• Jianqun Wu, Yonghao Pan, Yangyi Yu, Qihao Yang, Qisong Liu, Yang Liu, Jinhao Zhong, Linhao Fu, Haotian Cai, Chao Liu*, Guangheng Li* “Axial Compressive Loading Attenuates Early Osteoarthritis by Reducing Subchondral Bone Remodeling.” The American Journal of Sports Medicine 51, no. 7 (2023): 1752-1764.
  • Qian Chen#, Ziyan Wang#, Chengyu Yang, Baochen Li, Xingxing Ren, Chao Liu*, and Lei Xi*. “High resolution intravital photoacoustic microscopy reveals VEGF-induced bone regeneration in mouse tibia.” Bone (2023): 116631.
  • Chengyu Yang, # Zeshun Li,# Yang Liu, Runpeng Hou, Minmin Lin, Linhao Fu, Decheng Wu, Quanying Liu, Kai Li, and Chao Liu “Single cell spatiotemporal analysis reveals cell fates and functions of transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells during bone repair” Stem Cell Reports 17.10 (2022): 2318-2333.
  • Chengyu Yang, Yang Liu, Ziyan Wang, Minmin Lin, and Chao Liu. “Controlled mechanical loading improves bone regeneration by regulating type H vessels in a S1Pr1‐dependent manner.” The FASEB Journal 36, no. 10 (2022): e22530
  • Yang Liu, Qihao Yang, Yue Wang, Minmin Lin, Yanrong Tong, Hanwei Huang, Chengyu Yang, Jianqun Wu, Bin Tang, Jiaming Bai, Chao Liu “Metallic Scaffold with Micron-Scale Geometrical Cues Promotes Osteogenesis and Angiogenesis via the ROCK/Myosin/YAP Pathway” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 8.8 (2022): 3498-3514.
  • Zhang J, Tong Y, Liu Y, Lin M, Xiao Y, and Liu C. “Mechanical loading attenuated negative effects of nucleotide analogue reverse-transcriptase inhibitor TDF on bone repair via Wnt/β-catenin pathway.” Bone (2022). 
  • Ziyan Wang,  Yang Liu,  Jianing Zhang ,  Minmin Lin , Chufan Xiao, Haoying Bai , Chao Liu*.”Mechanical loading alleviated the inhibition of β2-adrenergic receptor agonist terbutaline on bone regeneration.” Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal (2021).
  • Chao Liu, Pamela Cabahug‐Zuckerman, Christopher Stubbs, Martin Pendola, Cinyee Cai, Kenneth A. Mann, and Alesha B. Castillo. “Mechanical loading promotes the expansion of primitive osteoprogenitors and organizes matrix and vascular morphology in long bone defects.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2019).
  • Ma, Yu-Heng Vivian; Lam, Candy; Dalmia, Shreyash ; Gao, Peter; Young, Jacob; Middleton, Kevin; Liu, Chao; You, Lidan. “Mechanical regulation of breast cancer bone metastasis via direct and indirect osteocyte signalling in vitro” Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2018, Accepted.
  • Chao Liu, Robert Carrera, Vittoria Flamini, Lena Kenny, Pamela Cabahug-Zuckerman, Benson George, Daniel Hunter, Bo Liu, Gurpreet Singh, Philipp Leucht, Kenneth A Mann, Jill A Helms, Alesha B Castillo, “Effects of mechanical loading on cortical defect repair using a novel mechanobiological model of bone healing” Bone. 2018, 108, pp. 145-155.
  • Qian, Weiyi; Gong, Lanqi; Cui, Xin; Zhang, Zijing; Bajpai, Apratim; Liu, Chao; Castillo, Alesha; Teo, Jeremy; Chen, Weiqiang “Nanotopographic regulation of human mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017, 9 (48), pp 41794–41806.
  • Bradaschia-Correa V, Josephson AM, Mehta D, Mizrahi M, Neibart SS, Liu C, Kennedy OD, Castillo AB, Egol KA, Leucht P. “The selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor fluoxetine directly inhibits osteoblast differentiation and mineralization during fracture healing in mice.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 32(4) 2017: 821–833.
  • Chao Liu, Xin Cui, Thomas Michael Ackermann, Vittoria Flamini, Weiqiang Chen, Alesha Castillo “Ost eoblast-Derived Paracrine Factors Regulate Angiogenesis in Response to Mechanical Stimulation” Integrative Biology 8(7) 2016, 785-794.
  • Chao Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang, Michael Wu, Lidan You “Mechanical Regulation of Osteocyte Responses to Physical Damage in vitro” Journal of Biomechanics 2015. 48(16): 4221-4228.
  • Ashutosh Parajuli*, Chao Liu*, Wen Li*, Xiaoyu Gu, Xiaohan Lai, Christopher Price, Lidan You, X. Lucas Lu, Liyun Wang “Bone’s Responses to Mechanical Loading are Impaired in Type 1 Diabetes” Bone 81 (2015) 152–160. (*Equal contributions).
  • Jia-Ning Zhang, Yan Zhao, Chao Liu, Elizabeth S. Han, Xue Yu, Darcy Lidington, Steffen-Sebastian Bolz, Lidan You “The Role of the Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling Pathway in Osteocyte Mechanotransduction Bone” Bone 79 (2015) 71-78.
  • Chao Wei, Beiyuan Fan, Deyong Chen, Chao Liu, Yuanchen Wei, Bo Huo, Lidan You, Junbo Wang and Jian Chen “Osteocyte Culture in Microfluidic Devices” Biomicrofluidics. 9, 014109 (2015).
  • Wing-Yee Cheung, Chao Liu, Craig A. Simmons, Lidan You, “Osteocyte Apoptosis is Mechanically Regulated and Induces Angiogenesis In Vitro”, Journal of Orthopedic Research, 2011 April ;29(4):523-30.
  • Chao Liu, Yan Zhao, Wing-Yee Cheung, Ronak Gandhi, Liyun Wang, Lidan You “Effects of cyclic hydraulic pressure on osteocytes” Bone. 46 (5), May 2010, pp. 1449-1456.
  • Chao Liu, Alesha B. Castillo, “Targeting Osteogenesis-Angiogenesis Coupling for Bone Repair” Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2018 (invited review).
  • Jan-Hung Chen*, Chao Liu*, Lidan You, Craig A. Simmons, “Boning up on Wolff’s Law: Mechanical regulation of the cells that make and maintain bone” Journal of Biomechanics 43 (1), pp. 108-118 (*Equal contributions) (invited review).