 2011 Feb 9.
9. Liu M, Guo S, Hu S, Xiao Y, Xu Q, Li Z, Bi D*, Sun M. Displaying the protein of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
agglutinin on the cell surface of Bacillus thuringiensis with the S-layer protein. Vet Microbiol. 2008 Jul
27;130(1-2):99-106.
10. Peng F, Wang Z, Zhang S, Wu R, Hu S, Li Z, Wang X, Bi D*. Development of an immunochromatographic
strip for rapid detection of H9 subtype avian influenza viruses. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Mar; 15(3):56974.
11. Zhang W, Li H, Cheng G, Hu S, Li Z, Bi D*. Avian influenza virus infection induces differential expression
of genes in chicken kidney. Res Vet Sci. 2008 Jun; 84(3):374-381.
12. Peng D, Hu S, Hua Y, Xiao Y, Li Z, Wang X, Bi D*. Comparison of a new gold-immunochromatographic
assay for the detection of antibodies against avian influenza virus with hemagglutination inhibition and agar
gel immunodiffusion ssays. Vet Immunol and Immunopathol. 2007 May 15; 117(1-2):17-25.
13. Wu R, Hu S, Xiao Y, Li Z, Shi D, Bi D*. Development of indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with
nucleoprotein as antigen for detection and quantification of antibodies against avian influenza virus. Vet Res
Commun. 2007 Jul; 31(5):631-41.
14. Xu G, Xu X, Li Z, He Q, Wu B, Sun S, Chen H*. Construction of recombinant pseudorabies virus expressing
NS1 protein of Japanese encephalitis (SA14-14-2) virus and its safety and immunogenicity. Vaccine. 2004
May; 22(15-16):1846-53.
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