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Faculty Detail    
Name LIOU Y SUN
  
Campus Address CH 494B Zip 1170
Phone
E-mail  sunlab@uab.edu
Other websites https://www.uab.edu/cas/biology/people/faculty/liou-y-sun
     


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Biology  Biology Assistant Professor
Secondary  Neurobiology  Neurobiology Assistant Professor
Center  Neurology   Alzheimer's Disease Center Assistant Professor
Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center Assistant Professor
Center  General Clinical Research Center  Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Assistant Professor
Center  Integrative Center for Aging Research  Integrative Center for Aging Research Assistant Professor
Center  Nutrition Sciences   Nutrition Obesity Res Ctr (NORC) Assistant Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Cell, Molecular, & Developmental Biology 
Genetics and Genomic Sciences 
Integrative Biomedical Sciences 
Microbiology 
Neuroscience 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Aging, longevity and Alzheimer's Disease
Description
Biology of Aging, Endocrinology, Obesity, Neurodegenerative disease

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Somatotropic signaling: trade-offs between growth, reproductive development, and longevity.
Bartke A, Sun LY, Longo V.
Physiol Rev. 2013 Apr 		 23589828 
Longevity is impacted by growth hormone action during early postnatal period.
Sun LY, Fang Y, Patki A, Koopman JJ, Allison DB, Hill CM, Masternak MM, Darcy J, Wang J, McFadden S, Bartke A.
eLife. 2017 Jul 4;6.  		 28675141 
Growth hormone-releasing hormone disruption extends lifespan and regulates response to caloric restriction in mice.
Sun LY, Spong A, Swindell WR, Fang Y, Hill C, Huber JA, Boehm JD, Westbrook R, Salvatori R, Bartke A.
eLife. 2013 Oct 29 		 24175087  
The full list:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=sun+liou