T. Jake Liang, M.D. : NIDDK

T. Jake Liang, M.D.


DDB
LIVER DISEASES BRANCH
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 10, Room 9B16
10 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20892-1800
Tel: 301-496-1721
Fax: 301-402-0491
Email: jakel@mail.nih.gov

Research Website:


Education / Previous Training and Experience:
B.A., Harvard College, 1980
M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1984


Research Statement:

Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are the leading causes of chronic liver diseases in the world. Chronic infection with these viruses has been linked to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, a major leading cause of death from cancer worldwide. The overall goals of our laboratory are to understand the basic mechanisms of hepatocellular injury, recovery from viral infection, persistent infection, progression of disease, and development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Other research efforts are directed at molecular strategies for vaccine and antiviral development, and animal models of viral hepatitis.

Clinical Protocols

  • Immunogenetics of Hepatitis C Virus Infection ,  00-DK-0125

  • Evaluation of Patients with Liver Disease,  91-DK-0214


Selected Publications:

Modi AA, Liang TJ Hepatitis C: a clinical review. Oral Dis(14): 10-4, 2008. [Full Text/Abstract]

Chung RT, Gale M Jr, Polyak SJ, Lemon SM, Liang TJ, Hoofnagle JH Mechanisms of action of interferon and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C: Summary of a workshop. Hepatology(47): 306-20, 2008. [Full Text/Abstract]

Huang Y, Yang H, Borg BB, Su X, Rhodes SL, Yang K, Tong X, Tang G, Howell CD, Rosen HR, Thio CL, Thomas DL, Alter HJ, Sapp RK, Liang TJ A functional SNP of interferon-gamma gene is important for interferon-alpha-induced and spontaneous recovery from hepatitis C virus infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A(104): 985-90, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Yu X, Qiao M, Atanasov I, Hu Z, Kato T, Liang TJ, Zhou ZH Cryo-electron microscopy and three-dimensional reconstructions of hepatitis C virus particles. Virology(367): 126-34, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Huang Y, Feld JJ, Sapp RK, Nanda S, Lin JH, Blatt LM, Fried MW, Murthy K, Liang TJ Defective hepatic response to interferon and activation of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology(132): 733-44, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Ghany M, Liang TJ Drug targets and molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in chronic hepatitis B. Gastroenterology(132): 1574-85, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Hussain N, Feld JJ, Kleiner DE, Hoofnagle JH, Garcia-Eulate R, Ahlawat S, Koziel DE, Anderson V, Hilligoss D, Choyke P, Gallin JI, Liang TJ, Malech HL, Holland SM, Heller T Hepatic abnormalities in patients with chronic granulomatous disease. Hepatology(45): 675-83, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Feld JJ, Nanda S, Huang Y, Chen W, Cam M, Pusek SN, Schweigler LM, Theodore D, Zacks SL, Liang TJ, Fried MW Hepatic gene expression during treatment with peginterferon and ribavirin: Identifying molecular pathways for treatment response. Hepatology(46): 1548-63, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Elmowalid GA, Qiao M, Jeong SH, Borg BB, Baumert TF, Sapp RK, Hu Z, Murthy K, Liang TJ Immunization with hepatitis C virus-like particles results in control of hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A(104): 8427-32, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Hoofnagle JH, Doo E, Liang TJ, Fleischer R, Lok AS Management of hepatitis B: summary of a clinical research workshop. Hepatology(45): 1056-75, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Lutchman G, Danehower S, Song BC, Liang TJ, Hoofnagle JH, Thomson M, Ghany MG Mutation rate of the hepatitis C virus NS5B in patients undergoing treatment with ribavirin monotherapy. Gastroenterology(132): 1757-66, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Yee LJ, Tang YM, Kleiner DE, Wang D, Im K, Wahed A, Tong X, Rhodes S, Su X, Whelan RM, Fontana RJ, Ghany MG, Borg B, Liang TJ, Yang H

