1) Li X, Xie T, Gao L, Ma C, Yang X, Liang X.Prostaglandin E2 facilitates Hepatitis B virus replication by impairing CTL function.Mol Immunol. 2018 Nov;103:243-250

2) Liu Y, Cheng Y, Xu Y, Wang Z, Du X, Li C, Peng J, Gao L, Liang X, Ma C. Increased expression of programmed cell death protein 1 on NK cells inhibits NK-cell-mediated anti-tumor function and indicates poor prognosis in digestive cancers. Oncogene. 2017 Nov 2;36(44):6143-6153.

3) Zhao D, Jiang X, Xu Y, Yang H, Gao D, Li X, Gao L, Ma C, Liang X.Decreased Siglec-9 Expression on Natural Killer Cell Subset Associated With Persistent HBV Replication.Front Immunol. 2018 May 30;9:1124.

4) Song X, Tan S, Wu Z, Xu L, Wang Z, Xu Y, Wang T, Gao C, Gong Y, Liang X, Gao L, Spear BT, Ma C.HBV suppresses ZHX2 expression to promote proliferation of HCC through miR-155 activation.Int J Cancer. 2018 Dec 15;143(12):3120-3130.

5) Du X, Wu Z, Xu Y, Liu Y, Liu W, Wang T, Li C, Zhang C, Yi F, Gao L, Liang X, Ma C.Increased Tim-3 expression alleviates liver injury by regulating macrophage activation in MCD-induced NASH mice.Cell Mol Immunol. 2018 May 7. doi: 10.1038/s41423-018-0032-0.

6) Xu Y, Wang Z, Du X, Liu Y, Song X, Wang T, Tan S, Liang X, Gao L, Ma C.Tim-3 blockade promotes iNKT cell function to inhibit HBV replication.J Cell Mol Med. 2018 Jun;22(6):3192-3201.

7) Xu L, Wu Z, Tan S, Wang Z, Lin Q, Li X, Song X, Liu Y, Song Y, Zhang J, Peng J, Gao L, Gong Y, Liang X, Zuo X, Ma C.Tumor suppressor ZHX2 restricts hepatitis B virus replication via epigenetic and non-epigenetic manners.Antiviral Res. 2018 May;153:114-123.

8) Zhang H, Song Y, Yang H, Liu Z, Gao L, Liang X, Ma C.Tumor cell-intrinsic Tim-3 promotes liver cancer via NF-κB/IL-6/STAT3 axis.Oncogene. 2018 May;37(18):2456-2468.

9) Li X, Wang B, Gu L, Zhang J, Li X, Gao L, Ma C, Liang X, Li X.Tim-3 expression predicts the abnormal innate immune status and poor prognosis of glioma patients.Clin Chim Acta. 2018 Jan;476:178-184.

10) Du J, Bai F, Zhao P, Li X, Li X, Gao L, Ma C, Liang X.Hepatitis B core protein promotes liver cancer metastasis through miR-382-5p/DLC-1 axis.Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2018 Jan;1865(1):1-11.

11) Wu Z, Tan S, Xu L, Gao L, Zhu H, Ma C, Liang X.NgAgo-gDNA system efficiently suppresses hepatitis B virus replication through accelerating decay of pregenomic RNA.Antiviral Res. 2017 Sep;145:20-23.

12) Zhao D, Guo M, Liu B, Lin Q, Xie T, Zhang Q, Jia X, Shu Q, Liang X, Gao L, Ma C.Frontline Science: Tim-3-mediated dysfunctional engulfment of apoptotic cells in SLE. J Leukoc Biol. 2017 Dec;102(6):1313-1322.

13) Liu B, Liu W, Wang R, Shu Q, Zhang X, Fan X, Zhang Q, Liang X, Ma C, Gao L.Promoter polymorphisms of the TIM-4 gene are correlated with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.Int J Immunogenet. 2017 Jun;44(3):122-128.

14) Xu L, Zhao P, Xu Y, Gao L, Wang H, Jia X, Ma H, Liang X, Ma C, Gao L.Tim-4 protects mice against lipopolysaccharide-induced endotoxic shock by suppressing the NF-κB signaling pathway. Lab Invest. 2016 Nov 27; 96(11):1189-1197.

15) Zhao P, Wang H, Li T, Lei C, Xu X, Wang W, Liang X, Ma C, Gao L. Increased TIM-4 negatively correlates with IL-1β levels in type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes. 2016 March,8(2):199-205. 5.  

16) Wan F, Gao L, Lu Y, Ma H, Wang H, Liang X, Wang Y, Ma C. Proliferation and osteo/odontogenic differentiation of stem cells from apical papilla regulated by Zinc fingers and homeoboxes 2: An in vitro study. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Jan 15;469(3):599-605.

17) Liu Y, Xu Y, Ma H, Wang B, Xu L, Zhang H, Song X, Gao L, Liang X, Ma C.Hepatitis B virus X protein amplifies TGF-β promotion on HCC motility through down-regulating PPM1a.Oncotarget. 2016 May 31;7(22):33125-35.

18) Liu Y, Gao LF, Liang XH, Ma CH.Role of Tim-3 in hepatitis B virus infection: An overview.World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Feb 21;22(7):2294-303.