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2013

  1. Evidence for High Translational Potential of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy to Improve Recovery from Ischemic Stroke
    Mark A. Eckert, Quynh Vu, Kate Xie, Jingxia Yu, Wenbin Liao, Steven C. Cramer* and Weian Zhao*
    Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2013, accepted.
  1. Opening windows on new biology and disease mechanisms: development of real-time in vivo sensors
    Eckert, M. A., & Zhao, W.
    Interface Focus 3.3 (2013).
  1. Microfluidic devices for biomedical applications
    Kang DK, Lu J, Zhang W, Chang E, Eckert MA, Ali MM, Zhao W.
    Woodhead Publishing. Invited book chapter, 2013, In Press.

2012

  1. Bioinspired multivalent DNA network for capture and release of cells
    Weian Zhao, Cheryl H. Cui, Suman Bose, Dagang Guo, Chong Shen, Wesley P. Wong,
    Ken Halvorsen, Omid C. Farokhzad, Grace Sock Leng Teo, Joseph A. Phillips, David M. Dorfman,
    Rohit Karnik, and Jeffrey M. Karp
    PNAS, 2012. doi:10.1073/pnas.1211234109

  1. Tracking Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Loaded Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Microparticles
    Chenjie Xu, David Miranda-Nieves, James A. Ankrum, Mads Emil Matthiesen, Joseph A. Phillips, Isaac Roes, Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz, Vikram Juneja, Jens Roat Kultima, Weian Zhao, Praveen Kumar Vemula, Charles P. Lin, Matthias Nahrendorf, and Jeffrey M. Karp.
    Nano Letters 12.8 (2012): 4131-4139.

  1. Cell Surface Sensors: Lightning the Cellular Environment
    Ali MM, Kang DK, Tsang K, Fu M, Karp JM, Zhao W.*
    WIREs: Naomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 4.5 (2012): 547-561

  1. Colorimetric and Ultrasensitive Bioassay Based on a Dual-Amplification System Using Aptamer and DNAzyme.
    Tang, L., Liu, Y., Ali, M. M., Kang, D. K., Zhao, W.*, & Li, J*.
    Analytical Chemistry (2012).DOI: 10.1021/ac203274k

2011 And Before

  1. Bioengineering nanotechnology: towards the clinic.
    Weian Zhao, Jeffery M. Karp, Mauro Ferrari, & Rita Serda
    Nanotechnology (2011). 22, 490201. PMID:22101146

  1. Engineered cell homing.
    Debanjan Sarkar, Joel A. Spencer, Joseph A. Phillips, Weian Zhao, Sebastian Schafer, Dawn P. Spelke, Luke J. Mortensen, Juan P. Ruiz, Praveen Kumar Vemula, Rukmani Sridharan, Sriram Kumar, Rohit Karnik, Charles P. Lin, and Jeffrey M. Karp.
    Blood, 2011, doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-10-311464.

  1. Tracking of Transplanted Cells in Cell Therapy with Nanoparticle-based Imaging Probes.
    Chenjie Xu, Luye Mu, Isaac Roes, David Miranda-Nieves, Weian Zhao, Jeffrey M. Karp.
    Nanotechnology 22.49 494001 (2011):  (Special Issue of Bioengineered Nanotechnology). doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/49/494001

  1. Cell surface sensors for real-time probing of cellular environments.
    Weian Zhao, Sebastian Schafer, Jonghoon Choi, Yvonne J. Yamanaka, Maria L. Lombardi, Suman Bose, Alicia L. Carlson, Joseph A. Phillips, Weisuong Teo, Ilia A. Droujinine, Cheryl Cui, Rakesh K. Jain, Jan Lammerding, J. Christopher Love, Charles P. Lin, Debanjan Sarkar, Rohit Karnik, and Jeffrey M. Karp.* Nature Nanotechnology, 2011, 6, 524-531.

  1. Mimicking the inflammatory cell adhesion cascade by nucleic acid aptamer programmed cell-cell interactions.
    Weian Zhao, Weili Loh, Ilia A. Droujinine, Weisuong Teo, Namit Kumar, Sebastian Schafer, Cheryl Cui, Liang Zhang, Debanjan Sarkar, Rohit Karnik and Jeffrey M. Karp.*
    The FASEB Journal, 2011, 25, 3045-3056.

  1. Cell surface engineering of mesenchymal stem cell.
    Debanjan Sarkar, Weian Zhao, Ashish Gupta, Weili Loh, Rohit Karnik, Jeffrey M. Karp,*
    “Mesenchymal stem cell assays and applications in The Methods in Molecular Biology series” (2011) by Humana Press. 698.

  1. Chemistry and material science at the cell surface
    Weian Zhao, Grace Teo, Namit Kumar, Jeffrey M. Karp*
    Materials Today, 2010, 13, 14-21. Invited review.

  1. Stem cell homing to sites of injury and inflammation
    Weian Zhao, James Ankrum, Debanjan Sarkar, Weisoung Teo, Namit Kumar, Jeffrey M Karp,*
    Stem Cells and Neovascularization in Tissue Engineering, Taylor & Francis, (Invited) 2011, 217.

