Publications

Research in the Liu Lab focuses on developing therapeutic strategies to stimulate CM proliferation, reversing cardiac remodeling, reducing cardiac fibrosis and improving cardiac function. Learn more about this research and our published findings.

Franklin, DA; Liu, S; Jin, A; Cui, P; Guo, Z; Arend, KC; Moorman, NJ; He, S; Wang, GG; Wan, YY; et al. Ribosomal protein RPL11 haploinsufficiency causes anemia in mice via activation of the RP-MDM2-p53 pathway. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2023; 299:102739.

Zhang, S; Liu, S; Leach, JP; Li, K; Perin, EC; Martin, JF. Gene Therapy Knockdown of Hippo Signaling Resolves Arrhythmic Events in Pigs After Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2022; 146:1558-1560.

Liu, S; Li, RG; Martin, JF. The cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous roles of the Hippo pathway in heart regeneration. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 2022; 168:98-106.

Liu, S; Martin, JF. RNA splicing to cytoskeleton: A new path to cardiomyocyte ploidy and division?. Developmental Cell. 2022; 57:945-946.

Liu, S; Tang, L; Zhao, X; Nguyen, B; Heallen, TR; Li, M; Wang, J; Wang, J; Martin, JF. Yap Promotes Noncanonical Wnt Signals From Cardiomyocytes for Heart Regeneration. Circulation Research. 2021; 129:782-797.

Liu, S; Li, K; Wagner Florencio, L; Tang, L; Heallen, TR; Leach, JP; Wang, Y; Grisanti, F; Willerson, JT; Perin, EC; et al. Gene therapy knockdown of Hippo signaling induces cardiomyocyte renewal in pigs after myocardial infarction. Science Translational Medicine. 2021; 13:eabd6892.

Liu, Q; Pan, S; Liu, S; Zhang, S; Willerson, JT; Martin, JF; Dixon, RA F. Suppressing Hippo signaling in the stem cell niche promotes skeletal muscle regeneration. Stem Cells. 2021; 39:737-749.

Gao, G; Wei, G; Liu, S; Chen, J; Zeng, Z; Zhang, X; Chen, F; Zhuo, L; Hsu, W; Li, D; et al. Epithelial Wntless is dispensable for intestinal tumorigenesis in mouse models. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2019; 519:754-760.

Zhang, X; Liu, S; Wang, Y; Hu, H; Li, L; Wu, Y; Cao, D; Cai, Y; Zhang, J; Zhang, X. Interleukin‑22 regulates the homeostasis of the intestinal epithelium during inflammation. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2019; 43:1657-1668.