Department of Dermatology

Department of Dermatology

Dr. Zhao Research Lab-Publications

Selected Recent Publications

  1. Tai G, Reid B, Cao L, Zhao M. Electrotaxis and Wound Healing: Experimental Methods to Study Electric Fields as a Directional Signal for Cell Migration. Methods Mol Biol. 2009, 571:77-97.
  2. Zhao M. Electrical fields in wound healing – an overriding signal that directs cell migration. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2009;20(6):674-82.
  3. Reid B, Song B, Zhao M. Electric currents in Xenopus tadpole tail regeneration. Dev Biol. 2009 335(1):198-207.
  4. Kloth L, Zhao M. Endogenous and Exogenous Electrical Fields for Wound Healing. In Wound Healing: Evidence-Based Management. Ed.J McCulloch and L Kloth. 4th Edition. F.A. Davis. Brick, NJ. 2009.
  5. Yao L, McCaig C, Zhao M. Electrical signals polarize neuronal organelles, direct neuron migration and orient cell division. Hippocampus. 2009, 19(9):855-68.
  6. Li Y, Shanley L, McCaig CD, Zhao M. Electric field directed neuronal migration. J Cell Physiol. 2008; 216:527-35.
  7. Zhao Z, Walczysko P, Zhao M. Intracellular calcium store is essential for injury induced calcium signaling and re-endothelialization. J Cell Physiol. 2008; 214:595-603.
  8. Zhao M. PTEN: a promising pharmacological target to enhance epithelial wound healing. Br J Pharmacol. 2007;152:1141-4.
  9. Song B, Gu Y, Pu J, Reid B, Zhao Z, Zhao M. Application of direct current electric fields to cells and tissues in vitro and modulation of wound electric field in vivo. Nat Protoc. 2007;2:1479-89.
  10. Reid B, Nuccitelli R, Zhao M. Non-invasive measurement of bioelectric currents with a vibrating probe. Nat Protoc. 2007;2 (3):661-9.
  11. Pu J, McCaig CD, Cao L, Zhao Z, Segall JE, Zhao M. EGF receptor signalling is essential for electric-field-directed migration of breast cancer cells. J Cell Sci. 2007;120:3395-403.
  12. Zhao M, Song B, Pu J, Wada T, Reid B, Tai G, Wang F, Guo A, Walczysko P, Gu Y, Sasaki T, Suzuki A, Forrester JV, Bourne HR, Devreotes PN, McCaig CD, Penninger JM. Electrical signals control wound healing via PI3Kg and PTEN signalling. Nature, 2006. 442, 457-460.
  13. Shanley L, Walczysko P, Bain M, McEvan D, Zhao M. Influx of extracellular Ca2+ is necessary for electrotaxis in Dictyostelium. J Cell Sci. 2006, 119(Pt 22):4741-8.
  14. McCaig CD, Rajnicek AM, Song B, Zhao, M. Controlling cell behavior electrically: current views and future potential for an old concept. Physiol Review 2005; 85: 943-78.
  15. Pu J, Zhao M. Golgi polarization in a strong electric field. J Cell Sci. 2005; 118:1117-1128.
  16. Wang E, Reid B, Lois N, Forrester JV, McCaig C, Zhao M. Electrical inhibition of lens epithelial cell proliferation – An additional factor in secondary cataract? FASEB J. 2005; 19: 842-4.
  17. Reid B, Song B, McCaig CD, Zhao M. Wound healing in rat cornea: the role of electric currents. FASEB J. 2005; 19: 379-386.
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