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  • Our Comment article (Chuang as the corresponding author) has been accepted in  Nature Reviews Materials.
  • Our Review article (Chuang as the corresponding author) has been accepted in Nano Letters.

Featured Publications

  • Chuang Liu, Xiangang Huang, Kok-Siong Chen, Sihan Xiong, Alexey V Yaremenko, Xueyan Zhen, Xinru You, Filippo Rossignoli, Yi Tang, Seyoung Koo, Wei Chen, Na Kong, Tian Xie, Khalid Shah, Wei Tao*. Systemic reprogramming of tumour immunity via IL-10-mRNA nanoparticles. Nature Nanotechnology (2025).
  • Chuang Liu#, Qiangqiang Shi#, Xiangang Huang, Seyoung Koo, Na Kong*, Wei Tao*. mRNA-based cancer therapeutics. Nature Reviews Cancer (2023), 23, 526–543.

  • Chuang Liu#, Alexey V. Yaremenko#, Xiaolong Li#, Xinru You, Xiaoyu Zhu, Nuo Liu, Wei Chen, Na Kong, Tian Xie, Gaurav D. Gaiha*, Robert Langer, and Wei Tao*. mRNA technology for the prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infection. Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2025)

  • Chuang Liu*. mRNA-based enzyme replacement for propionic acidaemia. Nature Reviews Endocrinology (2025), 21, 526.

  • Sihan Xiong, Chuang Liu*. Core mission: mRNA endosomal escape. Nature Reviews Chemistry (2025), 9, 433.

  • Sihan Xiong, Khalid Shah*, Chuang Liu*. A zwitterionic twist. Nature Reviews Chemistry (2024), 8, 721.

  • Chuang Liu, Khalid Shah*. Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity. Nature Materials (2023), 22, 1444–1445.

  • Xiangang Huang#, Chuang Liu#, Na Kong, Yufen Xiao, Arif Yurdagul, Ira Tabas, Wei Tao*. Synthesis of siRNA nanoparticles to silence plaque-destabilizing gene in atherosclerotic lesional macrophages. Nature Protocols (2022), 17, 748–780.

Selected Publications by Years

2025

  1. Chuang Liu#, Alexey V. Yaremenko#, Xiaolong Li#, Xinru You, Xiaoyu Zhu, Nuo Liu, Wei Chen, Na Kong, Tian Xie, Gaurav D. Gaiha*, Robert Langer, and Wei Tao*. mRNA technology for the prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infection. Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2025)
  2. Chuang Liu, Xiangang Huang, Kok-Siong Chen, Sihan Xiong, Alexey V Yaremenko, Xueyan Zhen, Xinru You, Filippo Rossignoli, Yi Tang, Seyoung Koo, Wei Chen, Na Kong, Tian Xie, Khalid Shah, Wei Tao*. Systemic reprogramming of tumour immunity via IL-10-mRNA nanoparticles. Nature Nanotechnology (2025). đŸ‘€Full text: rdcu.be/eAcNi. đŸ‘‰Highlighted by「Min.News」「Bioon.com」
  3. Chuang Liu*. mRNA-based enzyme replacement for propionic acidaemia. Nature Reviews Endocrinology (2025), 21, 526. 
  4. Sihan Xiong, Chuang Liu*. Core mission: mRNA endosomal escape. Nature Reviews Chemistry (2025), 9, 433.
  5. Xiangang Huang, Chuang Liu, Shonit Nair Sharma, Xinru You, Shuying Chen, Yongjiang Li, Hai-Jun Liu, Bin Liu, Qimanguli Saiding, Wei Chen, Yuhan Lee, Na Kong, Reza Abdi, Wei Tao*. Oral delivery of liquid mRNA therapeutics by an engineered capsule for treatment of preclinical intestinal disease. Science Translational Medicine (2025), 17,eadu1493.

2024

  1. Nadezhda A Pechnikova*, Amalia Aggeli, Anastasiia A Latypova, Aleksandra V Iaremenko, Kalliopi Domvri, Ilya V Zubarev, Chuang Liu*, Alexey V Yaremenko*. Implantable Biomaterials for Cancer Immunotherapies. Advanced Functional Materials (2025), 35, 2416813.

  2. Sihan Xiong, Khalid Shah*, Chuang Liu*. A zwitterionic twist. Nature Reviews Chemistry (2024), 8, 721.

2023

  1. Chuang Liu, Khalid Shah*. Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity. Nature Materials (2023), 22, 1444–1445.
  2. Chuang Liu#, Qiangqiang Shi#, Xiangang Huang, Seyoung Koo, Na Kong*, Wei Tao*. mRNA-based cancer therapeutics. Nature Reviews Cancer (2023), 23, 526–543. đŸ‘‰ă€ŒHighlighted in the "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023" Collection; Web of Science Hot | Highly Cited Paper」
  3. Wei Chen#, Yongjiang Li#, Chuang Liu#, Yong Kang, Duotian Qin, Shuying Chen, Jun Zhou, Hai‐Jun Liu, Bijan Emiliano Ferdows, Dylan Neal Patel, Xiangang Huang, Seyoung Koo, Na Kong, Xiaoyuan Ji, Yihai Cao, Wei Tao*, Tian Xie*. In situ Engineering of Tumor‐Associated Macrophages via a Nanodrug‐Delivering‐Drug (β‐Elemene@Stanene) Strategy for Enhanced Cancer Chemo‐Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2023), 62, e202308413.

