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Renjing Liu

Victor Chang Cardiac Research InstituteORCID 0000-0001-9099-0076Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:electrophysiology· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1

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MDFIC2 is a sensory neuron-specific PIEZO channel auxiliary subunit

Zijing Zhou, Fei Dai, Delfine Cheng, Xiaonuo Ma, Seyedeh Farzaneh Omidkhoda, J. D. W. Clarke, Huijing Zhang, Michael Laden, Yang Guo, Jinyuan Vero Li, Renjing Liu, Emily S. W. Wong, Yixiao Zhang, Charles David Cox

The paper identifies MDFIC2 as a PIEZO channel auxiliary subunit specifically expressed in mechanosensitive neurons and shows it modulates PIEZO1/2 mechanosensitivity and inactivation kinetics.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 9, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics

Robotic Handling Preserves Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Differentiation using a Weekend-free, Automatable, Low-variability, Low-cost (WALL) Protocol

Monique Bax, Jeya Ramalingam, Valentin Romanov, Muhammad A Alsherbiny, Keerat Junday, Jordan Thorpe, Emily Hurley, Melanie Lim, Ingrid S. Tarr, Stephanie Hesselson, Eleni Giannoulatou, Renjing Liu, Adam Hill, Siiri E. Iismaa, Robert M Graham

This paper develops an automated protocol for differentiating iPSC-derived vascular smooth muscle cells and shows that automation does not compromise cell quality or protein expression.

bioRxiv · Nov 25, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology