Litao Tao, PhD
Assistant Professor
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School of Medicine
Biomedical Sciences
Translational Hearing
Litao Tao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus
Dr. Litao Tao graduated from Tsinghua University with BS and MS, and then he went to University of Southern California for his PhD and postdoctoral training. In 2021, Dr. Tao joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University as an assistant professor. Dr. Tao’s research is focused on epigenetic transcriptional regulation in the inner ear during development, maturation and regeneration. His research work is supported by government agencies and private foundations, including NIH (NIDCD and NIGMS), State of Nebraska, Hearing Health Foundation, American Hearing Research Foundation, and Bellucci Depaoli Family Foundation. His group has collaborations with many researchers all over the world, and his lab is a member lab of Hearing Restoration Project Consortium.Department
Biomedical Sciences
Position
Assistant Professor
Publications
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS
Wang Xizi, SoxC transcription factors shape the epigenetic landscape to establish competence for sensory differentiation in the mammalian organ of Corti
120:34, p. e2301301120 - e2301301120 2023 - Aging Cell
Sarkar A., STAT3 promotes a youthful epigenetic state in articular chondrocytes
22:2 2023 - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Tao L., CDK2 regulates aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death through modulating c-Jun activity: Inhibiting CDK2 to preserve hearing
15 2022 - Advanced Healthcare Materials
Wu S., Tri-Layered and Gel-Like Nanofibrous Scaffolds with Anisotropic Features for Engineering Heart Valve Leaflets
11:10 2022 - Scientific Reports
Jen H. -I, GFI1 regulates hair cell differentiation by acting as an off-DNA transcriptional co-activator of ATOH1, and a DNA-binding repressor
12:1 2022 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Yu H. V., POU4F3 pioneer activity enables ATOH1 to drive diverse mechanoreceptor differentiation through a feed-forward epigenetic mechanism
118:29 2021 - Developmental Cell
Tao L., Enhancer decommissioning imposes an epigenetic barrier to sensory hair cell regeneration
56:17, p. 2471 2021 - eLife
Menendez L., Generation of inner ear hair cells by direct lineage conversion of primary somatic cells
9, p. 1 - 33 2020 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Gnedeva K., Organ of Corti size is governed by yap/tead-mediated progenitor self-renewal
117:24, p. 13552 - 13561 2020 - eLife
Jen H. -I, Transcriptomic and epigenetic regulation of hair cell regeneration in the mouse utricle and its potentiation by Atoh1
8 2019 - PLoS Genetics
Salehi P., Role of Neuropilin-1/Semaphorin-3A signaling in the functional and morphological integrity of the cochlea
13:10 2017 - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Tao L., Early transcriptional response to aminoglycoside antibiotic suggests alternate pathways leading to apoptosis in sensory hair cells in the mouse inner ear
9 2015
Other
Fate Acquisition and Function of Type I and II Vestibular Hair Cells in Mammals
Fate Acquisition and Function of Type I and II Vestibular Hair Cells in Mammals