Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Liu Z., Wang L., Welch J., Ma H., Zhou Y., Vaseghi H.R., Yu S., Wall J.B., Alimohamadi S., Zheng M., Yin C., Shen W., Prins J., Liu J#., Qian L#. (2017). Single cell transcriptomics reconstructs fate conversion from fibroblast to cardiomyocyte. Nature. 551:100–104. (# co-correspondence).

Zhou Y., Wang L., Liu Z., Alimohamadi S., Liu J., Qian L. (2017). Comparative gene expression analyses reveal distinct molecular signature between induced cardiomyocytes and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Cell Reports. 20:3014-3024.

Liu Z., Chen O., Wall J., Zheng M., Zhou Y., Wang L., Vaseghi H., Qian L., Liu J. (2017). Systematic comparison of 2A peptides for cloning multi-genes in a polycistronic vector. Sci Rep. 7, 2193 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-02460-2.
Vaseghi H., Liu J., Qian L. (2017). Molecular barriers to direct cardiac reprogramming. Protein & Cell. 8:724-734.

Kechele D.O., Dunworth W.P., Tricot C.E., Wetzel-Strong S.E., Li M., Ma H., Liu J., Caron K.M. (2016). Endothelial restoration of receptor activity-modifying protein 2 is sufficient to rescue lethality, but survivors develop dilated cardiomyopathy. Hypertension. 68:667-777

Ma H., Yin C., Zhang Y., Qian L., Liu J. (2016). ErbB2 is required for cardiomyocyte in murine neonatal hearts. Gene. 592:325-330.

Vaseghi H., Zhou Y., Wang L., Yin C., Liu J., Qian L. (2016). Generation of an inducible fibroblast cell line for studying direct cardiac reprogramming. Genesis. 54:398-406.

Ma H., Liu J., Qian L. (2016). Fat for Fostering: Regenerating Injured Heart Using Local Adipose Tissue. EBioMedicine. 7:25-26.

Liu Z., Chen O., Zheng M., Wang L., Zhou Y., Yin C., Liu J., Qian L. (2016). Re-patterning of H3K27me3, H3K4me3 and DNA methylation during fibroblast conversion into induced cardiomyocytes. Stem Cell Research. 16:507-518.

Zhou Y., Wang L., Vaseghi H.R., Liu Z., Lu R., Alimohamadi S., Yin C., Fu J., Wang G.G., Liu J., Qian L. (2016). Bmi1 is a key epigenetic barrier to direct cardiac reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell. 18:382–395.

Wang L., Liu Z., Yin C., Zhou Y., Liu J. Qian L. (2015). Improved generation of induced cardiomyocytes using a polycistronic construct expressing optimal ratio of Gata4, Mef2c and Tbx5. J Vis Exp. (105), e53426, doi:10.3791/53426.

Ma H., Wang L., Yin C., Liu J#., Qian L#. (2015). In vivo cardiac reprogramming using an optimal single polycistronic construct. Cardiovasc Res. 108:217-219. (# co-correspondence).

Guo C., Deng Y., Liu J., Qian L. (2015). Cardiomyocyte-specific role of miR-24 in promoting cell survival. J Cell Mol Med. 19:103-112.

Wang L., Liu Z., Yin C., Asfour H., Chen OM., Li Y., Bursac N., Liu J., Qian L. (2015). Stoichiometry of Gata4, Mef2c, and Tbx5 Influences the Efficiency and Quality of Induced Cardiac Myocyte Reprogramming. Circ Res. 116:237-244.

Vogler G., Liu J., Iafe T.W., Migh E., Mihály J., Bodmer R. (2014). Cdc42 and formin activity control non-muscle myosin dynamics during Drosophila heart morphogenesis. J Cell Biol. 206:909-922.