Xiuli An

Head
Complement Biology
Complement Biology, New York Blood Center
United States of America

Scientist Immunology
Biography

Dr. An’s research is focused on developing a detailed molecular understanding of regulation of erythropoiesis. Her lab has developed methods to purify both human and mouse erythroid cells at distinct developmental stages and methods to quantify the progress of erythroid differentiation in vivo. Through RNA-seq analysis, her lab constructed global transcriptomesof human and murine erythroid cells. Based on the development of these novel methodology and database, Dr. An’s lab is currently working on three areas: 1) studying regulation of erythropoiesis by epigenetic modifiers such as methylcytosine dioxygenase TET2 and TET3; 2) Identifying the contribution of commonly mutated epigenetic modifiers to the dyserythropoiesis of myelodysplastic syndromes patients; 3) Improving red cell production ex vivo from stem cells.

Research Intrest

Biochemistry

List of Publications
Gimm JA, An X, Nunomura W, Mohandas N (2002) Functional characterization of spectrin-actin-binding domains in 4.1 family of proteins. Biochemistry 41: 7275-7282.
Takakuwa Y, Pack CG, An XL, Manno S, Ito E, et al. (1999) Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analysis of the hydrophobic interactions of protein 4.1 with phosphatidyl serine liposomes. Biophys Chem 82: 149-155.
An XL, Takakuwa Y, Nunomura W, Manno S, Mohandas N (1996) Modulation of band 3-ankyrin interaction by protein 4.1. Functional implications in regulation of erythrocyte membrane mechanical properties. J Biol Chem 271: 33187-33191.