NAME: Youhua Liu
DEPT: Pathology
ORGANIZATION: University of Pittsburgh
ADDRESS: S-405 BST, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
TELEPHONE No: (412) 648-8253
FAX No: (412) 648-1916
E MAIL ADDRESS: liuy@upmc.edu
TITLE: Professor

TOTAL GRANTS: Three (3) active NIH R01 grants
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 72
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Cellular and molecular pathogenesis of kidney fibrosis
DISCIPLINE(S): Pathology and Nephrology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Kidney
TISSUES: Kidney
CELL(S): Kidney tubular epithelial cells, interstitial fibroblasts, podocytes, and mesangial cells
MOLECULE(S): Hepatocyte growth factor, TGF-beta, integrin-linked kinase
TECHNIQUE(S): Transgenic and knockout mouse models, routine cell biological and molecular biological approaches.