ZFIN Person: Liu, Ningai

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-000628-1

Liu, Ningai

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Address:	Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology University of California 621 Charles E. Young Drive South LS4325 P.O. Box 951606 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606 USA
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Phone:	(706) 721-8995
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Liu, N.A., Araki, T., Cuevas-Ramos, D., Hong, J., Ben-Shlomo, A., Tone, Y., Tone, M., Melmed, S. (2015) Cyclin E - mediated human proopiomelanocortin regulation as a therapeutic target for Cushing disease. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 100(7):2557-64

Liu, N.A., Jiang, H., Ben-Shlomo, A., Wawrowsky, K., Fan, X.M., Lin, S., and Melmed, S. (2011) Targeting zebrafish and murine pituitary corticotroph tumors with a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108(20):8414-8419

Ríos, Y., Melmed, S., Lin, S., and Liu, N.A. (2011) Zebrafish usp39 Mutation Leads to rb1 mRNA Splicing Defect and Pituitary Lineage Expansion. PLoS Genetics. 7(1):e1001271

Qi, F., Song, J., Yang, H., Gao, W., Liu, N.A., Zhang, B., and Lin, S. (2010) Mmp23b promotes liver development and hepatocyte proliferation through the tumor necrosis factor pathway in zebrafish. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 52(6):2158-2166

Jiang, Z., Song, J., Qi, F., Xiao, A., An, X., Liu, N.A., Zhu, Z., Zhang, B., and Lin, S. (2008) Exdpf is a key regulator of exocrine pancreas development controlled by retinoic acid and ptf1a in zebrafish. PLoS Biology. 6(11):e293

Liu, N.A., Ren, M., Song, J., Ríos, Y., Wawrowsky, K., Ben-Shlomo, A., Lin, S., and Melmed, S. (2008) In vivo time-lapse imaging delineates the zebrafish pituitary proopiomelanocortin lineage boundary regulated by FGF3 signal. Developmental Biology. 319(2):192-200

Song, J., Kim, H.J., Gong, Z., Liu, N.A., and Lin, S. (2007) Vhnf1 acts downstream of Bmp, Fgf, and RA signals to regulate endocrine beta cell development in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 303(2):561-575

Maaswinkel, H. and Li, L. (2003) Olfactory input increases visual sensitivity in zebrafish: a possible function for the terminal nerve and dopaminergic interplexiform cells. The Journal of experimental biology. 206(13):2201-2209

Liu, N.A., Huang, H., Yang, Z., Herzog, W., Hammerschmidt, M., Lin, S., and Melmed, S. (2003) Pituitary corticotroph ontogeny and regulation in transgenic zebrafish. Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.). 17(5):959-966

Huang, H., Liu, N., and Lin, S. (2001) Pdx-1 knockdown reduces insulin promoter activity in zebrafish. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 30(3):134-136

Huang, H., Vogel, S.S., Liu, N., Melton, D.A., and Lin, S. (2001) Analysis of pancreatic development in living transgenic zebrafish embryos. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 177(1-2):117-124

Yang, Z., Liu, N., and Lin, S. (2001) A zebrafish forebrain-specific zinc finger gene can induce ectopic dlx2 and dlx6 expression. Developmental Biology. 231(1):138-148

Long, Q., Huang, H., Shafizadeh, E., Liu, N., and Lin, S. (2000) Stimulation of erythropoiesis by inhibiting a new hematopoietic death receptor in transgenic zebrafish. Nature cell biology. 2(8):549-552

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