13. Kato T, Matsumura T, Heller T, Saito S, Sapp RK, Murthy K, Wakita T, Liang TJ Production of infectious hepatitis C virus of various genotypes in cell cultures. J Virol(81): 4405-11, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Liang TJ Shortened therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3--is less more? N Engl J Med(357): 176-8, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Lutchman G, Modi A, Kleiner DE, Promrat K, Heller T, Ghany M, Borg B, Loomba R, Liang TJ, Premkumar A, Hoofnagle JH The effects of discontinuing pioglitazone in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology(46): 424-9, 2007. [Full Text/Abstract]

Hu Z, Zhang Z, Kim JW, Huang Y, Liang TJ Altered proteolysis and global gene expression in hepatitis B virus X transgenic mouse liver. J Virol (80): 1405-13, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Lutchman G, Promrat K, Kleiner DE, Heller T, Ghany MG, Yanovski JA, Liang TJ, Hoofnagle JH Changes in serum adipokine levels during pioglitazone treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: relationship to histological improvement. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol(4): 1048-52, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Feld JJ, Liang TJ Hepatitis C -- identifying patients with progressive liver injury. Hepatology(43): S194-206, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Barth H, Liang TJ, Baumert TF Hepatitis C virus entry: molecular biology and clinical implications. Hepatology(44): 527-35, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Loomba R, Liang TJ Novel approaches to new therapies for hepatitis B virus infection. Antivir Ther(11): 1-15, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Perumalswami P, Kleiner DE, Lutchman G, Heller T, Borg B, Park Y, Liang TJ, Hoofnagle JH, Ghany MG Steatosis and progression of fibrosis in untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. Hepatology(43): 780-7, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Liang TJ Supporting the NIH before it is too late. Hepatology(44): 1-2, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Nanda SK, Herion D, Liang TJ The SH3 binding motif of HCV [corrected] NS5A protein interacts with Bin1 and is important for apoptosis and infectivity. Gastroenterology(130): 794-809, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]

Heller T, Saito S, Auerbach J, Williams T, Moreen TR, Jazwinski A, Cruz B, Jeurkar N, Sapp R, Luo G, Liang TJ An in vitro model of hepatitis C virion production. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (102): 2579-83, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Feld JJ, Liang TJ HCV persistence: cure is still a four letter word. Hepatology (41): 23-5, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Baumert TF, Yang C, Schurmann P, Kock J, Ziegler C, Grullich C, Nassal M, Liang TJ, Blum HE, von Weizsacker F Hepatitis B virus mutations associated with fulminant hepatitis induce apoptosis in primary Tupaia hepatocytes. Hepatology (41): 247-56, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Kim WH, Hong F, Jaruga B, Zhang ZS, Fan SJ, Liang TJ, Gao B Hepatitis B virus X protein sensitizes primary mouse hepatocytes to ethanol- and TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis by a caspase-3-dependent mechanism. Cell Mol Immunol (2): 40-8, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Wakita T, Pietschmann T, Kato T, Date T, Miyamoto M, Zhao Z, Murthy K, Habermann A, Krausslich HG, Mizokami M, Bartenschlager R, Liang TJ Production of infectious hepatitis C virus in tissue culture from a cloned viral genome. Nat Med (11): 791-6, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Cai Z, Zhang C, Chang KS, Jiang J, Ahn BC, Wakita T, Liang TJ, Luo G Robust production of infectious hepatitis C virus (HCV) from stably HCV cDNA-transfected human hepatoma cells. J Virol (79): 13963-73, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Balasubramanian A, Munshi N, Koziel MJ, Hu Z, Liang TJ, Groopman JE, Ganju RK Structural proteins of Hepatitis C virus induce interleukin 8 production and apoptosis in human endothelial cells. J Gen Virol (86): 3291-301, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Barth H, Ulsenheimer A, Pape GR, Diepolder HM, Hoffmann M, Neumann-Haefelin C, Thimme R, Henneke P, Klein R, Paranhos-Baccala G, Depla E, Liang TJ, Blum HE, Baumert TF Uptake and presentation of hepatitis C virus-like particles by human dendritic cells. Blood (105): 3605-14, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]

