First-authored paper in Nature Communications by Jia Li
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Jia Li, professor and chair Yu Shyr, and professor Qi Liu on the August 22 publication of Identification and multimodal characterization of a specialized epithelial cell type associated with Crohn’s disease (CD) in Nature Communications. Dr. Li is first author of the paper and Dr. Liu its corresponding author. The team's study of terminal ileum and ascending colon (LND) cells in CD patients has led to findings that "suggest a potential pathogenic role" for such cells in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Figure 1 from the paper. Visit it at the publication site for the full caption.