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Pui‐Kai Li

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1979Rising activity

Publications

263

Citations

7,428

Est. group size

~7

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

48

Publishing since 1979

Research summary
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Pui-Kai Li's research focuses on developing new drug therapies for advanced prostate cancer, particularly targeting hormone signaling pathways, cancer cell metabolism, and cancer stem-like cells. The work involves preclinical studies of novel inhibitors aimed at proteins and enzymes (such as AR variants, AKR1C3, steroid sulfatase, and BET proteins) that drive tumor growth and treatment resistance. Some recent work also extends to bacterial persistence mechanisms in tuberculosis.

Prostate cancer drug discoveryAndrogen receptor and steroid hormone signalingCancer cell metabolism and oxidative stress (ferroptosis)Cancer stem cell biology and JAK-STAT signalingTreatment resistance in advanced cancer

Publication output was modest and variable from 2017-2022, then spiked sharply in 2023 (likely reflecting a burst of supplementary data records tied to a few core studies) before settling to a more moderate but still elevated level through 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 18.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 6 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 73 publications73232024: 9 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cancer Research×6
  • The Journal of Urology×5
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Oncotarget×2
  • Cancers×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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