Research Interest

  • Alcoholic & non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Liver fibrosis
  • Sterile inflammation

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Molecular signatures of long-term hepatocellular carcinoma risk in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Fujiwara N, Kubota N, Crouchet E, Koneru B, Marquez CA, Jajoriya AK, Panda G, Qian T, Zhu S, Goossens N, Wang X, Liang S, Zhong Z, Lewis S, Taouli B, Schwartz ME, Fiel MI, Singal AG, Marrero JA, Fobar AJ, Parikh ND, Raman I, Li QZ, Taguri M, Ono A, Aikata H, Nakahara T, Nakagawa H, Matsushita Y, Tateishi R, Koike K, Kobayashi M, Higashi T, Nakagawa S, Yamashita YI, Beppu T, Baba H, Kumada H, Chayama K, Baumert TF, Hoshida Y, Sci Transl Med 2022 Jun 14 650 eabo4474
Non-degradable collagen increases liver fibrosis but not hepatocellular carcinoma in mice.
Baglieri J, Zhang C, Liang S, Liu X, Nishio T, Rosenthal SB, Dhar D, Su H, Cong M, Jia J, Hosseini M, Karin M, Kisseleva T, Brenner DA, Am J Pathol 2021 Jun
IL-17 signaling in steatotic hepatocytes and macrophages promotes hepatocellular carcinoma in alcohol-related liver disease.
Ma HY, Yamamoto G, Xu J, Liu X, Karin D, Kim JY, Alexandrov LB, Koyama Y, Nishio T, Benner C, Heinz S, Rosenthal SB, Liang S, Sun M, Karin G, Zhao P, Brodt P, Mckillop IH, Quehenberger O, Dennis E, Saltiel A, Tsukamoto H, Gao B, Karin M, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T, J. Hepatol. 2019 Dec
Emerging Role of Mitochondrial DNA as a Major Driver of Inflammation and Disease Progression.
Zhong F, Liang S, Zhong Z, Trends Immunol. 2019 Nov
Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells and Portal Fibroblasts contribute to cholestatic liver fibrosis in MDR2 knockout mice.
Nishio T, Hu R, Koyama Y, Liang S, Rosenthal SB, Yamamoto G, Karin D, Baglieri J, Ma HY, Xu J, Liu X, Dhar D, Iwaisako K, Taura K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T, J. Hepatol. 2019 May

Honors & Awards

  • American Institute for Cancer Research Investigator-initiated Grant Award
    (2023)
  • CPRIT Individual Investigator Research Award
    (2020)
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Pinnacle Research Award
    (2019)
  • Keystone Symposia scholarship on Injury, Inflammation and Fibrosis
    (2017)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2017)