2022

  1. Xiangang Huang#, Chuang Liu#, Na Kong, Yufen Xiao, Arif Yurdagul, Ira Tabas, Wei Tao*. Synthesis of siRNA nanoparticles to silence plaque-destabilizing gene in atherosclerotic lesional macrophages. Nature Protocols (2022), 17, 748–780.
  2. Zhongyang Zhang#, Jun Zhou#, Chuang Liu#, Jiaming Zhang, Yo Shibata, Na Kong, Claudia Corbo*, Mitchel B Harris*, Wei Tao*. Emerging biomimetic nanotechnology in orthopedic diseases: progress, challenges, and opportunities. Trends in Chemistry (2022), 4, 5, 420-436.

2021

  1. Wen Pan#, Chuang Liu#, Yunhui Li*, Yang Yang, Wenliang Li, Chan Feng*, Leijiao Li*. Ultrathin tellurium nanosheets for simultaneous cancer thermo-chemotherapy. Bioactive Materials (2021), 13, 96-104.
  2. Chuang Liu#, Shan Sun#, Qiang Feng#, Gongwei Wu, Yiting Wu, Na Kong, Zhangsen Yu, Junlie Yao, Xingcai Zhang, Wei Chen, Zhongmin Tang, Yufen Xiao, Xiangang Huang, Aman Lv, Chenyang Yao, Haibo Cheng, Aiguo Wu*, Tian Xie*, Wei Tao*. Arsenene Nanodots with Selective Killing Effects and their Low‐Dose Combination with ß‐Elemene for Cancer Therapy. Advanced Materials (2021), 33, 2102054.
  3. Wei Chen#, Chuang Liu#, Xiaoyuan Ji, John Joseph, Zhongmin Tang, Jiang Ouyang, Yufen Xiao, Na Kong, Nitin Joshi, Omid C Farokhzad*, Wei Tao*, Tian Xie*. Stanene‐Based Nanosheets for β‐Elemene Delivery and Ultrasound‐Mediated Combination Cancer Therapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021), 60, 7155.
  4. Chuang Liu#, Jinwoo Shin#, Subin Son#, Youmi Choe#, Nika Farokhzad, Zhongmin Tang, Yufen Xiao, Na Kong*, Tian Xie*, Jong Seung Kim*, Wei Tao*. Pnictogens in medicinal chemistry: evolution from erstwhile drugs to emerging layered photonic nanomedicine. Chemical Society Reviews (2021), 50, 2260-2279.

2020

  1. Jielai Yang#, Xingcai Zhang#, Chuang Liu#, Zhen Wang, Lianfu Deng, Chan Feng, Wei Tao*, Xiangyang Xu*, Wenguo Cui*. Biologically Modified Nanoparticles as Theranostic Bionanomaterials. Progress in Materials Science (2020), 118, 100768.
  2. Chuang Liu#, Hyeong Seok Kim#, Miae Won#, Eugeine Jung, and Jong Seung Kim*. Navigating 2D Monoelemental Materials (Xenes) for Cancer Nanomedicine. Matter (2020), 3, 1, 12-13.
  3. Chuang Liu#, Junlie Yao#, Jiapeng Hu#, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Shan Sun, Tianxiang Chen*, Aiguo Wu*. Navigating nMOF-mediated enzymatic reactions for catalytic tumor-specific therapy. Materials Horizons (2020), 7, 3176-3186.

2019

  1. Chuang Liu, Jie Xing, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Lijia Luo, Shan Sun, Ruifen Zou, Zhangsen Yu, Qianlan Fang, Aiguo Wu*. Nanozymes-engineered metal–organic frameworks for catalytic cascades-enhanced synergistic cancer therapy. Nano Letters (2019), 19, 8, 5674–5682.

2018

  1. Luyun Zhang#, Chuang Liu#, Yang Gao, Zihou Li, Jie Xing, Wenzhi Ren, Lili Zhang, Aiguo Li, Guangming Lu*, Aiguo Wu*, Leyong Zeng*. ZD2-Engineered Gold Nanostar@Metal-Organic Framework Nanoprobes for T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Photothermal Therapy Specifically Toward Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2018), 7, 1801144.
  2. Chuang Liu, Lijia Luo, Leyong Zeng, Jie Xing, Yuanzhi Xia, Shan Sun, Luyun Zhang, Zhe Yu, Junlie Yao, Zhangsen Yu, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Madiha Saeed, Aiguo Wu*. Porous Gold Nanoshells on Functional NH2-MOFs: Facile Synthesis and Designable Platforms for Cancer Multiple Therapy. Small (2018),14, 1801851.