Publications

1. Liu F, Cui X, Horner HT, Weiner H, and Schnable PS. Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase activity is required for male fertility in maize. Plant Cell 2001; 13(5):1063-78. PMC135560

2. Liu F and Schnable PS. Functional specialization of maize mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenases. Plant Physiol 2002; 130(4):1657-74. PMC166681
3. Skibbe DS*, Liu F*, Wen TJ*, Yandeau MD, Cui X, Cao J, Simmons CR, and Schnable PS. Characterization of the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene families of Zea mays and Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 2002; 48(5-6):751-64. (*co-first author)

4. Cui X, Hsia AP, Liu F, Ashlock DA, Wise RP, and Schnable PS. Alternative transcription initiation sites and polyadenylation sites are recruited during Mu suppression at the rf2a locus of maize. Genetics 2003; 163(2):685-98. PMC1462470

5. Qiu F, Guo L, Wen TJ, Liu F, Ashlock DA, and Schnable PS. DNA sequence-based “bar codes” for tracking the origins of expressed sequence tags from a maize cDNA library constructed using multiple mRNA sources. Plant Physiol 2003; 133(2):475-81. PMC523874

6. Chen PL*, Liu F*, Cai S, Lin X, Li A, Chen Y, Gu B, Lee EY, and Lee WH. Inactivation of CtIP leads to early embryonic lethality mediated by G1 restraint and to tumorigenesis by haploid insufficiency. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25(9):3535-42. PMC1084307 (*co-first author)

7. Liu F and Lee WH. CtIP activates its own and cyclin D1 promoters via the E2F/RB pathway during G1/S progression. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26(8):3124-34. PMC1446954

8. Tang Y, Simoneau AR, Liao WX, Yi G, Hope C, Liu F, Li S, Xie J, Holcombe RF, Jurnak FA, Mercola D, Hoang BH, and Zi X. WIF1, a Wnt pathway inhibitor, regulates SKP2 and c-myc expression leading to G1 arrest and growth inhibition of human invasive urinary bladder cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2009; 8(2):458-68. PMC2768341

9. Yang Z, Yang S, Misner BJ, Chiu R, Liu F, and Meyskens FL, Jr. Nitric oxide initiates progression of human melanoma via a feedback loop mediated by apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease-1/redox factor-1, which is inhibited by resveratrol. Mol Cancer Ther 2008; 7(12):3751-60.

10. Liu HL, Xu JJ, Dai XM, Shi JB, Xu S, Gao J, Yao QZ, and Liu F. Both DNA damage and mitochondrial dysfunction are involved in novel oxadiazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine nucleoside derivatives-induced cancer cell death. J Appl Toxicol 2009; 29(6):489-95.

11. Liu F*, Fu Y, and Meyskens FL, Jr. MiTF regulates cellular response to reactive oxygen species through transcriptional regulation of APE-1/Ref-1. J Invest Dermatol 2009; 129(2):422-31. PMC4321967 (*corresponding author)

12. Liu F*, Singh A, Yang Z, Garcia A, Kong Y, and Meyskens FL, Jr. MiTF links Erk1/2 kinase and p21 CIP1/WAF1 activation after UVC radiation in normal human melanocytes and melanoma cells. Mol Cancer 2010; 9:214. PMC2928201 (*corresponding author)

13. Liu F*, Gomez Garcia AM, and Meyskens FL, Jr. NADPH oxidase 1 overexpression enhances invasion via matrix metalloproteinase-2 and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in melanoma cells. J Invest Dermatol 2012; 132(8):2033-41. (*corresponding author)

14. Krasieva TB, Stringari C, Liu F, Sun CH, Kong Y, Balu M, Meyskens FL, Gratton E, and Tromberg BJ. Two-photon excited fluorescence lifetime imaging and spectroscopy of melanins in vitro and in vivo. J Biomed Opt 2013; 18(3):31107. PMC3595716

15. Liu F*, Bessonova L, Taylor TH, Ziogas A, Meyskens FL, Jr., and Anton-Culver H. A unique gender difference in early onset melanoma implies that in addition to ultraviolet light exposure other causative factors are important. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2013; 26(1):128-35. PMC4028153 (*corresponding author)

16. Sun Z and Liu F*. Association of Nox1 and vinculin with colon cancer progression. Cancer Invest 2013; 31(4):273-8. (*corresponding author)

17. Qu X, Shen L, Zheng Y*, Cui Y, Feng Z, Liu F*, and Liu J. A signal transduction pathway from TGF-beta1 to SKP2 via Akt1 and c-Myc and its correlation with progression in human melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 2014; 134(1):159-67. (*co-corresponding author)

18. Sun W, Zheng Y, Lu Z, Cui Y, Tian Q, Xiao S, Liu F, and Liu J. Overexpression of S100A7 protects LPS-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and stimulates IL-6 and IL-8 in HaCaT cells. PLoS One 2014; 9(3):e92927. PMC3966836

19. Sun W, Zheng Y, Lu Z, Wang H, Feng Z, Wang J, Xiao S, Liu F, and Liu J. LL-37 attenuates inflammatory impairment via mTOR signaling-dependent mitochondrial protection. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2014; 54:26-35.

20. Dellinger RW, Liu-Smith F, and Meyskens FL, Jr. Continuing to illuminate the mechanisms underlying UV-mediated melanomagenesis. J Photochem Photobiol B 2014; 138:317-23. PMC4230791

21. Liu-Smith F*, Dellinger R, and Meyskens FL, Jr. Updates of reactive oxygen species in melanoma etiology and progression. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 563:51-5. PMC4209333 (*corresponding author)

22. Yang Z, Yang S, Misner BJ, Liu-Smith F, and Meyskens FL. The role of APE/Ref-1 signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma progression. Int J Oncol 2014; 45(5):1820-8.

23. Liu-Smith F*, Poe C, Farmer PJ, and Meyskens FL, Jr. Amyloids, melanins and oxidative stress in melanomagenesis. Exp Dermatol 2015; 24(3):171-4. (*corresponding author)