Principal investigator2016
Name: Bo LIU Gender:
Education:

2003 B.S., School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

2010 Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Academic degree: Ph.D Academic title: Principal Investigator
Departments: Unit of Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Disease Discipline: Immunology
Phone: 021-54923105 E-mail: bliu@ips.ac.cn
Mailing Address: Life Science Research Building, 320 Yueyang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200031, China

Curriculum vitae:

2020-Present    Professor and Principal investigator, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

2017-2020        Associate Specialist, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

2013-2017        Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

2010-2013        Research Associate, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Research direction:

Our research lies at the field of innate immune recognition and inflammation. We focus on the molecular mechanisms of nucleic-acid sensing via Toll-like receptors (TLRs) underlying infections, inflammatory diseases, and autoimmunity. We also hope to better understand the modulation of immune cell functions through nucleic acid-sensing signaling during viral infections, as well as develop new strategies in therapeutics of inflammatory diseases.

Research progress:

The laboratory focuses on two and intertwined aspects of studies, i.e., immunogenetics and viral immunopathology. Two typical disease model systems.

 

Publications:

Lind, N. #, Rael, V. #, Pestal, K. #, Liu, B., and Barton, G. Regulation of nucleic acid-sensing Toll-like receptors. Nature Reviews Immunology. (In revision)

 

Wang, Z., Fang, Z., Chen, G., Liu, B., Xu, J., Li, F., Li, F., Liu, H., Zhang, H., Sun, Y., Tian, G., Zhang, L., Chen, H., Xu, G., Hu, L., Ji, H. (2021). Chromobox 4 facilitates tumorigenesis of lung adenocarcinoma through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Neoplasia 23(2), 222-233.

 

Majer, O.#, Liu, B. #, *, Kreuk, L., Krogan, N., and Barton, G*. (2019). Unc93b1 recruits Syntenin-1 to dampen TLR7 signaling and prevent autoimmunity. Nature 575, 366-370. (#Contributed equally; *Corresponding author. Highlighted by Nature Reviews Immunology.)

 

Majer, O., Liu, B., Woo, B., Kreuk, L., Van Dis, E., and Barton, G. (2019). Release from Unc93b1 in endosomes reinforces the compartmentalized activation of select nucleic acid-sensing TLRs. Nature 575, 371-374. (Highlighted by Nature Reviews Immunology.)

 

Majer, O., Liu, B., and Barton, G. (2017). Nucleic acid-sensing TLRs: trafficking and regulation. Current Opinion in Immunology 44, 26-33.

 

Mardaryev, A., Liu, B., Rapisarda, V., Poterlowicz, K., Malashchuk, I., Rudolf, J., Sharov, A., Jahoda, C., Fessing, M., Benitah, S., Xu, G., and Botchkarev, V. (2016). Cbx4 maintains the epithelial lineage identity and cell proliferation in the developing stratified epithelium. Journal of Cell Biology 212(1), 77-89.

 

Liu, B., Liu, Y., Du, Y., Mardaryev, A., Yang, W., Chen, H., Xu, Z., Xu, C., Zhang, X., Botchkarev, V., Zhang, Y., and Xu, G. (2013). Cbx4 regulates the proliferation of thymic epithelial cells and thymus function. Development 140, 780-788. 1Contributed equally.

 

Du, Y., Liu, B., Guo, F., Xu, G., Ding, Y., Liu, Y., Sun X., and Xu, G. (2012). The essential role of Mbd5 in the regulation of somatic growth and glucose homeostasis in mice. PLoS ONE 7, e47358.

 

Liu, B., Lin, Y., Darwanto, A., Song, X., Xu, G., and Zhang, K. (2009). Identification and characterization of propionylation at histone H3 lysine 23 in mammalian cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284, 32288-32295.

 

Laboratory members:

Research AssistantYaxing NIE

We are recruiting.