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Overview

Liping Yu is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Genetics, Surgery, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. The scientist's work spans various subfields including Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Liping Yu has published extensively in several scholarly venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Diabetes (19 publications)
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (5 publications)
  • Diabetes Care (4 publications)
  • Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (3 publications)
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society (3 publications)

Notable recent papers authored by Liping Yu include:

  • Effect of Verapamil on Pancreatic Beta Cell Function in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes (2023, JAMA)
  • Cost and Cost-effectiveness of Large-scale Screening for Type 1 Diabetes in Colorado (2020, Diabetes Care)
  • Hierarchical Order of Distinct Autoantibody Spreading and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the TEDDY Study (2020, Diabetes Care)
  • CGM Metrics Predict Imminent Progression to Type 1 Diabetes: Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) Study (2021, Diabetes Care)
  • Effect of Tight Glycemic Control on Pancreatic Beta Cell Function in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes (2023, JAMA)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Marian Rewers
  • Xiaofan Jia
  • Andrea K. Steck
  • Aaron W. Michels
  • Kathleen Waugh

Liping Yu's scientific contributions focus heavily on understanding the mechanisms and management of diabetes, particularly type 1 diabetes, pancreatic beta cell function, and related autoimmunity processes. The combination of expertise across genetics, endocrinology, and molecular biology reflects a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach in their studies.

Best Publications

  • The cation efflux transporter ZnT8 (Slc30A8) is a major autoantigen in human type 1 diabetes

    Janet M. Wenzlau;Kirstine Juhl;Kirstine Juhl;Liping Yu;Ong Moua

  • Prediction of type I diabetes in first-degree relatives using a combination of insulin, GAD, and ICA512bdc/IA-2 autoantibodies.

    C F Verge;R Gianani;E Kawasaki;L Yu

  • Prime role for an insulin epitope in the development of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice.

    Maki Nakayama;Norio Abiru;Hiroaki Moriyama;Naru Babaya

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Design of Lead-Free Inorganic Halide Perovskites for Solar Cells via Cation-Transmutation

    Xin-Gang Zhao;Ji-Hui Yang;Yuhao Fu;Dongwen Yang

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • Identification of potential photovoltaic absorbers based on first-principles spectroscopic screening of materials.

    Liping Yu;Alex Zunger

  • Early expression of antiinsulin autoantibodies of humans and the NOD mouse: evidence for early determination of subsequent diabetes

    Liping Yu;David T. Robles;Norio Abiru;Paramjit Kaur

  • Prediction of autoantibody positivity and progression to type 1 diabetes: Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY).

    Jennifer M. Barker;Katherine J. Barriga;Liping Yu;Dongmei Miao

  • Prediction and accelerated laboratory discovery of previously unknown 18-electron ABX compounds

    Romain Gautier;Xiuwen Zhang;Linhua Hu;Liping Yu

  • Heterogeneity of type I diabetes: analysis of monozygotic twins in Great Britain and the United States.

    M. J. Redondo;L. Yu;M. Hawa;T. Mackenzie

  • Cu–In Halide Perovskite Solar Absorbers

    Xin-Gang Zhao;Dongwen Yang;Yuanhui Sun;Tianshu Li

  • Inverse Design of High Absorption Thin‐Film Photovoltaic Materials

    Liping Yu;Liping Yu;Robert S. Kokenyesi;Douglas A. Keszler;Alex Zunger

  • Harmonization of glutamic acid decarboxylase and islet antigen-2 autoantibody assays for national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases consortia.

    Ezio Bonifacio;Liping Yu;Alastair K. Williams;George S. Eisenbarth

  • One Third of HLA DQ2 Homozygous Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Express Celiac Disease-Associated Transglutaminase Autoantibodies

    Fei Bao;Liping Yu;Sunanda Babu;Tianbao Wang

  • A polarity-induced defect mechanism for conductivity and magnetism at polar–nonpolar oxide interfaces

    Liping Yu;Alex Zunger

  • Pancreatic Islet Autoantibodies as Predictors of Type 1 Diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Trial–Type 1

    Tihamer Orban;Jay M. Sosenko;David Cuthbertson;Jeffrey P. Krischer

  • Extreme genetic risk for type 1A diabetes.

    Theresa A. Aly;Akane Ide;Mohamed M. Jahromi;Jennifer M. Barker

  • Antiislet autoantibodies usually develop sequentially rather than simultaneously.

    L Yu;M Rewers;R Gianani;E Kawasaki

  • Autoantibody "subspecificity" in type 1 diabetes: risk for organ-specific autoimmunity clusters in distinct groups

    Jennifer M. Barker;Jeesuk Yu;Liping Yu;Jian Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

George S. Eisenbarth
George S. Eisenbarth University of Colorado Denver
Marian Rewers
Marian Rewers University of Colorado Denver
Alex Zunger
Alex Zunger University of Colorado Boulder
Jill M. Norris
Jill M. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jeffrey P. Krischer
Jeffrey P. Krischer University of South Florida
Henry A. Erlich
Henry A. Erlich UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
John C. Hutton
John C. Hutton University of Colorado Denver
Desmond A. Schatz
Desmond A. Schatz University of Florida
Jerry Bernholc
Jerry Bernholc North Carolina State University
Ezio Bonifacio
Ezio Bonifacio TU Dresden

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