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Overview

Bao Lu is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States and has contributed to research in both engineering and medicine. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, with a focus on molecular biology, civil and structural engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of subjects, including:

  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • RNA Regulation and Disease
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Notable recent papers include:

  • Membrane metalloendopeptidase suppresses prostate carcinogenesis by attenuating effects of gastrin-releasing peptide on stem/progenitor cells, 2020, Oncogenesis
  • Exploring the RNA Editing Events and Their Potential Regulatory Roles in Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis L.), 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Performance enhancement and mechanism of pregelatinized starch-binding gypsum at high water-gypsum ratios, 2023, Construction and Building Materials
  • CCR5 Chemokine Receptor Mediates Recruitment of MHC Class II-Positive Langerhans Cells in the Mouse Corneal Epithelium, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Detection of Variants of B.1.617 Lineage from Five Returning Chinese Nationals at a Guangxi-Vietnam Border Port - Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, April 2021, 2021, China CDC Weekly

The frequent coauthors appearing in their research include:

  • Jing Wang
  • Chieh-Yang Cheng
  • Zongxiang Zhou
  • Meredith L. Stone
  • Andrea Flesken-Nikitin

The venues where Bao Lu's work has been published reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research and include:

  • Oncogenesis
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • China CDC Weekly
  • UNC Libraries

Bao Lu's research demonstrates a combination of approaches integrating engineering principles with biological and medical sciences. Their work in molecular biology involves analysis of peptidase inhibition and prostate cancer mechanisms, while their engineering research addresses materials science and structural applications.

Best Publications

  • Abnormalities in Monocyte Recruitment and Cytokine Expression in Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1–deficient Mice

    Bao Lu;Barbara J. Rutledge;Long Gu;Joseph Fiorillo

  • Requirement of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 for Acute Allograft Rejection

    Wayne W. Hancock;Bao Lu;Wei Gao;Vilmos Csizmadia

  • Targeted disruption of migration inhibitory factor gene reveals its critical role in sepsis.

    Marcelo Bozza;Abhay R. Satoskar;Guosheng Lin;Bao Lu

  • Gliadin induces an increase in intestinal permeability and zonulin release by binding to the chemokine receptor CXCR3.

    Karen M. Lammers;Ruliang Lu;Julie Brownley;Bao Lu

  • CD8(+) T lymphocyte mobilization to virus-infected tissue requires CD4(+) T-cell help

    Yusuke Nakanishi;Bao Lu;Craig Gerard;Akiko Iwasaki

  • A role for the C3a anaphylatoxin receptor in the effector phase of asthma

    Alison A. Humbles;Bao Lu;Christy A. Nilsson;Craig Lilly

  • The C5a chemoattractant receptor mediates mucosal defence to infection

    Uta E. Höpken;Bao Lu;Norma P. Gerard;Craig Gerard

  • Neurogenic amplification of immune complex inflammation

    Carmen R. Bozic;Bao Lu;Uta E. Höpken;Craig Gerard

  • The murine CCR3 receptor regulates both the role of eosinophils and mast cells in allergen-induced airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness.

    Alison A. Humbles;Bao Lu;Daniel S. Friend;Shoji Okinaga

  • C5a Receptor (CD88) Blockade Protects against MPO-ANCA GN

    Hong Xiao;Daniel J. Dairaghi;Jay P. Powers;Linda S. Ertl

  • Evidence for recruitment of plasmacytoid dendritic cell precursors to inflamed lymph nodes through high endothelial venules

    Hiroyuki Yoneyama;Kenjiro Matsuno;Yanyun Zhang;Tetsu Nishiwaki

  • β cells are responsible for CXCR3-mediated T-cell infiltration in insulitis

    Simona Frigerio;Tobias Junt;Bao Lu;Craig Gerard

  • Regulation of pulmonary fibrosis by chemokine receptor CXCR3

    Dianhua Jiang;Jiurong Liang;Jennifer Hodge;Bao Lu

  • Plasmacytoid DCs help lymph node DCs to induce anti-HSV CTLs

    Hiroyuki Yoneyama;Kenjiro Matsuno;Etsuko Toda;Tetsu Nishiwaki

  • CXCL10-CXCR3 Enhances the Development of Neutrophil-mediated Fulminant Lung Injury of Viral and Nonviral Origin

    Akihiko Ichikawa;Keiji Kuba;Masayuki Morita;Shinsuke Chida

  • Targeting of the chemokine receptor CCR1 suppresses development of acute and chronic cardiac allograft rejection

    Wei Gao;Peter S. Topham;Jennifer A. King;Stephen T. Smiley

  • The C5a Receptor (C5aR) C5L2 Is a Modulator of C5aR-mediated Signal Transduction

    Claire E. Bamberg;Charles R. Mackay;Hyun Lee;David Zahra

  • The chemokine receptor CCR5 plays a key role in the early memory CD8+ T cell response to respiratory virus infections.

    Jacob E. Kohlmeier;Shannon C. Miller;Joanna Smith;Bao Lu

  • Early granuloma formation after aerosol Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is regulated by neutrophils via CXCR3‐signaling chemokines

    Peter Seiler;Peter Aichele;Silke Bandermann;Anja E. Hauser

  • Impaired Inflammatory Responses in the Reverse Arthus Reaction Through Genetic Deletion of the C5a Receptor

    Uta E. Höpken;Bao Lu;Norma P. Gerard;Craig Gerard

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Gerard
Craig Gerard Boston Children's Hospital
Norma P. Gerard
Norma P. Gerard Boston Children's Hospital
Abhay R. Satoskar
Abhay R. Satoskar The Ohio State University
Wayne W. Hancock
Wayne W. Hancock University of Pennsylvania
Stephen W. Chensue
Stephen W. Chensue University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Raif S. Geha
Raif S. Geha Boston Children's Hospital
Caroline C. Whitacre
Caroline C. Whitacre The Ohio State University
Mark A. Yorek
Mark A. Yorek University of Iowa
Ignazio Castagliuolo
Ignazio Castagliuolo University of Padua
Charalabos Pothoulakis
Charalabos Pothoulakis University of California, Los Angeles

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