Name: An Liu (刘安)
Sex: Male
Current Position: Associated Investigator
E-mail: liu_an@seu.edu.cn
Telephone: +86 159 5050 2746
Address: School of Life Science and Technology, Southeast University, NO.2 Dongda Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE
l09/2006-07/2010 Medical School of Southeast University.
B.E.
l09/2010 -06/2016 Institute of Life Science, Southeast University.
Ph.D.
l06/2016-11/2018 Institute of Life Science, Southeast University.
Postdoc.
l09/2021-09/2022 The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto.
Visiting Scientist
l11/2018-present School of Life Science and Technology, Southeast University.
Associate investigator
Research Interests
lMechanism of learning and memory;
lPathogenesis of brain disorders.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1.Yan L#, Zhang X#, Jin L, Li Y, Chen Y, Zhang J, Sun Z, Qi J, Qu C, Dong G, Zhang Y, Jiang Q*, Liu A*, Li J*. The ARCCRABP1 neurons play a crucial role in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 8;16(1):2319.
2.Lv D#, Liu A#*, Yi Z, Mu M, Wu M, Li X, Cao K, Liu R, Jia Z, Han J, Xie W*. Neuroligin 1 Regulates Autistic-Like Repetitive Behavior through Modulating the Activity of Striatal D2 Receptor-Expressing Medium Spiny Neurons. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Feb;12(5):e2410728.
3.Dang R#, Liu A#*, Zhou Y, Li X, Wu M, Cao K, Meng Y, Zhang H, Gan G, Xie W*, Jia Z*. Astrocytic neuroligin 3 regulates social memory and synaptic plasticity through adenosine signaling in male mice. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 5;15(1):8639.
4.Ren Q#, Wang S#, Li J, Cao K, Zhuang M, Wu M, Geng J, Jia Z, Xie W, Liu A*. Novel Social Stimulation Ameliorates Memory Deficit in Alzheimer's Disease Model through Activating α-Secretase. J Neurosci. 2024 Mar 20;44(12):e1689232024.
5.Dang R#, Zhou Y#, Zhang Y, Liu D, Wu M, Liu A*, Jia Z*, Xie W*. Regulation of Social Memory by Lateral Entorhinal Cortical Projection to Dorsal Hippocampal CA2. Neurosci Bull. 2022 Mar;38(3):318-322.
6.Liu A, Ji H, Ren Q, Meng Y, Zhang H, Collingride G, Xie W*, Jia Z*. The Requirement of the C-Terminal Domain of GluA1 in Different Forms of Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus Is Age-Dependent. Front Synaptic Neurosci. 2020 Oct 30;12:588785.
7.Liu A#, Zhang Y#, Han L, He G, Xie W, Zhou Z, Jia Z*. Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release by Amyloid Precursor Protein Through Synapsin Phosphorylation. Neurochem Res. 2019 Mar;44(3):683-691.
8.Zhou Z#, Liu A#, Xia S#, Leung C#, Qi J, Meng Y, Xie W, Park P, Collingridge GL*, Jia Z*. The C-terminal tails of endogenous GluA1 and GluA2 differentially contribute to hippocampal synaptic plasticity and learning. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Jan;21(1):50-62.
9.Dang R#, Qi J#, Liu A#, Ren Q, Lv D, Han L, Zhou Z, Cao F, Xie W*, Jia Z*. Regulation of hippocampal long term depression by Neuroligin 1. Neuropharmacology. 2018 Dec;143:205-216.
10.Liu A#, Zhou Z#, Dang R, Zhu Y, Qi J, He G, Leung C, Pak D, Jia Z*, Xie W*. Neuroligin 1 regulates spines and synaptic plasticity via LIMK1/cofilin-mediated actin reorganization. J Cell Biol. 2016 Feb 15;212(4):449-63