Shan-lu Liu
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Director of Program in Virology and Emerging Pathogens, Infectious Diseases Institute
Research Interest
Host restriction to viral infection and viral countermeasures Viral cell-to-cell transmission Innate immunity and sensing to viral infection Mechanisms of viral membrane fusion and entry Cell signaling, viral oncogenes, and human lung cancer Model viruses of study – HIV, Ebola virus, Influenza A virus, Zika virus, hepatitis C virus, and oncogenic sheep retroviruses
Publications
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Miao, C, M. Li, Y.-M. Zheng, F. S. Cohen and S.-L. Liu*. 2015. Cell-cell Contact Promotes Ebola Virus GP-mediated Infection. Virology. 488:202-215.
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Wilkins, J, Y.-M. Zheng, J. Yu, C. Liang, and S.-L. Liu*. 2016. Nonhuman Primate IFITM Proteins Are Potent Inhibitors of HIV and SIV. PLoS One. Jun 3;11(6):e0156739.
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Markosyan, R.M.#, C. Miao#, Y.-M. Zheng, G.B. Melikian, S.-L. Liu* and F.S. Cohen*. 2016. Induction of Cell-Cell Fusion by Ebola Virus Glycoprotein: Low pH Is not a Trigger. PLoS Pathogens. 12(1): e1005373.(# Co-first author)
