Current Position
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University
Publications
Kurihara C, Lecuona E, Wu Q, Yang W, Núñez-Santana FL, Akbarpour M, Liu X, Ren Z, Li W, Querrey M, Ravi S, Anderson ML, Cerier E, Sun H, Kelly ME, Abdala-Valencia H, Shilatifard A, Mohanakumar T, Budinger GRS, Kreisel D, Bharat A. Crosstalk between nonclassical monocytes and alveolar macrophages mediates transplant ischemia-reperfusion injury through classical monocyte recruitment. JCI Insight. 2021 Mar 22;6(6):e147282. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.147282. PMID: 33621212; PMCID: PMC8026186.
Yang W, Chiu S, Querrey M, Liu X, Wu Q, Cerier E, Islam MBAR, Schwulst SJ, Budinger GRS, Mohanakumar T, Lecuona E, Bharat A. Nonclassical Monocytes Promote Edema in Lung Allografts from Traumatic Brain Injury Donors. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2021 Mar;64(3):391-394. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2020-0137LE. PMID: 33646091; PMCID: PMC7909336.
Akbarpour M, Wu Q, Liu X, Sun H, Lecuona E, Tomic R, Bhorade S, Mohanakumar T, Bharat A. Clinical relevance of lung-restricted antibodies in lung transplantation. Hum Immunol. 2019 Aug;80(8):595-601. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.04.016. Epub 2019 May 8. PMID: 31078336; PMCID: PMC6844365.
Bhuripanyo K, Wang Y, Liu X, Zhou L, Liu R, Duong D, Zhao B, Bi Y, Zhou H, Chen G, Seyfried NT, Chazin WJ, Kiyokawa H, Yin J. Identifying the substrate proteins of U-box E3s E4B and CHIP by orthogonal ubiquitin transfer. Sci Adv. 2018 Jan 3;4(1):e1701393. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1701393. PMID: 29326975; PMCID: PMC5756662.
Wang Y, Liu X, Zhou L, Duong D, Bhuripanyo K, Zhao B, Zhou H, Liu R, Bi Y, Kiyokawa H, Yin J. Identifying the ubiquitination targets of E6AP by orthogonal ubiquitin transfer. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 20;8(1):2232. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01974-7. PMID: 29263404; PMCID: PMC5738348.
Liu X, Sun L, Gursel DB, Cheng C, Huang S, Rademaker AW, Khan SA, Yin J, Kiyokawa H. The non-canonical ubiquitin activating enzyme UBA6 suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition of mammary epithelial cells. Oncotarget. 2017 Sep 15;8(50):87480-87493. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20900. PMID: 29152096; PMCID: PMC5675648.
Liu X, Zhao B, Sun L, Bhuripanyo K, Wang Y, Bi Y, Davuluri RV, Duong DM, Nanavati D, Yin J, Kiyokawa H. Orthogonal ubiquitin transfer identifies ubiquitination substrates under differential control by the two ubiquitin activating enzymes. Nat Commun. 2017 Jan 30;8:14286. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14286. PMID: 28134249; PMCID: PMC5290280.
Hang LE, Lopez CR, Liu X, Williams JM, Chung I, Wei L, Bertuch AA, Zhao X. Regulation of Ku-DNA association by Yku70 C-terminal tail and SUMO modification. J Biol Chem.2014 Apr 11;289(15):10308-17. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.526178. Epub 2014 Feb 24. PubMed [PMID: 24567323]; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4036155.
Hang LE, Liu X, Cheung I, Yang Y, Zhao X. SUMOylation regulates telomere length homeostasis by targeting Cdc13. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011 Jul 10;18(8):920-6. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2100. PubMed [PMID: 21743457]; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3291484.
Duan X, Sarangi P, Liu X, Rangi GK, Zhao X, Ye H. Structural and functional insights into the roles of the Mms21 subunit of the Smc5/6 complex. Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 11;35(5):657-68. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.032. PubMed [PMID: 19748359]; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2993495.
Takahashi Y, Dulev S, Liu X, Hiller NJ, Zhao X, Strunnikov A. Cooperation of sumoylated chromosomal proteins in rDNA maintenance. PLoS Genet. 2008 Oct;4(10):e1000215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000215. Epub 2008 Oct 10. PubMed [PMID: 18846224]; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2563031.
Palancade B, Liu X, Garcia-Rubio M, Aguilera A, Zhao X, Doye V. Nucleoporins prevent DNA damage accumulation by modulating Ulp1-dependent sumoylation processes.Mol Biol Cell. 2007 Aug;18(8):2912-23. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e07-02-0123. Epub 2007 May 30. PubMed [PMID: 17538013]; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1949349.