Keywords:
Nutrition & Health Research Base
¡¤ Nutritional Genomics ¡¤ Interdisciplinary Innovation
¡¤ Genetic & Environmental Epidemiology ¡¤ Epigenetic Research

Yun Liu

Ph.D,the associate professor of Bio-x academe, group leader(part time)

B.S. (1997-2001) Zhejiang University
Ph.D. (2003-2009)Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: liubin@sibs.ac.cn

INTRODUCTION:
        Investigations of the function of MicroRNA and its role in complex diseases. Study the DNA methylation in CpG Island of schizophrenic patients born in Chinese famine years between 1959-1961. Study the function and mechanism of CNVs in auto immune deficiency.

  • Altered levels of acute phase proteins in the plasma of patients with schizophrenia. Anal Chem. 2006

  • Dysregulation of retinoid transporters expression in body fluids of schizophrenia patients. J Proteome Res. 2006

  • Possible association of the MAG locus with schizophrenia in a Chinese Han cohort of family trios. Schizophrenia Research. 2005.

  • Tumor suppressor gene TP53 is genetically associated with schizophrenia in the Chinese population. Neuroscience Letters. 2004

  • Positive Association Between the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Gene and Bipolar Disorder in the Han Chinese Population. AM J MED GENET B. 2010

  • Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in the mainland Chinese population. Diabetologia. 2009