Parweez F, Marin RP, Li R, McMillan H, Tyers M, and Liu XJ. Engineered spermidine- secreting Saccharomyces boulardii enhances olfactory memory in Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Neuroscience Volume 19 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1628160 (2025)

Mohaqiq M, Marin RP, Li R, Zhang G, Vaishnav, H, Parweez P, Moyana T, Carragher D, Cameron DW, Ramsay T, van der Sloot A, Murthy S, Coombes B, Tyers M, and Liu XJ. Engineered spermidine-overproducing Saccharomyces boulardii ameliorates colitis and colon cancer in mice. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16736-5 (2025)

Lavergne CLJ, Tao Y, Ren Y, Lafleur N, Liu XJ. Systemic L-ornithine supplementation specifically increases ovarian putrescine levels during ovulation in mice. Biol Reprod 106:792-801 (2022).

Mo G, Ruizhen Li, Zachary Swider, Julie Leblanc, William M. Bement and X. Johné Liu. A localized calcium transient and polar body abscission. Cell Cycle. ePublished. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384101.2022.2092815 (2022).

Li R, Ren Y, Mo G, Swider Z, Mikoshiba K, Bement WM, and Liu XJ. Inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor is required for spindle assembly in Xenopus oocytes. Mol. Biol. Cell epublished. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36129775 (2022)

Tao Y, Tartia A, Lawson M, Zelinski M, Wu W, Liu J-Y, Smitz J, Leveille M-C, Leader A, Wang H, Ramsay T, Liu XJ. . Peri-ovulatory putrescine supplementation to improve egg quality in older infertile women. J. Assist Reprod Genet 36:395-402 (2019)

Li R, Leblanc J, He K, and Liu XJ. Calcium chelators cause rapid depolymerization of spindle microtubules and inhibit polar body emission in Xenopus oocytes. Mol. Biol. Cell. 27:3273-3283 (2016)

Tao Y, Liu D, Mo G, Wang H, and Liu XJ. Peri-ovulatory putrescine supplementation reduces embryo resporption in older mice. Human Reproduction 30: 1867-75 (2015).

Tao Y, and Liu XJ. Deficiency of ovarian ornithine decarboxylase contributes to aging-related egg aneuploidy in mice. Aging Cell. 12:42-49 (2013)

Shao H, Li R, Ma C, Chen E, and Liu XJ. Xenopus oocyte meiosis lacks spindle assembly checkpoint control. J. Cell Biol. 201:191-200 (2013)

All Other Publications

Zhou Y, Chunqi Ma, Karmouch J, Hadia Arabi Katbi, and Liu XJ. Antiapoptotic role for ornithine decarboxylase during oocyte maturation.  Mol. Cell. Biol. 29:1786-1795 (2009).    

Leblanc J, Zhang X, McKee D, Wang ZB, Li R, Ma C, Sun QY, and Liu XJ. The Small GTPase Cdc42 Promotes Membrane Protrusion during Polar Body Emission via ARP2-Nucleated Actin Polymerization. Mol. Hum. Repro. 17:305-316 (2011).

Liu XJ. Mini Golgi stacks participate in spindle assembly in acentrosomal mouse oocytes? Cell Cycle. News and Views (2011). 10:2022-23.

Leblond GG, Sarazin H, Li R, Suzuki M, Ueno N, Liu XJ. INCENP translation during oocyte maturation is required for embryonic development in Xenopus laevis. Biology of Reproduction. 86:1-8 (2012).      

 Liu XJ. Polar body emission: invited review for a special issue on Cytokinesis honoring the memory and research contributions of Dr. Ray Rappaport. Cytoskeleton. 65:670-85 (2012).

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