Name:  Alice Liou
Major Professor:  Helen Raybould
Department:  [other or N/A]
Lab Phone:  754-6577
Email:  apliou@ucdavis.edu
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BS - University of California -- Davis - Animal Science - 2002
 DVM - University of California -- Davis - Veterinary Medicine - 2007
Research Interests
The gastrointestinal tract is one of the largest 'endocrine organs', containing a diffuse mosaic of single cell endocrine cells that regulate digestive function and influence satiety. I am particularly interested in understanding how the cholecystokinin cell, which secretes in response to dietary protein and fat, is able to directly detect these nutrients. One of the nutrient 'sensors' of interest is the oligopeptide transporter PepT1.
 
Publications Darcel NP, Liou AP, Tome D, Raybould HE. (2005). Activation of vagal afferents in the rat duodenum by protein digests requires PepT1. Journal of Nutrition 135, pp. 1491-1495.

Raybould HE, Glatzle J, Freeman SL, Whited K, Darcel N, Liou A, Bohan D. (2006). Detection of macronutrients in the intestinal wall. Auton Neurosci 30, pp. 28-33

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