Publications

2023

Sharifkhodaei Z, Liu CY, Girish N, Huang Y, Punit S, Washington MK, Polk DB. Colitis-induced upregulation of tumor necrosis factor receptor-2 (TNFR2) terminates epithelial regenerative signaling to restore homeostasis. iScience. 2023 Sep 4;26(10):107829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107829

Liu CY, Girish N, Gomez ML, Kalski M, Bernard JK, Simons BD, Polk DB. Wound-healing plasticity enables clonal expansion of founder progenitor cells in colitis. Dev Cell. 2023 Nov 6;58(21):2309-2325.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.011

Bernard JK, Bucar EB, Liu CY, Katada K, Washington MK, Schumacher MA, Frey MR. Deletion of Endogenous Neuregulin-4 Limits Adaptive Immunity During Interleukin-10 Receptor-Neutralizing Colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Nov 2;29(11):1778-1792. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izad092

Schumacher MA, Liu CY, Katada K, Thai MH, Hsieh JJ, Hansten BJ, Waddell A, Rosen MJ, Frey MR. Deep Crypt Secretory Cell Differentiation in the Colonic Epithelium Is Regulated by Sprouty2 and Interleukin 13. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023;15(4):971-984.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.11.004

2022

Liu, C. Y., Girish, N., Gomez, M. L., Dubé, P. E., Washington, M. K., Simons, B. D., & Polk, D. B. (2022). Transitional Anal Cells Mediate Colonic Re-epithelialization in Colitis. Gastroenterology162(7), 1975–1989. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2022.02.031

2021

Girish, N., Liu, C. Y., Gadeock, S., Gomez, M. L., Huang, Y., Sharifkhodaei, Z., Washington, M. K., & Polk, D. B. (2021). Persistence of Lgr5+ colonic epithelial stem cells in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology321(3), G308–G324. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00248.2020

Liu, C. Y., Cham, C. M., & Chang, E. B. (2021). Epithelial wound healing in inflammatory bowel diseases: the next therapeutic frontier. Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine236, 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2021.06.001

Schumacher, M. A., Dennis, I. C., Liu, C. Y., Robinson, C., Shang, J., Bernard, J. K., Washington, M. K., Polk, D. B., & Frey, M. R. (2021). NRG4-ErbB4 signaling represses proinflammatory macrophage activity. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology320(6), G990–G1001. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00296.2020

Schumacher, M. A., Hsieh, J. J., Liu, C. Y., Appel, K. L., Waddell, A., Almohazey, D., Katada, K., Bernard, J. K., Bucar, E. B., Gadeock, S., Maselli, K. M., Washington, M. K., Grikscheit, T. C., Warburton, D., Rosen, M. J., & Frey, M. R. (2021). Sprouty2 limits intestinal tuft and goblet cell numbers through GSK3β-mediated restriction of epithelial IL-33. Nature communications12(1), 836. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21113-7

2020

Liu, C. Y., Tam, S. S., Huang, Y., Dubé, P. E., Alhosh, R., Girish, N., Punit, S., Nataneli, S., Li, F., Bender, J. M., Washington, M. K., & Polk, D. B. (2020). TNF Receptor 1 Promotes Early-Life Immunity and Protects against Colitis in Mice. Cell reports33(3), 108275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108275

Liu, C. Y., & Polk, D. B. (2020). Cellular maps of gastrointestinal organs: getting the most from tissue clearing. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology319(1), G1–G10. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00075.2020

Liu C. Y. (2020). β7 Gives Tregs a Gut Area Code. Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology9(3), 543–544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.11.010

2018

Liu, C. Y., & Polk, D. B. (2018). Microbiomes through the Looking Glass: What Do UC?. Cell host & microbe24(4), 472–474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2018.09.013

Dubé, P. E., Liu, C. Y., Girish, N., Washington, M. K., & Polk, D. B. (2018). Pharmacological activation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling inhibits colitis-associated cancer in mice. Scientific reports8(1), 9119. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27353-w

Liu, C. Y., Polk, D. B., & Frey, M. R. (2018). Mucosal Restitution and Repair. Physiology of the gastrointestinal tract (sixth edition), 683-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809954-4.00029-3

2015

Punit, S., Dubé, P. E., Liu, C. Y., Girish, N., Washington, M. K., & Polk, D. B. (2015). Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 2 Restricts the Pathogenicity of CD8(+) T Cells in Mice With Colitis. Gastroenterology149(4), 993–1005.e2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2015.06.004

Liu, C. Y., Dubé, P. E., Girish, N., Reddy, A. T., & Polk, D. B. (2015). Optical reconstruction of murine colorectal mucosa at cellular resolution. American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology308(9), G721–G735. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00310.2014

2012

Liu, C. Y., Xiao, C., Fraser, S. E., Lester, H. A., & Koos, D. S. (2012). Electrophysiological characterization of Grueneberg ganglion olfactory neurons: spontaneous firing, sodium conductance, and hyperpolarization-activated currents. Journal of neurophysiology108(5), 1318–1334. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00907.2011

2009

Liu, C. Y., Fraser, S. E., & Koos, D. S. (2009). Grueneberg ganglion olfactory subsystem employs a cGMP signaling pathway. The Journal of comparative neurology516(1), 36–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22096