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Fu-Tong Liu

Fu-Tong Liu

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Biology and Biochemistry
Taiwan
2026
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Medicine
Taiwan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
43524
World Ranking
861
National Ranking
2

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
43196
World Ranking
4993
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Fu-Tong Liu is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan, focusing their research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several interrelated subfields, notably Immunology, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, Surgery, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research addresses key topics including Galectins and Cancer Biology, Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, Signaling Pathways in Disease, and Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Fu-Tong Liu has contributed to a number of recent publications that shed light on aspects of immunity, molecular biology, and clinical investigations. Selected papers include:

  • Genetic profiles of 103,106 individuals in the Taiwan Biobank provide insights into the health and history of Han Chinese, 2021, npj Genomic Medicine
  • The role of galectins in immunity and infection, 2023, Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Galectin-7 downregulation in lesional keratinocytes contributes to enhanced IL-17A signaling and skin pathology in psoriasis, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Lumenal Galectin-9-Lamp2 interaction regulates lysosome and autophagy to prevent pathogenesis in the intestine and pancreas, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Immunologic aspects of characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2020, Journal of Biomedical Science

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy, Journal of Biomedical Science, Glycobiology, and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Frequent collaborative partners include Hung-Lin Chen, Daniel K. Hsu, Manabu Fujimoto, Silvia Bulfone-Paus, and Chung-Hsing Chang, with whom they have multiple coauthored works.

Best Publications

  • Galectins as modulators of tumour progression

    Fu Tong Liu;Gabriel Adrián Rabinovich

  • Galectins: a family of animal beta-galactoside-binding lectins.

    Samuel H. Barondes;Vincent Castronovo;Douglas N W Cooper;Richard D. Cummings

  • Galectins: structure, function and therapeutic potential.

    Ri Yao Yang;Gabriel A. Rabinovich;Fu Tong Liu

  • Expression of galectin-3 modulates T-cell growth and apoptosis

    Ri-Yao Yang;Daniel K. Hsu;Fu-Tong Liu

  • Intracellular functions of galectins

    Fu Tong Liu;Ronald J. Patterson;John L. Wang

  • Monoclonal dinitrophenyl-specific murine IgE antibody: preparation, isolation, and characterization.

    Fu-Tong Liu;J. W. Bohn;E. L. Ferry;H. Yamamoto

  • Human Galectin-3 Is a Novel Chemoattractant for Monocytes and Macrophages

    Hideki Sano;Daniel K. Hsu;Lan Yu;John R. Apgar

  • Galectins and their ligands: amplifiers, silencers or tuners of the inflammatory response?

    Gabriel Adrián Rabinovich;Linda Gwen Baum;N. Tinari;Roberto Paganelli

  • Galectin-3 expression and secretion links macrophages to the promotion of renal fibrosis.

    Neil C. Henderson;Alison C. Mackinnon;Sarah L. Farnworth;Tiina Kipari

  • New procedures for preparation and isolation of conjugates of proteins and a synthetic copolymer of D-amino acids and immunochemical characterization of such conjugates.

    Fu-Tong Liu;Mark Zinnecker;Toshiyuki Hamaoka;David H. Katz

  • Galectin-3 and galectin-1 bind distinct cell surface glycoprotein receptors to induce T cell death.

    Brianna N. Stillman;Daniel K. Hsu;Mabel Pang;C. Fred Brewer

  • Identification of galectin-3 as a high-affinity binding protein for advanced glycation end products (AGE): a new member of the AGE-receptor complex.

    Helen Vlassara;Yong Ming Li;Farhad Imani;Donald Wojciechowicz

  • Expression and function of galectin-3, a beta-galactoside-binding lectin, in human monocytes and macrophages.

    Fu-Tong Liu;D. K. Hsu;R. I. Zuberi;I. Kuwabara

  • Targeted disruption of the galectin-3 gene results in attenuated peritoneal inflammatory responses.

    Daniel K. Hsu;Ri Yao Yang;Zhixing Pan;Lan Yu

  • IgE, mast cells, and eosinophils in atopic dermatitis.

    Fu-Tong Liu;Heidi Goodarzi;Huan Yuan Chen

  • Critical role of galectin-3 in phagocytosis by macrophages

    Hideki Sano;Daniel K. Hsu;Daniel K. Hsu;John R. Apgar;Lan Yu;Lan Yu

  • Antibody-dependent SARS coronavirus infection is mediated by antibodies against spike proteins

    Sheng Fan Wang;Sheng Fan Wang;Sung Pin Tseng;Chia Hung Yen;Jyh Yuan Yang

  • Galectins: regulators of acute and chronic inflammation

    Fu-Tong Liu;Gabriel Adrian Rabinovich

  • Galectin-3 promotes adhesion of human neutrophils to laminin.

    Ichiro Kuwabara;Fu-Tong Liu

  • Regulation of mast cell survival by IgE.

    Koichi Asai;Jiro Kitaura;Yuko Kawakami;Noboru Yamagata

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel K. Hsu
Daniel K. Hsu University of California, Davis
Hans-Joachim Gabius
Hans-Joachim Gabius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gabriel A. Rabinovich
Gabriel A. Rabinovich Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute
Karel Smetana
Karel Smetana Charles University
Gang-yu Liu
Gang-yu Liu University of California, Davis
Sabine André
Sabine André Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David H. Katz
David H. Katz National Institutes of Health
Linda G. Baum
Linda G. Baum University of California, Los Angeles
Herbert Kaltner
Herbert Kaltner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mark E. Sobel
Mark E. Sobel American Society for Investigative Pathology

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