Liang Zhu

The effect of Lipoxin A4on the interaction between macrophage and osteoblast: possible role in the treatment of aseptic loosening (2009)

Li, Gang, Wu, Ping, Xu, Yao, Yu, Yan, Sun, Li, Zhu, Liang, ...

Abstract Background Aseptic loosening (AL) is the main problem of total joints replacement (TJR) by the implantation of permanently prosthetic components. In vitro and in vivo studies have clearly...

Cervical heterotopic kidney transplantation in rats using non-suturing and preserving-bag techniques (2009)

Zhu, Liang, Gong, DeZheng, Zou, Yuan, Li, YouSheng, Wu, YunHong, Guan, LiLi, ...

Background. This study describes a simple and stable cervical heterotopic kidney transplantation method in rats that uses artery sleeve anastomosis, vein cuff anastomosis and preserving-bag...

Energy norm a-posteriori error estimation for hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems in three dimensions (2009)

Zhu, Liang, Giani, Stefano, Houston, Paul, Schoetzau, Dominik

We develop the energy norm a-posteriori error estimation for hp-version discontinuous Galerkin (DG) discretizations of elliptic boundary-value problems on 1-irregularly, isotropically refined affine...

Customized strategies for discovering distant ncRNA homologs (2009)

Mosig, Axel, Zhu, Liang, Stadler, Peter F.

A large fraction of non-coding RNAs is short and/or poorly conserved in sequence. Most of the longer examples, furthermore, consist of a collection of conserved structural motifs rather than a...

Associate Professor Four Measures of System Behavior (2008)

David Kazmer, David Hatch, Liang Zhu

Engineering systems are typically designed to cost and specification. The robustness of the engineered systems is frequently measured with respect to consistency according to a Six Sigma philosophy....

Learning-Based Top-N Selection Query Evaluation over Relational Databases (2008)

Liang Zhu, Weiyi Meng

Abstract. A top-N selection query against a relation is to find the N tuples that satisfy the query condition the best but not necessarily completely. In this paper, we propose a new method for...

(1R,3S,5R,6S)-6-Acetoxy-3-(4-methylphenylsulfonyloxy)tropane (2008)

Li-Min Yang, Liang Zhu, Yin-Yao Niu, Hong-Zhuan Chen, Yang Lu

In the title compound [systematic name: (1R,3S,5R,6S)-8-methyl-3-(4-methylphenylsulfonyloxy)-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-6-yl acetate], C17H23NO5S, the fused piperidine ring exists in a chair...

A parsimonious threshold-independent protein feature selection method through the area under receiver operating characteristic curve (2007)

Wang, Zhanfeng, Chang, Yuan-chin I., Ying, Zhiliang, Zhu, Liang, Yang, Yaning

Motivation: Protein expression profiling for differences indicative of early cancer holds promise for improving diagnostics. Due to their high dimensionality, statistical analysis of proteomic data...

Loss of p27Kip1 enhances tumor progression in chronic hepatocyte injury-induced liver tumorigenesis with widely ranging effects on Cdk2 or Cdc2 activation (2007)

Sun, Daqian, Ren, Hao, Oertel, Michael, Sellers, Rani S., Zhu, Liang

Effects of p27Kip1 inactivation on tumorigenesis vary from promotion to prevention dependent on the mouse models used. When p27 inactivation has a positive effect on tumorigenesis, de-regulated...

Low major histocompatibility complex class II DQA diversity in the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) (2007)

Zhu, Liang, Ruan, Xiang-Dong, Ge, Yun-Fa, Wan, Qiu-Hong, Fang, Sheng-Guo

Abstract Background The giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) is one of the most endangered animals due to habitat fragmentation and loss. Although the captive breeding program for this species is...

Efficient registration for precision inspection of free-form surfaces (2006)

Srivatsan, Vijay, Barhak, Jacob, Zhu, Liang, Katz, Reuven

Precision inspection of free-form surface is difficult with current industry practices that rely on accurate fixtures. Alternatively, the measurements can be aligned to the part model using a...

A performance-based representation for engineering design (2001)

Zhu, Liang

Engineering design is an unstructured but logic-based process where successive iterations of synthesis and analysis eventually converge to the desired solution. Due to the sophisticated nature of...

A performance-based representation for engineering design (2001)

Zhu, Liang

Engineering design is an unstructured but logic-based process where successive iterations of synthesis and analysis eventually converge to the desired solution. Due to the sophisticated nature of...

P16 Axie in Androgen-Dependent Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells (1998)

Zhu, LIang

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the pl6 growth control axis in androgen dependent proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The pl6 axis contains two tumor supressors (pl6Ink4a...

P16 Axis in Androgen-Dependent Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells (1998)

Zhu, Liang

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the p16 growth control axis in androgen dependent proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The p16 axis contains two tumor suppressors (plGInk4a...

