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11254
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Overview

Lucy Liaw is affiliated with Maine Medical Center in the United States and specializes in research spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work has contributed to several subfields, including physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, surgery, and immunology.

The primary focus of their research involves cardiovascular disease, adiposity, and adipose tissue metabolism. Specific topics addressed include cardiovascular disease and adiposity, adipose tissue and metabolism, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, as well as atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. Their investigations also encompass cardiovascular, neuropeptides, and oxidative stress research, microRNA in disease regulation, and cell adhesion molecules research.

Lucy Liaw has published in a number of peer-reviewed venues, with multiple articles appearing in Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Aging Cell, the Journal of Vascular Research, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, as well as Nature Metabolism.

  • Defining the lineage of thermogenic perivascular adipose tissue, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Pathological Conversion of Mouse Perivascular Adipose Tissue by Notch Activation, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Age-related changes to adipose tissue and peripheral neuropathy in genetically diverse HET3 mice differ by sex and are not mitigated by rapamycin longevity treatment, 2023, Aging Cell
  • Transmission of reduced levels of miR-34/449 from sperm to preimplantation embryos is a key step in the transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of the effects of paternal chronic social instability stress, 2024, Epigenetics
  • Involvement of early embryonic miR-409-3p in the establishment of anxiety levels in female mice, 2020, Developmental Neurobiology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Benjamin Tero, Anne Harrington, Christian M. Potts, Larisa Ryzhova, and Calvin Vary.

Best Publications

  • Osteopontin. A Multifunctional Molecule Regulating Chronic Inflammation and Vascular Disease

    Marta Scatena;Lucy Liaw;Cecilia M. Giachelli

  • Altered wound healing in mice lacking a functional osteopontin gene (spp1).

    L Liaw;D E Birk;C B Ballas;J S Whitsitt

  • The adhesive and migratory effects of osteopontin are mediated via distinct cell surface integrins. Role of alpha v beta 3 in smooth muscle cell migration to osteopontin in vitro.

    Lucy Liaw;Michael P. Skinner;Elaine W. Raines;Russell Ross

  • Osteopontin inhibits mineral deposition and promotes regression of ectopic calcification.

    Susan A. Steitz;Mei Y. Speer;Marc D. McKee;Lucy Liaw

  • Common features of microRNA target prediction tools

    Sarah M. Peterson;Jeffrey A. Thompson;Melanie L. Ufkin;Melanie L. Ufkin;Pradeep Sathyanarayana;Pradeep Sathyanarayana

  • Osteopontin promotes vascular cell adhesion and spreading and is chemotactic for smooth muscle cells in vitro.

    Lucy Liaw;Manuela Almeida;Charles E. Hart;Stephen M. Schwartz

  • Osteopontin, a Novel Substrate for Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 (Stromelysin-1) and Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 (Matrilysin)

    Renu Agnihotri;Howard C. Crawford;Hirotaka Haro;Lynn M. Matrisian;Lynn M. Matrisian

  • Inactivation of the Osteopontin Gene Enhances Vascular Calcification of Matrix Gla Protein–deficient Mice Evidence for Osteopontin as an Inducible Inhibitor of Vascular Calcification In Vivo

    Mei Y. Speer;Marc D. McKee;Robert E. Guldberg;Lucy Liaw

  • Exaggerated Left Ventricular Dilation and Reduced Collagen Deposition After Myocardial Infarction in Mice Lacking Osteopontin

    Nathan A. Trueblood;Zhonglin Xie;Catherine Communal;Flora Sam

  • Targeted Genome Modification in Mice Using Zinc-Finger Nucleases

    Iara D. Carbery;Diana Ji;Anne Harrington;Victoria Brown

  • Osteopontin Is a Critical Inhibitor of Calcium Oxalate Crystal Formation and Retention in Renal Tubules

    Jeffrey A. Wesson;Richard J. Johnson;Marrilda Mazzali;Anne M. Beshensky

  • Collagen Triple Helix Repeat Containing 1, a Novel Secreted Protein in Injured and Diseased Arteries, Inhibits Collagen Expression and Promotes Cell Migration

    Peter Pyagay;Mélanie Heroult;Qiaozeng Wang;Wolfgang Lehnert

  • Laser microsurgery in cell and developmental biology

    Michael W. Berns;J. Aist;J. Edwards;K. Strahs

  • Osteopontin expression in cardiovascular diseases.

    Cecilia M. Giachelli;Lucy Liaw;Charles E. Murry;Stephen M. Schwartz

  • Members of the Jagged/Notch Gene Families Are Expressed in Injured Arteries and Regulate Cell Phenotype via Alterations in Cell Matrix and Cell-Cell Interaction

    Volkhard Lindner;Christina Booth;Igor Prudovsky;Deena Small

  • Del1 Induces Integrin Signaling and Angiogenesis by Ligation of αVβ3

    Kalyani Penta;Judith A. Varner;Lucy Liaw;Chiaki Hidai

  • Osteopontin and β3 Integrin Are Coordinately Expressed in Regenerating Endothelium In Vivo and Stimulate Arg-Gly-Asp–Dependent Endothelial Migration In Vitro

    Lucy Liaw;Volkhard Lindner;Stephen M. Schwartz;Ann F. Chambers

  • Bone morphogenetic protein 8A plays a role in the maintenance of spermatogenesis and the integrity of the epididymis

    Guang-Quan Zhao;Lucy Liaw;Brigid L. M. Hogan

  • Attenuated host resistance against Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection in mice lacking osteopontin.

    Gerard J. Nau;Gerard J. Nau;Lucy Liaw;Geoffrey L. Chupp;Jeffrey S. Berman;Jeffrey S. Berman

  • Notch and Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ) Signaling Pathways Cooperatively Regulate Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation

    Yuefeng Tang;Sumithra Urs;Joshua Boucher;Tyler Bernaiche

Frequent Co-Authors

Calvin P.H. Vary
Calvin P.H. Vary Maine Medical Center
Robert Friesel
Robert Friesel Maine Medical Center
Clifford J. Rosen
Clifford J. Rosen Maine Medical Center
Thomas Gridley
Thomas Gridley University of Maine
Cecilia M. Giachelli
Cecilia M. Giachelli University of Washington
Thomas Maciag
Thomas Maciag Maine Medical Center
Daniel J. Garry
Daniel J. Garry University of Minnesota
Bernard Keavney
Bernard Keavney University of Manchester
Kevin C K Lloyd
Kevin C K Lloyd University of California, Davis
Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas University of Adelaide

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