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Gang Liu is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans significant contributions primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work is concentrated in several subfields, including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cancer Research, and Immunology. Their main research topics cover areas such as Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Liu has published numerous papers in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PubMed
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • JCI Insight

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Gang Liu include:

  • "Lung Myofibroblasts Promote Macrophage Profibrotic Activity through Lactate-induced Histone Lactylation," 2020, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • "Citrullinated vimentin mediates development and progression of lung fibrosis," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Cell senescence and fibrotic lung diseases," 2020, Experimental Gerontology
  • "Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophage apolipoprotein E participates in pulmonary fibrosis resolution," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Eosinophilic Asthma: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Horizons," 2024, Cells

The scientific collaborations of Liu feature frequent co-authors including Rui-Ming Liu, Huachun Cui, Sami Banerjee, Suxia Wang, and Na Xie.

Best Publications

  • miR-21 mediates fibrogenic activation of pulmonary fibroblasts and lung fibrosis

    Gang Liu;Arnaud Friggeri;Yanping Yang;Jadranka Milosevic

  • miR-147, a microRNA that is induced upon Toll-like receptor stimulation, regulates murine macrophage inflammatory responses

    Gang Liu;Arnaud Friggeri;Yanping Yang;Young-Jun Park

  • Glycolytic Reprogramming in Myofibroblast Differentiation and Lung Fibrosis

    Na Xie;Zheng Tan;Zheng Tan;Sami Banerjee;Huachun Cui

  • Activation of AMPK attenuates neutrophil proinflammatory activity and decreases the severity of acute lung injury

    Xia Zhao;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Emmanuel Lorne;Gang Liu

  • MicroRNA let-7c Regulates Macrophage Polarization

    Sami Banerjee;Na Xie;Huachun Cui;Zheng Tan

  • Identification of a microRNA signature in renal fibrosis: role of miR-21.

    Abolfazl Zarjou;Shanzhong Yang;Edward Abraham;Anupam Agarwal

  • Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 1 Participates in Macrophage Polarization via Regulating Glucose Metabolism

    Zheng Tan;Na Xie;Huachun Cui;Douglas R. Moellering

  • Participation of miR-200 in pulmonary fibrosis.

    Shanzhong Yang;Sami Banerjee;Andressa de Freitas;Yan Y. Sanders

  • miR-125a-5p regulates differential activation of macrophages and inflammation.

    Sami Banerjee;Huachun Cui;Na Xie;Zheng Tan

  • MicroRNAs in Immune Response and Macrophage Polarization

    Gang Liu;Edward Abraham

  • The ferredoxin reductase gene is regulated by the p53 family and sensitizes cells to oxidative stress-induced apoptosis.

    Gang Liu;Xinbin Chen

  • The human long noncoding RNA lnc-IL7R regulates the inflammatory response.

    Huachun Cui;Na Xie;Zheng Tan;Sami Banerjee

  • miR-21 regulates chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling.

    Shanzhong Yang;Sami Banerjee;Andressa de Freitas;Huachun Cui

  • High Mobility Group Protein-1 Inhibits Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Neutrophils through Binding to Phosphatidylserine

    Gang Liu;Jing Wang;Young-Jun Park;Yuko Tsuruta

  • Metabolic Reprogramming Is Required for Myofibroblast Contractility and Differentiation

    Karen Bernard;Naomi J. Logsdon;Saranya Ravi;Na Xie

  • Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex I Regulates Neutrophil Activation and Severity of Lung Injury

    Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Emmanuel Lorne;Xia Zhao;Yuko Tsuruta

  • Lung Myofibroblasts Promote Macrophage Profibrotic Activity through Lactate-induced Histone Lactylation.

    Huachun Cui;Na Xie;Sami Banerjee;Jing Ge

  • miR-145 regulates myofibroblast differentiation and lung fibrosis

    Shanzhong Yang;Huachun Cui;Na Xie;Mert Icyuz

  • Serpine 1 induces alveolar type II cell senescence through activating p53-p21-Rb pathway in fibrotic lung disease.

    Chunsun Jiang;Gang Liu;Tracy Luckhardt;Veena Antony

  • Mechanosensing by the α6-integrin confers an invasive fibroblast phenotype and mediates lung fibrosis.

    Huaping Chen;Jing Qu;Xiangwei Huang;Ashish Kurundkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor J. Thannickal
Victor J. Thannickal Tulane University
Avrum Spira
Avrum Spira Boston University
Marc E. Lenburg
Marc E. Lenburg Boston University
Xinbin Chen
Xinbin Chen University of California, Davis
Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski
Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski University of Alabama at Birmingham
Edward Abraham
Edward Abraham University of Miami
Sadis Matalon
Sadis Matalon University of Alabama at Birmingham
Naftali Kaminski
Naftali Kaminski Yale University
Frank C. Sciurba
Frank C. Sciurba University of Pittsburgh
John Quackenbush
John Quackenbush Harvard University

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