Expertise at Chang Gung System

Liu, Yu-Chih , M.D.,Ph.D.
Intitution:Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Keelung Branch
Position: Assistant Professor /Attending Physician
Department: Department of Thoracic Medicine
Address:No.222, Maijin Rd., Anle Dist., Keelung City 204, Taiwan
Fax: 02-24335342
E-mail: ycliu@cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Medicine
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Thoracic Medicine

Fulltime Employment:
  1. July 1988 to Jun. 1991, Residency, Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
  2. July 1991 to Jun. 1993, Fellowship, Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
  3. Since July 1993, Attending Physician, Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
Education:
  • 1979 - 1981, Provincial Chia-Yi High School.
  • 1981 - 1988, Medicine, China Medical College, R.O.C.
  • 1995 – 1999, MPhil/PhD in Pharmacology, Imperial College School of Medicine at National Heart & Lung Institute, University of London, UK

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Yu CC, Liu YC, Chu CM, Chuang DY, Wu WC, Wu HP. Factors associated with in  vitro interferon-gamma production in tuberculosis. J Formos Med Assoc.2011 Apr;110(4):239-46
  2. YC Liu, Khawaja AM, Rogers DF. (1999) Neuoregulation by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) of mucus secretion in ferret trachea: activation of BKCa, channels and inhibition of neurotransmitter release. Br J Pharmocol 126:147-158.
  3. YC Liu, Khawaja AM, Rogers DF. (1999)Effect of vasoactive intestinalpeptide (VIP)-related peptides on cholinergic neural mucus secretion in ferret trachea in vitro. Br J Pharmaocol 128:1353-1359
Full Publication List

Board Certification:
1.From July 1988, Physcian; No.017873
2.From May 1991, Internist; No.3219

3.From May 1992, Pulmonogist

Ongoing projects:
Inhibition of MUC5AC and MUC5B expression by erythromycin, clarithromycin and telithromycin - in human airways