Liu-meng Yang
Associate Professor
Molecule Immunopharmcology
Kunming Institute of Zoology
China
Biography
Liu-Meng Yang has done his PhD, Currently he is working as Associate Professor in Molecule Immunopharmcology in Kunming Institute of Zoology. His research interests are Study anti-HIV activities and mechanisms of compounds, Establish non-human primate model for studying the immunopathogenic mechanism of HIV/AIDS, MHC genetics research in primates of China, Study the restriction mechanism of antiviral restriction factors TRIM5α and TRIMCyp to HIV-1 infection, HIV cross-border spread in Mekong River region, including molecular epidemiology and HIV resistance. Several papers of his work were published in reputed International journals.
Research Interest
Study anti-HIV activities and mechanisms of compounds, Establish non-human primate model for studying the immunopathogenic mechanism of HIV/AIDS, MHC genetics research in primates of China, Study the restriction mechanism of antiviral restriction factors TRIM5α and TRIMCyp to HIV-1 infection, HIV cross-border spread in Mekong River region, including molecular epidemiology and HIV resistance
Publications
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Wang RR, Yang LM, Wang YH, Pang W, Tam SC, Tien P, Zheng YT. Sifuvirtide, a potent HIV fusion inhibitor peptide. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2009 May 8;382(3):540-4.
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Wang RR, Gu Q, Wang YH, Zhang XM, Yang LM, Zhou J, Chen JJ, Zheng YT. Anti-HIV-1 activities of compounds isolated from the medicinal plant Rhus chinensis. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 2008 May 8;117(2):249-56.
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Zhang X, Yang LM, Liu GM, Liu YJ, Zheng CB, Lv YJ, Li HZ, Zheng YT. Potent anti-HIV activities and mechanisms of action of a pine cone extract from Pinus yunnanensis. Molecules. 2012 Jun 6;17(6):6916-29.