  1. Therapeutic applications of mesenchymal stem cells 
    Weian Zhao, Sarkar, D., Ankrum, J., Loh, W., Teo, W., & Karp, J.M.
    Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, Springer/Humana Press. (2010) P195-218.

  1. Engineered mesenchymal stem cells with self-assembled vesicles for systemic cell targeting
    Debanjan Sarkar, Praveen Kumar Vemula, Weian Zhao, Ashish Gupta, Jeffrey M. Karp.*
    Biomaterials, 2010, 31, 5266-5274.

  1. Novel Implantable vein graft contrast yields enhanced outer wall definition in magnetic resonance imaging
    C. Keith Ozaki,* Dimitrios Mitsouras, Praveen K. Vemula, Dia Smiley, Ming Tao, Peng Yu, Christina Campagna, Weian Zhao, Robert V. Mulkern, Jeffrey M. Karp, Frank Rybicki.
    Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2010, 51, 533.

  1. Applications of Biomaterials in Functional Tissue Engineering
    Sarkar D, Zhao W, Schaefer S, Ankrum J, Teo G, Karp J.
    BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE: An Introduction to materials in Medicine 3RD EDITION. Invited for publication by Academic Press, 2009.

  1. Control cell fate in vivo
    Weian Zhao, Jeffrey M. Karp.*
    ChemBioChem, 2009, 10, 2308-2310. Highlight article.

  1. Tumour targeting: Nanoantennas heat up
    Weian Zhao, Jeffrey M. Karp.*
    Nature Materials, 2009, 8, 453-454. News and Views article in Special issue on biomaterials.

  1. Covalent assembly of silica nanoparticle aggregates for oligonucleotide synthesis
    Weian Zhao, Elodie Pacard, Carole Chaix-Bauvais, Christian Pichot, Michael A. Brook.
    Colloids and Surface A, 2009, 339, 26-34.

  1. Lab on Paper
    Weian Zhao,* Albert van der Berg.*
    Lab Chip, Commentary article in Special Issue on point-of-care diagnostics 2008, 8, 1988-91

  1. Paper-based bioassays using gold nanoparticle colorimetric probes
    Weian Zhao, Monsur M. Ali, Sergio D. Aguirre, Michael A. Brook* and Yingfu Li*.
    Anal. Chem., 2008, 80, 8431-7.

  1. Design of gold nanoparticle based colorimetric biosensing assays
    Weian Zhao, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li*.
    ChembioChem,2008, 9, 2363-71. Review article. Most accessed articles in 2008-2009;

    • Most cited in 2010.

  1. Rolling circle amplification: new applications in nanotechnology and functional nucleic acid-based biodection.
    Weian Zhao, Monsur M. Ali, Michael A. Brook* and Yingfu Li*.
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 6330-6337. Review article.

  1. DNA aptamer folding on gold nanoparticle: from colloid chemistry to biosensors
    Weian Zhao, William Chiuman, Jeffrey C. F. Lam, Simon A. McManus, Wei Chen, Yuguo Cui, Robert Pelton, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li.*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 3610-3618.
  • Selected as one of 21 papers of “chemistry at nano and bio interface”.

  1. Enzymatic cleavage of nucleic acid on gold nanoparticle: a generic platform for facile biosensors
    Weian Zhao, Jeffrey C. F. Lam, Willium Chiuman, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li.*
    Small, 2008, 4, 810-816.

  1. Periodic assembly of nanospecies on repetitive DNA generated on gold nanoparticles by rolling circle amplification
    Weian Zhao, Michael A. Brook, Yingfu Li
    In ―Nanostructure Design Methods and Protocols, The Methods in Molecular Biology series by Humana Press. 2008, P 79-90.

  1. Simple and rapid colorimetric biosensors based on DNA aptamer and non-crosslinking gold nanoparticle aggregation
    Weian Zhao, William Chiuman, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li.*
    ChemBioChem, 2007, 8, 727-731.

    • Most accessed articles in 2007.

  1. Highly stabilized nucleotide-capped small gold nanoparticles with tunable size
    Weian Zhao, Ferdinand Gonzaga, Yingfu Li,* Michael A. Brook.*
    Adv. Mater., 2007, 19, 1766-1771.

  1. Simple and rapid colorimetric enzyme sensing assays using non-crosslinking gold nanoparticle aggregation
    Weian Zhao, William Chiuman, Jeffrey Lam, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li.*
    Chem. Commun., 2007, 3729-3731.

  1. Wrapping single-walled carbon nanotubes with long single-stranded DNA molecules produced by rolling circle amplification
    Weian Zhao, Yan Gao, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li.*
    Chem. Commun., 2006, 3582-3584.

  1. DNA polymerization on gold nanoparticles through rolling circle amplification: towards novel scaffolds for three-dimensional periodic nanoassemblies
    Weian Zhao, Yan Gao, Srinivas A. Kandadai, Michael A. Brook,* Yingfu Li.*
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 2409-2413. (VIP paper) Highlighted in MRS bulletin.

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