Publications 1. Guangfu , Dai , Eric T Kimchi, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Xiaoqiang Qi, Tye Deering, Todd Fox, Don C. Rockey, Todd D Schell6, Mark Kester, Kevin F Staveley-O’Carroll, Immunotherapeutic Role of Nanoliposomal C6-Ceramide in Hepatocellular Cancer, Gastroenterology, 2018 Jan 31. pii: S0016-5085(18)30099-4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.10.050. [Epub ahead of print] (Corresponding author) 2. Li-Qun , Kent S. Gates, Michael X. , Guangfu Li, What is the potential of nanolock- and nanocross-nanopore technology in cancer diagnosis?, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2018.1410060 3. Dai Liu, Guangfu Li, Diego M. Avella, Eric T. Kimchi, Jussuf T. Kaifi1, Mark P. Rubinstein, E. Ramsay Camp, Don C. Rockey, Todd D. Schell, Kevin F. Staveley- O’Carroll, Sunitinib represses regulatory T cells to overcome immunotolerance in a murine model of hepatocellular cancer, Oncoimmunology. 2017 Sep 21;7(1):e1372079. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1372079. eCollection 2017 (co-first author and corresponding author)

4. Dai Liu, Xiaoqiang Qi, Yariswamy Manjunath, Eric T. Kimchi, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, Guangfu Li, Sunitinib and Sorafenib Modulating Antitumor Immunity in Hepatocellular Cancer, Journal of Immunology Research and Therapy, August, 2017, 2 (2): 115-123, (Corresponding author) 5. Wang, Yong; , Kai; Shi, Ruicheng; Gu, Amy; Pennella, Michael; Alberts, Lindsey ; Gates, Kent; Li, Guangfu; Fan, Hongxin; Wang, Michael; Gu, Li-Qun, Nanolock- Nanopore facilitated digital diagnostics of cancer driver mutation in tumor tissue, ACS Sensors, July 5, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00235 6. Jingyu , Dai Liu, Guangfu Li, Kevin F. Staveley-O'Carroll, Julie N. Graff, Zihai Li1, and Jennifer D. , Antibody targeting soluble NKG2D ligand sMIC remarkably enhances CTLA4 blockade therapy, ScienceAdvances, 17 May, 2017;3: e1602133 7. D, Z2, Q, Wu P, Tian L, L, B, Yin J, Wu Y, Staveley-O'Carroll KF4, Jiang K, Miao Y6, Li G, Galectin-1-driven upregulation of SDF-1 in pancreatic stellate cells promotes pancreatic cancer metastasis, Cancer Lett. 2017 Mar 20. pii: S0304-3835(17)30198-2. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.03.024. [Epub ahead of print] (Corresponding author) 8. Guangfu Li, Yue , Yariswamy Manjunath, Eric T. Kimchi, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Pancreatic Cancer, Biol Med, 2016, 8:7, DOI: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000357 (Corresponding author) 9. Qian , Ping- Zhang, Jie , -Di Xu, Ming , Hong Shen, , Min , Li , Guangfu Li, Qiang Wang, and - Li, iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of ginsenoside F2 on human gastric carcinoma cells, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016; 2016: 2635483.doi:10.1155/2016/2635483 10. Guangfu Li, Dai Liu, Timothy K Cooper, Eric T Kimchi, Ningfei Li, Diego M Avella, Harriet C Isom, Qing Yang, Mark Kester, C. Bart Rountree, Todd D Schell, Kevin F Staveley-O’Carroll, Successful Chemoimmunotherapy against Hepatocellular Cancer in a Novel Murine Mode, J Hepatol. 2016 Aug 9. pii: S0168-8278(16)30420-2. doi: 10.1016/ j.jhep.2016.07.044. [Epub ahead of print] (Corresponding author) 11. Xiaoqiang Qi, Samuel SK Lam, Dai Liu, Dae Young Kim, Lixin Ma5 Lu Alleruzzo, Wei , Tomas Hode, Carolyn J Henry, Jussuf Kaifi, Eric T Kimchi, Guangfu Li, and Kevin F Staveley-O’Carroll, Development of inCVAX, In situ Cancer Vaccine, and Its Immune Response in Mice with Hepatocellular Cancer, J Clin Cell Immunol, 2016, 7:4 (Corresponding author) 12. Li G, Staveley-O’Carroll KF, Kimchi ET (2016), Potential of Radiofrequency Ablation in Combination with Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Clin Trials, 6:2. doi:10.4172/2167-0870.1000257 (Corresponding author) 13. Jussuf T. Kaifi, Guangfu Li, Gary Clawson, Eric T. Kimchi & Kevin F. Staveley- O'Carroll, Perioperative circulating tumor cell detection: current perspectives, Cancer Biol Ther, published online First April 5, 2016, DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2016.1167296 14. Hephzibah Rani S. Tagaram, Dhimant Desai, Guangfu Li, Dai Liu, C. Bart Rountree, Kavitha Gowda, Arthur Berg, Shantu Amin, Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll and Eric T. Kimchi, A Selenium Containing Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Cancer, Pharmaceutials, 2016, 9(2), 18; doi: 10.3390/ph9020018 15. Dai Liu, Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll and Guangfu Li, Immune-based Therapy Clinical Trials in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, J Clin Cell Immunol 6:376. 