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Ye-Qi Liu, Ph.D. - Publications

1. Liu YQ, Horio Y, Mizuguchi H, Fujimoto K, Imamura I Abe Y, and Fukui H (1992) Re-examination of [3H]mepyramine binding assay for histamine H1 receptors using quinine. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 189: 378-381.

2. Fujimoto K, Horio H, Sugama K, Liu YQ, and Fukui H (1993) Genomic cloning of the rat histamine H1 receptor. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 190: 294-301.

3. Liu YQ, (1993) Regulation of histamine H1 receptor by protein kinase C. Med. J. Osaka Univ. 45: 165-177.

4. Abe Y, Ogino S, Irifune M, Imamura I, Liu YQ, Fukui H, and Matsunaga T (1993) Histamine content, synthesis and degradation in nasal mucosa and lung of gunea-pig treated with toluene diisocyanate (TDI). Clin. Exp. Allergy 23: 512-517.

5. Horio Y, Liu YQ, Ito S, and Fukui H (1993) Desensitization of histamine H1 receptor by inhibitors of phosphorylase. Bull. Jpn. Neurochem. Soc. 32: 272-273.

6. Liu YQ, Horio Y, Fujimoto K, and Fukui H (1994) Dose the [3H]mepyramine binding site represent the histamine H1 receptor? Re-examination of the histamine H1 receptor with quinine. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 286: 959-964.

7. Fukui H, Fujimoto K, Mizuguchi H, Liu YQ, Sakamoto K, Horio Y, and Ito S. (1994) Molecular cloning of human histamine H1 receptor gene and up-regulation of the receptor by phorbol ester. Therap. Res. 15 (Sup I): 218-228.

8. Fukui H, Mizuguchi H, Liu YQ, Wang NP, Hayashi H, Kangawa K, Wakamiya T, Leurs R, Shiba T, and Matsuo H. (1995) Purification and characterization of [3H]mepyramine (histamine H1 antagonist)-binding protein from rat liver: a highly homologous protein with cytochrome P450 2D. J. Biochem. 17: 993-998.

9. Liu YQ and Uyeda K (1996) A mechanism of fatty acid inhibition of glucose utilization in liver: role of xylulose 5-P. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 8824-8830.

10. Liu YQ and Uyeda K (1996) A mechanism of regulation of hepatic Fru 2,6-P2 concentration upon refeeding: involvement of xylulose 5-P and cyclic-AMP. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 221-554-558.

11. Liu YQ, Tornheim K and Leahy JL (1998) Fatty acid-induced ß-cell hypersensivity to glucose: increased phosphofructokinase activity and lowered glucose-6-phosphate content. J. Clin. Invest. 101:1870-1875.

12. Liu YQ, Tornheim K and Leahy JL (1998) Shared biochemical properties of glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity in islets decrease citrate synthase activity and increase phosphofructokinase activity. Diabetes 47: 1889-1893.

13. Liu YQ, Tornheim K and Leahy JL (1999) Glucose-fatty acid cycle to inhibit glucose utilization and oxidation is not operative in fatty-acid cultured islets. Diabetes 48: 1747-1753.

14. Liu YQ, Nevin P, and Leahy JL (2000) Mechanism of ß-cell adaptation that preserves normoinsulinemia and normoglycemia in 60% pancreatectomy rats. Am. J. Physiol. 278: E68-E73.

15. Liu YQ, Montanya E. and Leahy JL (2001) Increased islet DNA synthesis and glucose-derived lipid and amino acid production in association with ß-cell hyperproliferation in normoglycemic 60% pancreatectomy rats. Diabetologia 44: 1026-1033.

16. Jetton TL, Liu YQ, Trotman WE, Nevin PW, Sun XJ, and Leahy JL (2001) Enhanced expression of insulin receptor substrate-2 and activation of protein kinase B/Akt in regenerating pancreatic duct epithelium of 60 % partial pancreatectomy rats. Diabetologia 44: 2056-2065.

17. Harper ME, Antoniou A, Villalobos-Menuey E, Russo A, Trauger R, Vendemelio M, George A, Bartholomew R, Carlo D, Shaikh A, Kupperman J, Newell EW, Bespalov IA, Wallace SS, Liu YQ, Rogers JR, Gibbs GL, Leahy JL, Camley RE, Melamede R, Newell MK (2002) Characterization of a novel metabolic strategy used by drug-resistant tumor cells. FASEB J. 16:1550-7.

18. Liu YQ, Jotton TL, and Leahy JL (2002) Beta-cell adaptation to insulin resistance: Increased pyruvate carboxylase activity and anaplerosis in islets of Zucker fatty rats. J. Biol. Chem. 277:39163-8.

19. Liu YQ, Moibi JA, and Leahy JL (2004) Chronic high glucose lowers pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in islets through enhanced production of long-chain Acyl-CoA. Prevention of impaired glucose oxidation by enhanced pyruvate recycling through the malate-pyruvate shunt. J. Biol. Chem. 279:7470-5.

20. Liu YQ, Han J, Epstein PN, and Long YS (2005) Enhanced rat ß cell proliferation in 60% pancreatectomized islets by increasing glucose metabolic flux through pyruvate carboxylase pathway. Am. J. Physiol. 288: E471-E478.

21. Han J, Xu J, Epstein PN and Liu YQ (2005) Long-term effect of maternal obesity on offspring pancreatic beta cells: reduced beta cell adaptation to high glucose and high fat diet challenges in adult female mouse offspring. Diabetologia. 48:1810–1818.

22. Xu J, Han J, Epstein PN and Liu YQ (2006) Regulation of PDK mRNA by high fatty acid and glucose in pancreatic islets. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 344:827-833.

23. Han J, Xu J, Long YS, Epstein PN and Liu YQ (2007) Maternal diabetes impairs pancreatic beta cell function in the offspring. Am. J. Physiol. 293 E228-E236.

24. Xu J, Han J, Long YS, Epstein PN and Liu YQ: Pyruvate carboxylase plays a key role in insulin secretion and cell proliferation in pancreatic beta cells. Submitted.

25. Xu J, Han J, Long YS, Epstein PN and Liu YQ: Malic enzyme in mouse islets: an important component of pyruvate-malate shuttle for insulin secretion. Submitted.


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