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Wei Liu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio covering multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The main fields of study in their work include biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology with 186 publications, and medicine with 76 publications.

Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology (114 publications), plant science (62 publications), cancer research (59 publications), immunology (14 publications), and oncology (9 publications).

Wei Liu's research focuses on key topics such as extracellular vesicles in disease (72 publications), cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (52 publications), microRNA in disease regulation (46 publications), single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (30 publications), circular RNAs in diseases (26 publications), plant molecular biology research (14 publications), and RNA modifications and cancer (14 publications).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei Liu include the following:

  • Exosomes derived from atorvastatin-pretreated MSC accelerate diabetic wound repair by enhancing angiogenesis via AKT/eNOS pathway, 2020, Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • Integrated single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals distinct cellular and transcriptional modules associated with survival in lung cancer, 2022, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Localized fluorescent imaging of multiple proteins on individual extracellular vesicles using rolling circle amplification for cancer diagnosis, 2020, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Plant-derived extracellular vesicles (PDEVs) in nanomedicine for human disease and therapeutic modalities, 2023, Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • Engineered extracellular vesicles for delivery of siRNA promoting targeted repair of traumatic spinal cord injury, 2022, Bioactive Materials

Wei Liu frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including Liang Wu, Hongdao Zhang, Ligang Wu, Jie Gao, and Lifeng Zhang. Each of these collaborators appears in at least four publications alongside Wei Liu.

Their work is often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Research Square, Nucleic Acids Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Stem Cell Research & Therapy. The number of publications in those venues are five in bioRxiv, five in Research Square, three in Nucleic Acids Research, three in SSRN Electronic Journal, and two in Stem Cell Research & Therapy.

Best Publications

  • Nanocellulose-based conductive materials and their emerging applications in energy devices - A review

    Xu Du;Zhe Zhang;Wei Liu;Yulin Deng

  • Catalytic combustion of 1,2-dichlorobenzene at low temperature over Mn-modified Co3O4 catalysts

    Ting Cai;Hao Huang;Wei Deng;Qiguang Dai

  • DNA damage and effects on antioxidative enzymes in earthworm (Eisenia foetida) induced by atrazine

    Y. Song;L.S. Zhu;J. Wang;J.H. Wang

  • A-DA′D-A non-fullerene acceptors for high-performance organic solar cells

    Qingya Wei;Wei Liu;Mario Leclerc;Jun Yuan

  • Electricigens in the anode of microbial fuel cells: pure cultures versus mixed communities

    Yujin Cao;Hui Mu;Wei Liu;Rubing Zhang

  • Oxidative Dehydrogenation on Nanocarbon: Identification and Quantification of Active Sites by Chemical Titration

    Wei Qi;Wei Liu;Bingsen Zhang;Xianmo Gu

  • Modeling adsorption and reactions of organic molecules at metal surfaces.

    Wei Liu;Alexandre Tkatchenko;Matthias Scheffler

  • Overview of Biomass Conversion to Electricity and Hydrogen and Recent Developments in Low-Temperature Electrochemical Approaches

    Wei Liu;Congmin Liu;Parikshit Gogoi;Yulin Deng

  • Aerogel microspheres from natural cellulose nanofibrils and their application as cell culture scaffold.

    Hongli Cai;Sudhir Sharma;Wenying Liu;Wei Mu

  • Pyrolysis and physical separation for the recovery of spent LiFePO4 batteries.

    Xuehu Zhong;Wei Liu;Junwei Han;Fen Jiao

  • Low-Bandgap Non-fullerene Acceptors Enabling High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

    Wei Liu;Xiang Xu;Jun Yuan;Mario Leclerc

  • Structure and energetics of benzene adsorbed on transition-metal surfaces: density-functional theory with van der Waals interactions including collective substrate response

    Wei Liu;Victor G Ruiz;Guo-Xu Zhang;Biswajit Santra

  • High efficiency hydrogen evolution from native biomass electrolysis

    Wei Liu;Wei Liu;Yong Cui;Xu Du;Zhe Zhang

  • Adsorption Geometry Determination of Single Molecules by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bruno Schuler;Wei Liu;Alexandre Tkatchenko;Nikolaj Moll

  • Insight into the description of van der Waals forces for benzene adsorption on transition metal (111) surfaces

    Javier Carrasco;Wei Liu;Angelos Michaelides;Alexandre Tkatchenko

  • Solar-induced direct biomass-to-electricity hybrid fuel cell using polyoxometalates as photocatalyst and charge carrier

    Wei Liu;Wei Liu;Wei Mu;Mengjie Liu;Xiaodan Zhang

  • Enhancing production of bio-isoprene using hybrid MVA pathway and isoprene synthase in E. coli.

    Jianming Yang;Mo Xian;Sizheng Su;Guang Zhao

  • Electrodeposition and characterization of Ni–Co–carbon nanotubes composite coatings

    L. Shi;C.F. Sun;P. Gao;F. Zhou

  • Electrodeposited nickel–cobalt composite coating containing nano-sized Si3N4

    L. Shi;C.F. Sun;F. Zhou;W.M. Liu

  • Chemically Stable Yttrium and Tin Co‐Doped Barium Zirconate Electrolyte for Next Generation High Performance Proton‐Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

    Wenping Sun;Mingfei Liu;Wei Liu;Wei Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond C. Stevens
Raymond C. Stevens University of Southern California
Yulin Deng
Yulin Deng Georgia Institute of Technology
Wenqing Qin
Wenqing Qin Central South University
Gye Won Han
Gye Won Han University of Southern California
Vsevolod Katritch
Vsevolod Katritch University of Southern California
Zhidong Zhang
Zhidong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingjie Zhang
Mingjie Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wenping Sun
Wenping Sun Zhejiang University
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University
Yingping Zou
Yingping Zou Central South University

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