Renyu Liu

Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine 
Pennsylvania State University
United States of America

Biography

Dr. Renyu Liu is working as an Associate Professor of Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at The University of Pennsylvania Health System. He received his MD (Medicine) from Xuzhou Medical College, China, 1990 and PhD from Tottori University School of Medicine, Japan, 2000. His research interests include: To investigate the molecular recognition mechanism of opioids and their receptors using biophysical, biochemical, thermodynamic, protein engineering, and high-resolution structural approaches, Pharmacological effects of opioid receptor agonists, Anesthetic interaction with proteins, Preoperative evaluation and outcome

Research Intrest

To investigate the molecular recognition mechanism of opioids and their receptors using biophysical, biochemical, thermodynamic, protein engineering, and high-resolution structural approaches, Pharmacological effects of opioid receptor agonists, Anesthetic interaction with proteins, Preoperative evaluation and outcome

List of Publications
Bu W, Liu R, Cheung-Lau JC, Dmochowski IJ, Loll PJ, et al. (2012) Ferritin couples iron and fatty acid metabolism. FASEB Journal 26: 2394-23400
Perez-Aguilar JM, Saven JG, Liu R, et al. (2012) Human µ opioid receptor models with evaluation of the accuracy using the crystal structure of the murine µ opioid receptor. J Anesth Clin Res.
Ji F, Wang Z, Ma N, Riley J, Liu R, (2013) Herkinorin dilates cerebral vessels via kappa opioid receptor and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signalling in a piglet model. Brain Research 1490: 95-100