Yuying Liu
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Yuying Liu has graduated from Peking University Health Science Center (Beijing Medical University), Beijing, China, during the period of 1998. She has received Postdoctoral fellowship from University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, during the period of 1999-2004. Currently, She is working as Associate Professor in the university of Texas medical school.
Research Interest
Our research interests focus on neonatal intestinal inflammation and the impact of probiotics. We are (1) investigating immune responses during neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), which is a leading cause of gastrointestinal morbidity and mortality in premature infants; (2) determining the mechanisms by which probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri regulates intestinal inflammation. We are using NEC and Treg-deficient mice to better understand how the immune cells including TH1, TH17, Treg, and dendritic cells respond to probiotics, and which cells control the level of gastrointestinal inflammation in the newborn. In addition, we are studying how breast milk factors may potentiate the effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on immune cell differentiation (NIH/NCCAM 1R01 AT 007083).
Publications
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Van Arsdall M, Haque I, Liu Y, Rhoads JM. Is There a Role for the Enteral Administration of Serum-Derived Immunoglobulins in Human Gastrointestinal Disease and Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition? Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal [Internet]. American Society for Nutrition; 2016 May 1;7(3):535–43.
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Navarro F, Liu Y, Rhoads JM. Can probiotics benefit children with autism spectrum disorders? World Journal of Gastroenterology [Internet]. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.; 2016;22(46):10093.
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He B, Hoang TK, Wang T, Ferris M, Taylor CM, Tian X, et al. Resetting microbiota byLactobacillus reuteriinhibits T reg deficiency–induced autoimmunity via adenosine A2Areceptors. The Journal of Experimental Medicine [Internet]. Rockefeller University Press; 2016 Dec 19;214(1):107–23.
