[HTML][HTML] Stereotactic body radiation therapy for management of spinal metastases in patients without spinal cord compression: a phase 1–2 trial

…, JN Yang, U Selek, I Gning, P Liu, PK Allen… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
… the 6-month assessment (p=0·022; table 2). We noted significant reduction in opioid use
from baseline to 3 months (p=0·021) and baseline to 6 months (p=0·011) post-SBRT (table 2). …

The living interface between synthetic biology and biomaterial design

AP Liu, EA Appel, PD Ashby, BM Baker, E Franco… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Recent far-reaching advances in synthetic biology have yielded exciting tools for the
creation of new materials. Conversely, advances in the fundamental understanding of soft-…

Unilamellar vesicle formation and encapsulation by microfluidic jetting

…, DL Richmond, TH Li, AP Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Compartmentalization of biomolecules within lipid membranes is a fundamental requirement
of living systems and an essential feature of many pharmaceutical therapies. However, …

[PDF][PDF] Actin polymerization serves as a membrane domain switch in model lipid bilayers

AP Liu, DA Fletcher - Biophysical journal, 2006 - cell.com
The ability of cells to mount localized responses to external or internal stimuli is critically
dependent on organization of lipids and proteins in the plasma membrane. Involvement of the …

Local clustering of transferrin receptors promotes clathrin-coated pit initiation

AP Liu, F Aguet, G Danuser, SL Schmid - Journal of cell biology, 2010 - rupress.org
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is the major pathway for concentrative uptake of receptors
and receptor–ligand complexes (cargo). Although constitutively internalized cargos are …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane-induced bundling of actin filaments

AP Liu, DL Richmond, L Maibaum, S Pronk… - Nature physics, 2008 - nature.com
Dynamic interplay between the plasma membrane and underlying cytoskeleton is essential
for cellular shape change. Spatial organization of actin filaments, the growth of which …

Biology under construction: in vitro reconstitution of cellular function

AP Liu, DA Fletcher - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2009 - nature.com
We are much better at taking cells apart than putting them together. Reconstitution of
biological processes from component molecules has been a powerful but difficult approach to …

[HTML][HTML] Actin dynamics provides membrane tension to merge fusing vesicles into the plasma membrane

…, Y Jin, R Karlsson, SN Ebert, A Jin, AP Liu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Vesicle fusion is executed via formation of an Ω-shaped structure (Ω-profile), followed by
closure (kiss-and-run) or merging of the Ω-profile into the plasma membrane (full fusion). …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient molecular evolution to generate enantioselective enzymes using a dual-channel microfluidic droplet screening platform

…, MT Chung, Y Yao, R Nidetz, LM Lee, AP Liu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Directed evolution has long been a key strategy to generate enzymes with desired properties
like high selectivity, but experimental barriers and analytical costs of screening enormous …

A microfluidic pipette array for mechanophenotyping of cancer cells and mechanical gating of mechanosensitive channels

LM Lee, AP Liu - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Micropipette aspiration measures the mechanical properties of single cells. A traditional
micropipette aspiration system requires a bulky infrastructure and has a low throughput and …