Xiaojing Liu

Xiaojing Liu
Post doctor
  • Email:liuxiaojing@pku.edu.cn
  • Address:38 Xueyuan Rd , Haidian District,Beijing,China

Education Background

01/2022~present  Post doctor: Institute of Reproductive and Child Health Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
09/2015~07/2021  PhD: School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
09/2010~07/2015  BE: School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China


Overall introduction

My main interest is to adopt multidisciplinary study methods such as epidemiology, toxicology, multi-omics and environmental health, to claim the effect and mechanism of exogenous environmental and chemical factors on embryo development, as well as to explore intervention strategy on health damages. I am proficient in using animal exposure models to study the mechanisms of perinatal complications, to evaluate the embryonic toxicity of environmental chemicals. And I have mastered 16sRNA sequence analysis of gut microbiota and metabolomics research methods. In addition, mixed exposure factor scores are constructed based on large prospective cohorts to explore early-life risk factors and their long-term health effects. As the first or corresponding author, I have published eight papers in environmental chemical and nutritional journals, e.g., Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, Diabetes Res Clin Pract and Chem Biol Interact. I have presided two projects from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation and Beijing Natural Science Foundation as the principal investigator. With spatial metabolomics technology, the projects aim to deeply study the role of mechanism-inflammation network in preeclampsia mechanism, and to explore safe and effective invention strategy and early biomarkers via combining three-dimensional vitro model and vivo model. Our studies are helpful in improving the health of mother and fetus during perinatal period, as well as strengthening disease risk prediction.


Main research directions

Environment Health, Reproductive Toxicology


Representative scientific research projects

(1) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 88014Y0226, Study on the mechanism of cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in aspirin intervention on preeclampsia, 2023/01-2024/1280,000 RMB, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
(2) Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Study on the role of NLRP3-mediated trophoblast cells pyroptosis in ANX A5 intervention on preeclampsia, 7234401, 2023/01-2024/12, 99,600 RMB, Principal Investigator, Ongoing


10 representative papers

(1) Liu XJ, Liu XW, Huang NH, Yang ZP, Zhang ZY, Zhuang ZH, Jin M, Li N*, Huang T. Women’s reproductive risk and genetic predisposition in type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2024; 208:111121.
(2) Liu XJ, Liu XW, An H, Li ZW, Zhang L, Zhang YL, Liu JM, Ye R, Li N*. Folic Acid Supplements and Perinatal Mortality in China. Front Nutr. 2024; 10: 1281971.
(3) Liu XJ, Liu XW, Jin M, Huang NH, Song ZM, Li N*, Huang T. Association between birth weight/joint exposure to ambient air pollutants and type 2 diabetes: a cohort study in the UK Biobank. Int J Environ Health Res. 2023 Nov 7:1-11.
(4) Jin M, Liu XW, Liu XJ*, Wu YX, Zhang YL, Zhang L, Li ZW, Ye RW, Li N*. Association of pre-/early pregnancy high blood pressure and pregnancy outcomes: a systemic review and meta-analysis. J Matern-Fetal Neo M. 2024; 37(1):2296366.
(5) An H#, Liu XJ#, Li ZW, Zhang L, Zhang YL, Liu JM, Ye RW*, Li N*. Association of age at menarche with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: A large prospective cohort in China. J Clin Hypertens. 2023; 25(11):993-1000.
(6) Liu XJ, An H, Li N*, Li ZW, Zhang YL, Zhang L, Li HT, Liu JM, Ye RW. Preconception Hemoglobin Concentration and Risk of Low Birth Weight and Small-for-Gestational-Age:A Large Prospective Cohort Study in China. Nutrients. 2022; 14(2):271-282.
(7) Liu XJ, Zhang FM, Wang ZJ, Zhang TC, Teng CF, Wang ZP*. Altered gut microbiome accompanying with placenta barrier dysfunction programs pregnant complications in mice caused by graphene oxide. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2021; 207: 111143.
(8) Liu XJ, Wang ST, Sun Y, Zhang TC, Wang ZP*. The suppressed autophagy induced by carbon disulfide could be rescued by N-carbamoyl glutamate during the window of embryo implantation in mice. Chem Biol Interact. 2019; 312: 108751.