Faculty Member Profile

12 years of experience

• Host-pathogen interactions
• Molecular epidemiology of viral diseases of poultry particularly Newcastle disease
• Cellular signaling pathways associated with reproductive endocrinology
• Metabolism
• Gut health in diseased birds

Total Publications: 55

Latest Ten

• LI, Y., REHMAN, Z. U., LI, M., MANZOOR, Z., LIU, W., QIU, X., SUN, Y., LIAO, Y., TAN, L., SONG, C., LIU, W., YU, S., DING, C. and MENG, C. (2021) Comparison of the protective antigen variabilities of prevalent Newcastle disease viruses in response to homologous/heterologous genotype vaccines. Poultry Science 100: 101267. Impact Factor 4.014. Co-First Author (2021)
• REHMAN, Z. U., REN, S., BUTT, S. L., MANZOOR, Z., IQBAL, J., ANWAR, M. N., SUN, Y., QIU, X., TAN, L., LIAO, Y., SONG, C., LIU, W., MENG, C. and DING, C. (2021) Newcastle disease virus induced pathologies severely affect the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas in chickens. Genes (Basel) 12: 495. Impact factor 4.141. (2021)
• WU, W., QU, Y., YU, S., WANG, S., YIN, Y., LIU, Q., MENG, C., LIAO, Y., UR REHMAN, Z., TAN, L., SONG, C., QIU, X., LIU, W., DING, C. and SUN, Y.(2021) Caspase-dependent cleavage of DDX21 suppresses host innate immunity. mBio: e0100521. Impact factor 7.786. (2021)
• REHMAN, Z. U., REN, S., YANG, B., YANG, X., BUTT, S. L., AFZAL, A., MALIK, M. I., SUN, Y., YU, S., MENG, C. and DING, C. (2020) Newcastle disease virus induces testicular damage and disrupts steroidogenesis in specific pathogen free roosters. Veterinary Research 51: 84. Impact factor 3.683. (2020)
• REN, S., REHMAN, Z. U., GAO, B., YANG, Z., ZHOU, J., MENG, C., SONG, C., NAIR, V., SUN, Y. and DING, C. (2020) ATM-mediated DNA double-strand break response facilitated oncolytic Newcastle disease virus replication and promoted syncytium formation in tumor cells. PLOS Pathogens 16: e1008514. Impact factor 6.823. (2020)
• SUN, Y., ZHENG, H., YU, S., DING, Y., WU, W., MAO, X., LIAO, Y., MENG, C., REHMAN, Z. U., TAN, L., SONG, C., QIU, X., WU, F. and DING, C. (2019) Newcastle disease virus v protein degrades mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein to inhibit host type I interferon production via E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF5. Journal of Virology 93:JVI.00322-19 . Impact Factor 4.501. (2019)
• MENG, C., REHMAN, Z. U., LIU, K., QIU, X., TAN, L., SUN, Y., LIAO, Y., SONG, C., YU, S., DING, Z., NAIR, V., MUNIR, M. and DING, C.(2018) Potential of genotype VII newcastle disease viruses to cause differential infections in chickens and ducks. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 65: 1851-1862. Impact Factor 3.504. Co-First Author (2018)
• REHMAN, Z. U., MENG, C., SUN, Y., MAHROSE, K. M., UMAR, S., DING, C. and MUNIR, M.(2018) Pathobiology of avian avulavirus 1: Special focus on waterfowl. Veterinary Research 49: 94. Impact Factor 2.903. (2018)
• REHMAN, Z. U., MENG, C., SUN, Y., SAFDAR, A., PASHA, R. H., MUNIR, M. and DING, C.(2018) Oxidative stress in poultry: Lessons from the viral infections. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2018: 14. Impact Factor 4.936. (2018)
• REHMAN, Z. U., QIU, X., SUN, Y., LIAO, Y., TAN, L., SONG, C., YU, S., DING, Z., MUNIR, M., NAIR, V., MENG, C. and DING, C.(2018) Vitamin e supplementation ameliorates newcastle disease virus-induced oxidative stress and alleviates tissue damage in the brains of chickens. Viruses 10: 173. Impact Factor 3.761. (2018)

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