Yongqing Liu
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
University of Louisville
United States of America
Biography
Yongqing Liu is an Assistant Professor at University of Louisville. He received his Ph.D. Wageningen University in 1996.
Research Interest
Converting differentiated somatic mammalian cells into stem-like cells through sphere formation in vitro, and re-directing them to specific lineages for tissue regeneration in vivo Exploring possible roles of the zinc finger E-box binding transcription factor ZEB1 in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and in tumor initiation and progression.
Publications
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Zhang P, Wang L, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Yuan Y, Debeb BG, Chen D, Sun Y, You MJ, Liu Y, Dean DC, Woodward WA. miR-205 acts as a tumour radiosensitizer by targeting ZEB1 and Ubc13. Nature communications. 2014 Dec 5;5:5671.
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Dean KC, Huang L, Chen Y, Lu X, Liu Y. An Rb1-dependent amplification loop between Ets1 and Zeb1 is evident in thymocyte differentiation and invasive lung adenocarcinoma. BMC molecular biology. 2015 Mar 19;16(1):8.
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Wang W, Lee SJ, Scott PA, Lu X, Emery D, Liu Y, Ezashi T, Roberts MR, Ross JW, Kaplan HJ, Dean DC. Two-step reactivation of dormant cones in retinitis pigmentosa. Cell reports. 2016 Apr 12;15(2):372-85.
