Lu Liu

Experience

• 2009–present
  Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology , School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales
• 2006–2009
  Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW
• 1998–2006
  Senior Research Officer, Department of Pharmacology, UNSW

Education

• 1998 
  Monash University, PhD/Pharmacology
• 1989 
  Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, , MSc/Pharmacology
• 1984 
  Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, , BSc/Pharmacology

Publications

• 2013
  Expression and localization of pannexin-1 hemichannels in human colon in health and disease, Neurogastroenterol Motil.
• 2012
  Serotonin availability in rat colon is reduced during a Western diet model of obesity., Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
• 2012
  Acid and stretch, but not capsaicin, are effective stimuli for ATP release in the porcine bladder mucosa: Are ASIC and TRPV1 receptors involved?, Eur J Pharmacol
• 2012
  Hemokinin-1 stimulates prostaglandin E₂ production in human colon through activation of cyclooxygenase-2 and inhibition of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase., J Pharmacol Exp Ther
• 2011
  Distinct differences in tachykinin gene expression in ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and diverticular disease: a role for hemokinin-1?, Neurogastroenterol Motil
• 2011
  Endothelium-dependent vasodilation in human mesenteric artery is primarily mediated by myoendothelial gap junctions intermediate conductance calcium-activated K+ channel and nitric oxide., J Pharmacol Exp Ther
• 2011
  A Western diet increases serotonin availability in rat small intestine., Endocrinology

Grants and Contracts

• 2013
  ATP release from gastrointestinal epithelium: A potential target for the treatment of slow transient constipation

  Role:

  CIA

  Funding Source:

  NHMRC