Promrat K Lutchman G Uwaifo GI Freedman RJ Soza A Heller T Doo E Ghany M Premkumar A Park Y Liang TJ Yanovski JA Kleiner DE Hoofnagle JH A pilot study of pioglitazone treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology (39): 188-96, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Rahman F Heller T Sobao Y Mizukoshi E Nascimbeni M Alter H Herrine S Hoofnagle J Liang TJ Rehermann B Effects of antiviral therapy on the cellular immune response in acute hepatitis C. Hepatology (40): 87-97, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Cai Z Liang TJ Luo G Effects of mutations of the initiation nucleotides on hepatitis C virus RNA replication in the cell. J Virol (78): 3633-43, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Keck ZY Sung VM Perkins S Rowe J Paul S Liang TJ Lai MM Foung SK Human monoclonal antibody to hepatitis C virus E1 glycoprotein that blocks virus attachment and viral infectivity. J Virol (78): 7257-63, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Jeong SH Qiao M Nascimbeni M Hu Z Rehermann B Murthy K Liang TJ Immunization with hepatitis C virus-like particles induces humoral and cellular immune responses in nonhuman primates. J Virol (78): 6995-7003, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Qiao M, Ashok M, Bernard KA, Palacios G, Zhou ZH, Lipkin WI, Liang TJ Induction of sterilizing immunity against West Nile Virus (WNV), by immunization with WNV-like particles produced in insect cells. J Infect Dis (190): 2104-8, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Zhang Z Protzer U Hu Z Jacob J Liang TJ Inhibition of cellular proteasome activities enhances hepadnavirus replication in an HBX-dependent manner. J Virol (78): 4566-72, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Steinmann D, Barth H, Gissler B, Schurmann P, Adah MI, Gerlach JT, Pape GR, Depla E, Jacobs D, Maertens G, Patel AH, Inchauspe G, Liang TJ, Blum HE, Baumert TF Inhibition of hepatitis C virus-like particle binding to target cells by antiviral antibodies in acute and chronic hepatitis C. J Virol (78): 9030-40, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Radaeva S Jaruga B Kim WH Heller T Liang TJ Gao B Interferon-gamma inhibits interferon-alpha signalling in hepatic cells: evidence for the involvement of STAT1 induction and hyperexpression of STAT1 in chronic hepatitis C. Biochem J (379): 199-208, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Locarnini S, Hatzakis A, Heathcote J, Keeffe EB, Liang TJ, Mutimer D, Pawlotsky JM, Zoulim F Management of antiviral resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Antivir Ther (9): 679-93, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Liang TJ, Heller T Pathogenesis of hepatitis C-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology (127): S62-71, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]

Promrat K McDermott DH Gonzalez CM Kleiner DE Koziol DE Lessie M Merrell M Soza A Heller T Ghany M Park Y Alter HJ Hoofnagle JH Murphy PM Liang TJ Associations of chemokine system polymorphisms with clinical outcomes and treatment responses of chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology (124): 352-60, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Promrat K Liang TJ Chemokine systems and hepatitis C virus infection: is truth in the genes of the beholders? Hepatology (38): 1359-62, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Milich D Liang TJ Exploring the biological basis of hepatitis B e antigen in hepatitis B virus infection. Hepatology (38): 1075-86, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Qiao M Murata K Davis AR Jeong SH Liang TJ Hepatitis C virus-like particles combined with novel adjuvant systems enhance virus-specific immune responses. Hepatology (37): 52-9, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Murata K Lechmann M Qiao M Gunji T Alter HJ Liang TJ Immunization with hepatitis C virus-like particles protects mice from recombinant hepatitis C virus-vaccinia infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (100): 6753-8, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Hoofnagle JH Ghany MG Kleiner DE Doo E Heller T Promrat K Ong J Khokhar F Soza A Herion D Park Y Everhart JE Liang TJ Maintenance therapy with ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C who fail to respond to combination therapy with interferon alfa and ribavirin. Hepatology (38): 66-74, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Ghany MG Kleiner DE Alter H Doo E Khokar F Promrat K Herion D Park Y Liang TJ Hoofnagle JH Progression of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology (124): 97-104, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]

Thomson M Nascimbeni M Havert MB Major M Gonzales S Alter H Feinstone SM Murthy KK Rehermann B Liang TJ The clearance of hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees may not necessarily correlate with the appearance of acquired immunity. J Virol (77): 862-70, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]





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