Drug discovery
- Assistant Professor, Teaching and Research Division
Biography 
Dr. Liu graduated with B.Med. and M.Med. degree in Sun Yat-sen University in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and then received his Ph.D. degree from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2016. He then finished his postdoctoral training and served as a Research Assistant Professor in Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases (TMBJ), HKBU. He became a tenure-track Assistant Professor in School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU in 2021. His work has been published in internationally renowned journals, including Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Nature Aging, Biomaterials, Advanced Science, Aging Cell, EBioMedicine etc.
+ More InformationResearch Interests
Dr. Liu’s research is focusing on the translational medicine in musculoskeletal diseases, with particular interest in the extracellular vesicle-mediated intercellular communication and regulation in musculoskeletal development and diseases, and aptamer-based bone-targeting drug delivery as a therapeutic approach.
Google Scholar (Feb 1, 2023)
- Citations: 2,763
- h-index: 26
- i10-index: 31
Selected Publications
Liu J# (#corresponding author), Wu X, Lu J, Huang G, Dang L, Zhang H, Zhong C, Zhang Z, Li D, Li F, Liang C, Yu Y, Zhang B-T, Chen L, Lu A#, Zhang G#. Exosomal transfer of osteoclast-derived miRNAs to chondrocytes contributes to osteoarthritis progression. Nature Aging, 2021 1: 368-84. doi: 10.1038/s43587-021-00050-6.
Li D*, Liu J* (*co-first author), Yang C, Tian Y, Yin C, Hu L, Chen Z, Zhao F, Zhang R, Lu A, Zhang G, Qian A. Targeting long noncoding RNA PMIF facilitates osteoprogenitor cells migrating to bone formation surface to promote bone formation during aging. Theranostics, 2021 11: 5585-604. doi: 10.7150/thno.54477
Dai R, Wu Z, Chu H Y, Lu J, Lyu A, Liu J# (#corresponding author), Zhang G#. Cathepsin K: The Action in and Beyond Bone. Front Cell Dev Biol, 2020 8: 433. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00433.
Liu J, Dang L, Wu X, Li D, Ren Q, Lu A, Zhang G. microRNA-Mediated Regulation of Bone Remodeling: A Brief Review. JBMR Plus, 2019 Sep;3: e10213. doi: 10.1002/jbm4.10213.
He X*, Liu J* (*co-first author), Liang C, Badshah S A, Zheng K, Dang L, Guo B, Li D, Lu C, Guo Q, Fan D, Bian Y, Feng H, Xiao L, Pan X, Xiao C, Zhang B, Zhang G, Lu A. Osteoblastic PLEKHO1 contributes to joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. EBioMedicine, 2019 Mar;41: 538-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.009.