Areas of Focus
- Pathogenesis and early diagnosis of kidney diseases
- Biomarker research for kidney diseases based on omics
- Translational research of innovative drugs and diagnostic equipment
- Evidence-based medicine research of large-scale multicenter RCTs
- Research on transplant immunity and mechanisms of immunosuppressants
- Establishment of a combined extracorporeal life support system
Work Experience
- Current - Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region - Vice President
- Current - Nanjing University Medical School - Dean
- Current - National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases - Director
- Current - Jiangsu Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases - Director
- Current - Military Institute of Nephrology - Director
- Current - Military Key Laboratory of Nephrology - Director
- Current - Brown University Medical School - Visiting Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
- Vice President of Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region
- Dean of Nanjing University Medical School
- Director of National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases
- Director of Jiangsu Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases
- Director of the Military Institute of Nephrology
- Director of the Military Key Laboratory of Nephrology
- Visiting Professor at Brown University Medical School
- Published over 600 papers, with more than 200 indexed by SCI
- Supervised 70 master's students, 80 doctoral students, and 16 postdoctoral fellows
Publications
- Nephrology in China, Zhihong Liu, 2013
- Downregulation of MicroRNA-30 Facilitates Podocyte Injury and Can Be Prevented by Glucocorticoids, Junnan Wu, Chunxia Zheng, Zhihong Liu, et al., 2013
- Anti-Phospholipase A2 Receptor Antibody in Membranous Nephropathy, Weisong Qin, Laurence H. Beck, Jr., Zhihong Liu, et al., 2011
- Successful Treatment of Class V+IV Lupus Nephritis with Multitarget Therapy, Bao H, Zhihong Liu, et al., 2008
- Outcomes of systems biology approaches in primary glomerular diseases, Song Jiang, Peter Y. Zhihong Liu, et al., 2013
- MiR-223 downregulation promotes glomerular endothelial cell activation by upregulating importin a4 and a5 in IgA nephropathy, Hao Bao, Hao Chen, Zhihong Liu, et al., 2014
- Triptolide reduces proteinuria in experimental membranous nephropathy and protects against C5b-9-induced podocyte injury in vitro, Zhao-Hong Chen, WS Qin, Zhihong Liu, et al., 2010
- Rhein protects pancreatic β-cells from dynamin-related protein-1-mediated mitochondrial fission and cell apoptosis under hyperglycemia, Liu J, Chen Z, Zhihong Liu, et al., 2013
- Induction therapy with bortezomib and dexamethasone followed by autologous stem cell transplantation versus autologous stem cell transplantation alone in the treatment of renal AL amyloidosis: a randomized controlled trial, Xianghua Huang, Qingwen Wang, Zhihong Liu. et al., 2014
- Obesity-related glomerulopathy: body mass index and proteinuria, Shen WW,Chen HM,Zhihong Liu, et al., 2010
Awards
- 1992.11 National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize: Research on the Immunopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy in China
- 1993.12 National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize: Mechanism and Efficacy of Rhubarb in Delaying Chronic Renal Failure
- 1999.12 National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize: Study on Gene Polymorphism and Clinical Phenotype and Prognosis of Kidney Diseases in China
- 2009.09 Military Medical Achievement First Prize: Clinical and Basic Research on Extracorporeal Circulation Interventional Therapy
- 1991.05 Military Science and Technology Progress First Prize: Research on the Immunopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy in China
- 2008.01 Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress First Prize: Clinical Application and Basic Research of Continuous Blood Purification
- 2010.01 Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress First Prize: Research and Innovation in the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
- 2003.01 Ministry of Education Natural Science First Prize: Molecular Etiology and Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy
- 2001.08 Military Science and Technology Progress Second Prize: Research on Mycophenolate Mofetil in the Treatment of Severe Lupus Nephritis
- 2012.02 Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Second Prize: Innovation in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Humoral Rejection and Post-Transplant Nephropathy
- 2005.01 Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Second Prize: Basic and Clinical Research on Crescentic Glomerulonephritis