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Wen Liu

TRAS Research Associate, Faculty of Science - Biological Sciences

Personal Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wen-Liu-99

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TRAS Research Associate, Faculty of Science - Biological Sciences
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Soul is a master control gene governing the development of the Drosophila prothoracic gland

Wen Liu, Minyi Yan, Kirst King-Jones

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024 October; 10.1073/pnas.2405469121

Brown planthopper infestation on rice reduces plant susceptibility to Meloidogyne graminicola by reducing root sugar allocation

Liying Xiao, Godelieve Gheysen, Mingwei Yang, Xueqiong Xiao, Lihe Xu, Xiaoli Guo, Lijie Yang, Wen Liu, Yueping He, Deliang Peng, Huan Peng, Kangsheng Ma, Haibo Long, Gaofeng Wang, Yannong Xiao

New Phytologist. 2024 April; 10.1111/nph.19570

Juvenile hormone regulates the photoperiodic plasticity of elytra coloration in the ladybird Harmonia axyridis

Jia‐Xu Li, Zhong Tian, Xing‐Feng Liu, Bei Li, Hao‐Min An, Colin S. Brent, Jia‐Lu Wang, Xiao‐Ping Wang, Wen Liu

Molecular Ecology. 2023 June; 10.1111/mec.16896

Key role of juvenile hormone in controlling reproductive diapause in females of the Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis

Qiao Gao, Bei Li, Zhong Tian, Arnold De Loof, Jia‐Lu Wang, Xiao‐Ping Wang, Wen Liu

Pest Management Science. 2022 January; 10.1002/ps.6619

Juvenile hormone biosynthetic genes are critical for regulating reproductive diapause in the cabbage beetle

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2021 December; 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103654

Krüppel homolog 1 regulates photoperiodic reproductive plasticity in the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi

Shuang Guo, Qing-Wen Wu, Zhong Tian, Li Zhu, Kirst King-Jones, Fen Zhu, Xiao-Ping Wang, Wen Liu

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2021 July; 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103582

Steroid hormone ecdysone deficiency stimulates preparation for photoperiodic reproductive diapause.

PLoS genetics. 2021 February; 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009352

Molecular characterization and juvenile hormone-regulated transcription of the vitellogenin receptor in the cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi

Wen Liu, Shuang Guo, Dan Sun, Li Zhu, Fen Zhu, Chao-Liang Lei, Long Sheng, Brian Phelps, Xiao-Ping Wang

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 2019 March; 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.12.004

Circadian clock genes link photoperiodic signals to lipid accumulation during diapause preparation in the diapause-destined female cabbage beetles Colaphellus bowringi

Li Zhu, Zhong Tian, Shuang Guo, Wen Liu, Fen Zhu, Xiao-Ping Wang

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2019 January; 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.11.001

A Drosophila CRISPR/Cas9 Toolkit for Conditionally Manipulating Gene Expression in the Prothoracic Gland as a Test Case for Polytene Tissues

G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 2018 November; 10.1534/g3.118.200539

Fatty acid synthase 2 contributes to diapause preparation in a beetle by regulating lipid accumulation and stress tolerance genes expression

Scientific Reports. 2017 January; 10.1038/srep40509

Protein kinase C delta phosphorylates ecdysone receptor B1 to promote gene expression and apoptosis under 20-hydroxyecdysone regulation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017 January;

Association between gut microbiota and diapause preparation in the cabbage beetle: A new perspective for studying insect diapause

Scientific Reports. 2016 January; 10.1038/srep38900

Juvenile hormone facilitates the antagonism between adult reproduction and diapause through the methoprene-tolerant gene in the female Colaphellus bowringi

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2016 January; 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.05.004

In a nongenomic action, steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone induces phosphorylation of cyclin-dependent kinase 10 to promote gene transcription

Endocrinology. 2014 January; 10.1210/en.2013-2020

Phospholipase Cγ1 connects the cell membrane pathway to the nuclear receptor pathway in insect steroid hormone signaling

Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014 January; 10.1074/jbc.M113.547018

The hormone-dependent function of Hsp90 in the crosstalk between 20-hydroxyecdysone and juvenile hormone signaling pathways in insects is determined by differential phosphorylation and protein interactions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 2013 January; 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.06.037

Small GTPase Rab4b participates in the gene transcription of 20-hydroxyecdysone and insulin pathways to regulate glycogen level and metamorphosis

Developmental Biology. 2012 January; 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.015

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