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Chen Liang is a researcher affiliated with McGill University in Canada, with a significant body of work in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research output includes 91 publications in medicine and 36 in biochemistry and related fields, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to biomedical sciences.

The scientist's subfields of focus comprise molecular biology, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology. This range indicates an engagement with both fundamental biological mechanisms and applied clinical research.

Their main topics of study cover diverse areas including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Frequent publication venues for Chen Liang include:

  • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Protein and Peptide Letters
  • Respiratory Research
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Chen Liang are:

  • "Efficacy Evaluation of Early, Low-Dose, Short-Term Corticosteroids in Adults Hospitalized with Non-Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study," published in 2020 in Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • "A cell-based assay to discover inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase," 2021, Antiviral Research
  • "Adsorption and desorption of chlorogenic acid by macroporous adsorbent resins during extraction of Eucommia ulmoides leaves," 2020, Industrial Crops and Products
  • "CRISPR-Cas13a Inhibits HIV-1 Infection," 2020, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • "Association of Systemic Inflammatory Response Index and Pan-Immune-Inflammation-Value with Long-Term Adverse Cardiovascular Events in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention," 2023, Journal of Inflammation Research

Chen Liang collaborates often with several coauthors, including Tianwen Wang, Shan Cen, Yafei An, Mengyuan Zheng, and Lu Liu, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The IFITM Proteins Inhibit HIV-1 Infection

    Jennifer Lu;Jennifer Lu;Qinghua Pan;Liwei Rong;Shan-Lu Liu;Shan-Lu Liu

  • IFITM proteins restrict viral membrane hemifusion

    Kun Li;Ruben M. Markosyan;Yi-Min Zheng;Ottavia Golfetto

  • The Interferon-Inducible MxB Protein Inhibits HIV-1 Infection

    Zhenlong Liu;Qinghua Pan;Shilei Ding;Shilei Ding;Jin Qian;Jin Qian

  • CRISPR/Cas9-Derived Mutations Both Inhibit HIV-1 Replication and Accelerate Viral Escape.

    Zhen Wang;Zhen Wang;Qinghua Pan;Patrick Gendron;Weijun Zhu

  • IFITM Proteins Incorporated into HIV-1 Virions Impair Viral Fusion and Spread

    Alex A Compton;Alex A Compton;Timothée Bruel;Timothée Bruel;Françoise Porrot;Françoise Porrot;Adeline Mallet

  • Methylation of Tat by PRMT6 Regulates Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gene Expression

    Marie Chloé Boulanger;Chen Liang;Rodney S. Russell;Rongtuan Lin

  • The CRISPR/Cas9 system inactivates latent HIV-1 proviral DNA

    Weijun Zhu;Rongyue Lei;Yann Le Duff;Yann Le Duff;Jian Li

  • The N-Terminal Region of IFITM3 Modulates Its Antiviral Activity by Regulating IFITM3 Cellular Localization

    Rui Jia;Qinghua Pan;Shilei Ding;Shilei Ding;Liwei Rong

  • Mutations in the kissing-loop hairpin of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reduce viral infectivity as well as genomic RNA packaging and dimerization.

    Michael Laughrea;Louis Jette;Johnson Mak;Lawrence Kleiman

  • IFITM Proteins Restrict HIV-1 Infection by Antagonizing the Envelope Glycoprotein.

    Jingyou Yu;Minghua Li;Jordan Wilkins;Shilei Ding

  • Is HIV-1 RNA dimerization a prerequisite for packaging? Yes, no, probably?

    Rodney S Russell;Chen Liang;Chen Liang;Mark A Wainberg;Mark A Wainberg

  • The Transmembrane Domain of BST-2 Determines Its Sensitivity to Down-Modulation by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Vpu

    Liwei Rong;Jianyong Zhang;Jennifer Lu;Qinghua Pan

  • Identification of an endocytic signal essential for the antiviral action of IFITM3

    Rui Jia;Fengwen Xu;Jin Qian;Yunfang Yao

  • SAMHD1 Inhibits LINE-1 Retrotransposition by Promoting Stress Granule Formation

    Siqi Hu;Jian Li;Fengwen Xu;Shan Mei

  • Characterization of a Putative α-Helix across the Capsid-SP1 Boundary That Is Critical for the Multimerization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gag

    Chen Liang;Jing Hu;Rodney S. Russell;Rodney S. Russell;Ariel Roldan

  • Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Dimerization on Viral Infectivity and of Stem-Loop B on RNA Dimerization and Reverse Transcription and Dissociation of Dimerization from Packaging

    Ni Shen;Louis Jetté;Chen Liang;Mark A. Wainberg;Mark A. Wainberg

  • A riboswitch regulates RNA dimerization and packaging in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 virions.

    Marcel Ooms;Hendrik Huthoff;Rodney Russell;Chen Liang

  • Association of RNA helicase a with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 particles.

    Bibhuti Bhusan Roy;Jing Hu;Xiaofeng Guo;Rodney S. Russell

  • The MOV10 Helicase Inhibits LINE-1 Mobility

    Xiaoyu Li;Jianyong Zhang;Rui Jia;Vicky Cheng;Vicky Cheng

  • The highly polymorphic cyclophilin A-binding loop in HIV-1 capsid modulates viral resistance to MxB.

    Zhenlong Liu;Zhenlong Liu;Qinghua Pan;Zhibin Liang;Zhibin Liang;Wentao Qiao

  • Tetherin restricts direct cell-to-cell infection of HIV-1.

    Björn D Kuhl;Richard D Sloan;Daniel A Donahue;Daniel A Donahue;Tamara Bar-Magen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Wainberg
Mark A. Wainberg McGill University
Lawrence Kleiman
Lawrence Kleiman McGill University
Shan-Lu Liu
Shan-Lu Liu The Ohio State University
Jianwei Wang
Jianwei Wang Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Andrew J. Mouland
Andrew J. Mouland McGill University
Andrés Finzi
Andrés Finzi University of Montreal
Ben Berkhout
Ben Berkhout University of Amsterdam
Olivier Schwartz
Olivier Schwartz Université Paris Cité
Bluma G. Brenner
Bluma G. Brenner McGill University
Qi Jin
Qi Jin Peking Union Medical College Hospital

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