P16 Axis in Androgen-Dependent Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells (1998)

Zhu, Liang

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the pl6 growth control axis in androgen dependent proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The pl6 axis contains two tumor suppressors (pl6lnk4a...

P16 Axis in Androgen-Dependent Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells (1998)

Zhu, Liang

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the p16 growth control axis in androgen dependent proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The p16 axis contains two tumor suppressors (p16Ink4a...

A study of the dairy industry in China, and Australia's export potential (1996)

Zhu, Liang.

Originally submitted in 1993, the completed version has an addendum detailing later developments in the field up to early 1996 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 286-287, 313-324)

Temperature modulation and local heat transfer in the microcirculation / (1995)

Zhu, Liang.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University of New York, 1995. (Graduate Faculty in Engineering).

Caveolin-1 Expression Negatively Regulates Cell Cycle Progression by Inducing G0/G1 Arrest via a p53/p21WAF1/Cip1-dependent Mechanism

Galbiati, Ferruccio, Volonte', Daniela, Liu, Jun, Capozza, Franco, Frank, Philippe G., Zhu, Liang, ...

Caveolin-1 is a principal component of caveolae membranes in vivo. Caveolin-1 mRNA and protein expression are lost or reduced during cell transformation by activated oncogenes. Interestingly, the...

Requirement of Cyclin E-Cdk2 Inhibition in p16INK4a-Mediated Growth Suppression

Jiang, Hong, Chou, Hubert S., Zhu, Liang

Loss-of-function mutations of p16INK4a have been identified in a large number of human tumors. An established biochemical function of p16 is its ability to specifically inhibit cyclin D-dependent...

Cell Cycle Arrest and Repression of Cyclin D1 Transcription by INI1/hSNF5

Zhang, Zhi-Kai, Davies, Kelvin P., Allen, Jeffrey, Zhu, Liang, Pestell, Richard G., Zagzag, David, ...

INI1/hSNF5 is a component of the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling hSWI/SNF complex and a tumor suppressor gene of aggressive pediatric atypical teratoid and malignant rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT). To...

Loss of p27Kip1 enhances the transplantation efficiency of hepatocytes transferred into diseased livers

Karnezis, Anthony N., Dorokhov, Marina, Grompe, Markus, Zhu, Liang

p27Kip1 is an important regulator of cyclin-dependent kinases. Studies with p27 knockout mice have revealed abnormalities in proliferation and differentiation of multiple cell types. Here we show...

Quantum Dots as a Novel Immunofluorescent Detection System for Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia

Zhu, Liang, Ang, Simon, Liu, Wen-Tso

Semiconductor quantum dot-conjugated antibodies were successfully developed to label Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia. This novel fluorescence system exhibited superior photostability, gave...

Caveolin-1 Expression Negatively Regulates Cell Cycle Progression by Inducing G0/G1 Arrest via a p53/p21WAF1/Cip1-dependent Mechanism

Galbiati, Ferruccio, Volonte', Daniela, Liu, Jun, Capozza, Franco, Frank, Philippe G., Zhu, Liang, ...

Caveolin-1 is a principal component of caveolae membranes in vivo. Caveolin-1 mRNA and protein expression are lost or reduced during cell transformation by activated oncogenes. Interestingly, the...

Requirement of Cyclin E-Cdk2 Inhibition in p16INK4a-Mediated Growth Suppression

Jiang, Hong, Chou, Hubert S., Zhu, Liang

Loss-of-function mutations of p16INK4a have been identified in a large number of human tumors. An established biochemical function of p16 is its ability to specifically inhibit cyclin D-dependent...

Cell Cycle Arrest and Repression of Cyclin D1 Transcription by INI1/hSNF5

Zhang, Zhi-Kai, Davies, Kelvin P., Allen, Jeffrey, Zhu, Liang, Pestell, Richard G., Zagzag, David, ...

INI1/hSNF5 is a component of the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling hSWI/SNF complex and a tumor suppressor gene of aggressive pediatric atypical teratoid and malignant rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT). To...

Loss of p27Kip1 enhances the transplantation efficiency of hepatocytes transferred into diseased livers

Karnezis, Anthony N., Dorokhov, Marina, Grompe, Markus, Zhu, Liang

p27Kip1 is an important regulator of cyclin-dependent kinases. Studies with p27 knockout mice have revealed abnormalities in proliferation and differentiation of multiple cell types. Here we show...

Quantum Dots as a Novel Immunofluorescent Detection System for Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia

Zhu, Liang, Ang, Simon, Liu, Wen-Tso

Semiconductor quantum dot-conjugated antibodies were successfully developed to label Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia. This novel fluorescence system exhibited superior photostability, gave...