2015,doi:10.4172/2155-9899.1000376 (Corresponding author) 16. Xiaoqiang Qi, Guangfu Li, Dai Liu, Anjan Motamarry, Xiangwei Huang, A. Marissa Wolfe, Kristi L. Helke, Dieter Haemmerich, Kevin F Staveley-O’Carroll, Eric T Kimchi, Establishment of a radiofrequency ablation platform for treatment of hepatocellular cancer in an orthotopic murine model, Cancer Biol Ther, published online First 05 Nov 2015 DOI:10.1080/15384047.2015.1095412 (Corresponding author) 17. C. Bryce Johnson, Brian P. Riesenberg, Bennett R. May1, Stuart C. Gilreath1, Guangfu Li, Kevin F. Staveley-O'Carroll, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Shikhar Mehrotra, David J.Cole and Mark P. Rubinstein, , Effector CD8+ T-cell Engraftment and Antitumor Immunity in Lymphodepleted Hosts Is IL7Rα Dependent, Cancer Immunology Research, Published Online First August 21, 2015; doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-15-0087-T 18. Madarampalli B, Y, Liu D, Lengel K, Xu Y, Li G, Yang J, Liu X, Lu Z, Liu DX, ATF5 Connects the pericentriolar materials to the proximal end of the mother centriole. Cell, 2015 Jul 22. pii: S0092-8674(15)00825-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.055. [Epub ahead of print] 19. Lu S, Zhang J, Liu D, Li G, Staveley-O'Carrol K, Li Z, Wu JD, Non-blocking monoclonal antibody targeting soluble MIC revamps endogenous innate and adaptive anti-tumor responses and eliminates primary and metastatic tumors. Clin Cancer Res, 2015 Jun 23. pii: clincanres.0845.2015. [Epub ahead of print] 20. Jussuf T Kaifi, Miriam Kunkel, Avisnata Das, Ramdane A Harouaka, David T Dicker, Guangfu Li, Junjia Zhu, Gary A Clawson, Zhaohai Yang, Michael F Reed, Niraj J Gusani, Eric T Kimchi, Kevin F Staveley-O'Carroll, Si-Yang & Wafik S El- Deiryb, Circulating tumor cell isolation during resection of colorectal cancer lung and liver metastases: a prospective trial with different detection techniques; Cancer Biol Ther, March 2015, 16(5):699-708 21. Jussuf T Kaifi, Miriam Kunkel, David T Dicker, Jamal Joude, Joshua E Allen, Avisnata Das, Junjia Zhu, Zhaohai Yang, Nabeel E Sarwani, Guangfu Li, Kevin F Staveley- O'Carroll & Wafik S El-Deiry, Circulating tumor cell levels are elevated in colorectal cancer patients with high tumor burden in the liver, Cancer Biol Ther, March 2015, 16(5):690-698 22. Kaifi JT, Kunkel M, Zhu J, Dicker DT, Gusani NJ, Yang Z, Sarwani NE, Li G, Kimchi ET, Staveley-O'Carroll KF, El-Deiry WS, Circulating tumor cells are associated with diffuse spread in stage IV colorectal cancer patients, Cancer Biol Ther, 2013 Oct 23;14(12). [Epub ahead of print] 23. Diego M. Avella, Guangfu Li, Todd D. Schell, Dai Liu, Samuel -Min Zhang, Xi Lou, Arthur Berg, Eric T. Kimchi,Hephzibah Rani S. Tagaram,Qing Yang,Serene Shereef,Luis S. Garcia,Mark Kester, Harriet C. Isom,C. Bart Rountree,and Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, Regression of Established Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Induced by Chemo- immunotherapy in an Orthotopic Murine Model, Hepatology. 2012, 55(1): 141– 152 (co-first author) 24. Guangfu Li, Yidi Xu, Dongyin Guan1, and Zhengshan Liu, David X. Liu, HSP70 Promotes Survival of C6 and U87 Glioma Cells by Inhibition of ATF5 Degradation, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 286, No. 23, pp. 20251-20259, June 10, 2011 25. Jianzhong Zhu, Krishnegowda Gowda, Guangfu Li, D. Channe Gowda, Proinflammatory Responses by Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) of Plasmodium Falciparum Are Mainly Mediated Through the Recognition of TLR2/TLR1, Experimental Parasitology, 2011,128(3): 205-211 26. Douglas Dluzen, Guangfu Li, Diana Tacelosky, Matthew Moreau, and David X. Liu, BCL-2 Is a Downstream Target of ATF5 That Mediates the Prosurvival Function of ATF5 in a Cell Type- dependent Manner, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol 286, No. 9, pp. 7705–7713, March 4, 2011 27. Guangfu Li, Wenhong Li, James M. Angelastro, Lloyd A. Greene, and David X. Liu, Identification of a Novel DNA Binding Site and a Transcriptional Target for Activating Transcription Factor 5 in C6 Glioma and MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells, Mol Cancer Res, 2009,7: 933-943 28. Zhu J, Wu X, Goel S, Gowda NM, Kumar S, Krishnegowda G, Mishra G, Weinberg R, Guangfu Li, Gaestel M, Muta T, Gowda DC., MAPK-activated Protein Kinase 2 Differentially Regulates Plasmodium Falciparum Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-induced Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-12 in Macrophages, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol,284, No.23:15750-61, 2009 29. Guangfu Li, S. H. Basagoudanavar & D. C. Gowda, Effect of GPI Anchor Moiety on the Immunogenicity of DNA Plasmids Encoding the 19-kDa C-terminal Portion of Plasmodium Falciparum MSP-1. Parasite Immunology, 2008,30, 315–322