Other Contact Information:
Name: Huazhen Liu
Position Title: Professor
Working Department: Basic Veterinary Science
Email: lhz219@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Research Interest:
Gut microbiota and gut health
Animal histology
Animal developmental biology
Animal neuroendocrine-immune network
Education experience:
2000-2005 Ph.D, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
1996-2000 B.S., Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Working experience:
2014-2015 Visiting scholar, University of California, Davis, USA
2008-present Associate professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
2005-2008 Lecturer, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Publications:
(1) Xiaolong Zhang, Muhammad Akhtar, Yan Chen, Ziyu Ma, Yuyun Liang, Deshi Shi, Ranran Cheng, Lei Cui, Yafang Hu, Abdallah A Nafady, Abdur Rahman Ansari, El-Sayed M Abdel-Kafy, Huazhen Liu*. Chicken jejunal microbiota improves growth performance by mitigating intestinal inflammation. Microbiome, 2022, 10(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01299-8.
(2) Yan Chen, Muhammad Akhtar, Ziyu Ma , Tingwei Hu, Qiyao Liu, Hong Pan, Xiaolong Zhang, Abdallah A Nafady, Abdur Rahman Ansari, El-Sayed M Abdel-Kafy, Deshi Shi*, Huazhen Liu*.Chicken cecal microbiota reduces abdominal fat deposition by regulating fat metabolism. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2023, 9(1):28. doi: 10.1038/s41522-023-00390-8.
(3)Ziyu Ma, Muhammad Akhtar, Hong Pan, Qiyao Liu, Yan Chen, Xinxin Zhou, Yingting You, Deshi Shi, Huazhen Liu*. Fecal microbiota transplantation improves chicken growth performance by balancing jejunal Th17/Treg cells. Microbiome, 2023,11(1):137. doi: 10.1186/s40168-023-01569-z.
(4) Xiaolong Zhang, Yafang Hu, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Muhammad Akhtar, Yan Chen, Ranran Cheng, Lei Cui, Abdallah A Nafady, Abdelmotaleb A Elokil, El-Sayed M Abdel-Kafy, Huazhen Liu*. Caecal microbiota could effectively increase chicken growth performance by regulating fat metabolism. Microb Biotechnol. 2022, (3):844-861. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.13841.
(5)Muhammad Akhtar, Yan Chen, Ziyu Ma, Xiaolong Zhang, Deshi Shi, Jawaria A Khan, Huazhen Liu*. Gut microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids are potential mediators in gut inflammation. Anim Nutr. 2021, 8:350-360. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.11.005.
