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Mingyu Liang is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant body of work also in Medicine. In total, their publications cover major subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics focus primarily on cancer-related molecular mechanisms, epigenetics and DNA methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, birth, development, and health, microRNA in disease regulation, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and circular RNAs in diseases.

Recent papers authored by Mingyu Liang include:

  • Renal metabolism and hypertension, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Endogenous miR-204 Protects the Kidney against Chronic Injury in Hypertension and Diabetes, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Toward Precision Medicine: Circadian Rhythm of Blood Pressure and Chronotherapy for Hypertension - 2021 NHLBI Workshop Report, 2022, Hypertension
  • OncotRF: an online resource for exploration of tRNA-derived fragments in human cancers, 2020, RNA Biology
  • LncRNA GAS5 promotes apoptosis as a competing endogenous RNA for miR-21 via thrombospondin 1 in ischemic AKI, 2020, Cell Death Discovery

Mingyu Liang frequently publishes in these scientific journals and platforms:

  • Hypertension
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physiology
  • Kidney International
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Pengyuan Liu
  • Allen W. Cowley
  • Andrew S. Greene
  • Aron M. Geurts
  • Qiongzi Qiu

Best Publications

  • Characterization of human plasma-derived exosomal RNAs by deep sequencing

    Xiaoyi Huang;Tiezheng Yuan;Michael Tschannen;Zhifu Sun

  • The miR-29 family: genomics, cell biology, and relevance to renal and cardiovascular injury.

    Alison J. Kriegel;Yong Liu;Yi Fang;Xiaoqiang Ding

  • MicroRNA–target pairs in the rat kidney identified by microRNA microarray, proteomic, and bioinformatic analysis

    Zhongmin Tian;Andrew S. Greene;Jennifer L. Pietrusz;Isaac R. Matus

  • Renal Medullary MicroRNAs in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats: miR-29b Regulates Several Collagens and Related Genes

    Yong Liu;Norman E. Taylor;Limin Lu;Kristie Usa

  • Delayed ischemic preconditioning contributes to renal protection by upregulation of miR-21.

    Xialian Xu;Xialian Xu;Alison J. Kriegel;Yong Liu;Kristie Usa

  • Production and functional roles of nitric oxide in the proximal tubule

    Mingyu Liang;Franklyn G. Knox

  • miR-29c is downregulated in renal interstitial fibrosis in humans and rats and restored by HIF-α activation

    Yi Fang;Xiaofang Yu;Yong Liu;Alison J. Kriegel

  • Increased expression of NAD(P)H oxidase subunit p67(phox) in the renal medulla contributes to excess oxidative stress and salt-sensitive hypertension.

    Di Feng;Chun Yang;Aron M. Geurts;Terry Kurth

  • MicroRNA-target pairs in human renal epithelial cells treated with transforming growth factor β1: a novel role of miR-382

    Alison J. Kriegel;Yi Fang;Yong Liu;Zhongmin Tian

  • MicroRNA: a new frontier in kidney and blood pressure research.

    Mingyu Liang;Yong Liu;Domagoj Mladinov;Allen W. Cowley

  • Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Epigenetics and Hypertension

    Allen W. Cowley;Joseph H. Nadeau;Andrea Baccarelli;Kathleen Berecek

  • Consomic rat model systems for physiological genomics

    A. W. Cowley;M. Liang;R. J. Roman;A. S. Greene

  • Endogenous MicroRNAs in Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells Regulate mRNAs Encoded by Hypertension-Related Genes

    Alison J. Kriegel;Maria Angeles Baker;Yong Liu;Pengyuan Liu

  • Tissue-Specific MicroRNA Expression Patterns in Four Types of Kidney Disease

    Maria Angeles Baker;Seth J. Davis;Pengyuan Liu;Xiaoqing Pan

  • MicroRNA-668 represses MTP18 to preserve mitochondrial dynamics in ischemic acute kidney injury

    QingQing Wei;Haipeng Sun;Shuwei Song;Yong Liu

  • MicroRNA-687 Induced by Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Targets Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog in Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

    Kirti Bhatt;Qingqing Wei;Navjotsingh Pabla;Guie Dong

  • miR-21 in ischemia/reperfusion injury: a double-edged sword?

    Xialian Xu;Alison J. Kriegel;Xiaoyan Jiao;Hong Liu

  • MicroRNA-489 Induction by Hypoxia–Inducible Factor–1 Protects against Ischemic Kidney Injury

    Qingqing Wei;Yong Liu;Pengyuan Liu;Jielu Hao

  • Identification of persistently altered gene expression in the kidney after functional recovery from ischemic acute renal failure.

    David P. Basile;Katherine Fredrich;Morufu Alausa;Carlos P. Vio

  • Glucocorticoid response elements and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in the regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression

    Yong Liu;Domagoj Mladinov;Jennifer L. Pietrusz;Kristie Usa

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen W. Cowley
Allen W. Cowley Medical College of Wisconsin
Aron M. Geurts
Aron M. Geurts Medical College of Wisconsin
Howard J. Jacob
Howard J. Jacob AbbVie (United States)
Marina Vannucci
Marina Vannucci Rice University
Richard J. Roman
Richard J. Roman University of Mississippi Medical Center
Zheng Dong
Zheng Dong Augusta University
Martin J. Hessner
Martin J. Hessner Medical College of Wisconsin
Eduardo N. Chini
Eduardo N. Chini Mayo Clinic
Anne E. Kwitek
Anne E. Kwitek Medical College of Wisconsin

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