Selected publications

Liu X, Oliver G. The Lymphatic Vasculature in Cardiac Development and Ischemic Heart Disease. Circ Res. 2023 Apr 28;132(9):1246-1253. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321672. Epub 2023 Apr 27. Review. PubMed PMID: 37104562; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10154041. 

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Peluzzo AM, Bkhache M, Do LNH, Autieri MV, Liu X. Differential regulation of lymphatic junctional morphology and the potential effects on cardiovascular diseases. Front Physiol. 2023;14:1198052. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1198052. eCollection 2023. Review. PubMed PMID: 37187962; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10175597. 

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Liu X, Cui K, Wu H, Li KS, Peng Q, Wang D, Cowan DB, Dixon JB, Sathish Srinivasan R, Bielenberg DR, Chen K, Wang DZ, Chen Y, Chen H. Promoting Lymphangiogenesis and Lymphatic Growth and Remodeling to Treat Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023 Jan;43(1):e1-e10. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318406. Epub 2022 Dec 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 36453280; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9780193. 

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Glinton KE, Ma W, Lantz C, Grigoryeva LS, DeBerge M, Liu X, Febbraio M, Kahn M, Oliver G, Thorp EB. Macrophage-produced VEGFC is induced by efferocytosis to ameliorate cardiac injury and inflammation. J Clin Invest. 2022 May 2;132(9). doi: 10.1172/JCI140685. PubMed PMID: 35271504; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9057589. 

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Ma W, Gil HJ, Liu X, Diebold LP, Morgan MA, Oxendine-Burns MJ, Gao P, Chandel NS, Oliver G. Mitochondrial respiration controls the Prox1-Vegfr3 feedback loop during lymphatic endothelial cell fate specification and maintenance. Sci Adv. 2021 Apr;7(18). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe7359. Print 2021 Apr. PubMed PMID: 33931446; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8087398. 

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Liu X, De la Cruz E, Gu X, Balint L, Oxendine-Burns M, Terrones T, Ma W, Kuo HH, Lantz C, Bansal T, Thorp E, Burridge P, Jakus Z, Herz J, Cleaver O, Torres M, Oliver G. Lymphoangiocrine signals promote cardiac growth and repair. Nature. 2020 Dec;588(7839):705-711. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2998-x. Epub 2020 Dec 9. PubMed PMID: 33299187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7770123. 

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Dong Y, Lee Y, Cui K, He M, Wang B, Bhattacharjee S, Zhu B, Yago T, Zhang K, Deng L, Ouyang K, Wen A, Cowan DB, Song K, Yu L, Brophy ML, Liu X, Wylie-Sears J, Wu H, Wong S, Cui G, Kawashima Y, Matsumoto H, Kodera Y, Wojcikiewicz RJH, Srivastava S, Bischoff J, Wang DZ, Ley K, Chen H. Epsin-mediated degradation of IP3R1 fuels atherosclerosis. Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 7;11(1):3984. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17848-4. PubMed PMID: 32770009; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7414107. 

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Lioux G, Liu X, Temiño S, Oxendine M, Ayala E, Ortega S, Kelly RG, Oliver G, Torres M. A Second Heart Field-Derived Vasculogenic Niche Contributes to Cardiac Lymphatics. Dev Cell. 2020 Feb 10;52(3):350-363.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.12.006. Epub 2020 Jan 9. PubMed PMID: 31928974; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7374559. 

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Gur-Cohen S, Yang H, Baksh SC, Miao Y, Levorse J, Kataru RP, Liu X, de la Cruz-Racelis J, Mehrara BJ, Fuchs E. Stem cell-driven lymphatic remodeling coordinates tissue regeneration. Science. 2019 Dec 6;366(6470):1218-1225. doi: 10.1126/science.aay4509. Epub 2019 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 31672914; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6996853.