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Boon Chin Heng

Boon Chin Heng

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
16272
World Ranking
6392
National Ranking
203

Overview

Boon Chin Heng is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and engineering. Their research spans several subfields including biomedical engineering, molecular biology, surgery, biomaterials, and cell biology.

Their scholarly output focuses largely on topics such as bone tissue engineering materials, 3D printing in biomedical research, mesenchymal stem cell research, graphene and nanomaterials applications, tendon structure and treatment, shoulder injury and treatment, and periodontal regeneration and treatments.

Frequent publication venues where Boon Chin Heng's work appears include Bioactive Materials, Advanced Science, Advanced Materials, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, and Advanced Functional Materials.

Common coauthors in their network are:

  • Xuliang Deng
  • Xuehui Zhang
  • Yunyang Bai
  • Weiliang Shen
  • Yaru Guo

Notable recent papers by Boon Chin Heng include:

  • Modified hyaluronic acid hydrogels with chemical groups that facilitate adhesion to host tissues enhance cartilage regeneration, 2020, Bioactive Materials
  • Multifunctional PtCuTe Nanosheets with Strong ROS Scavenging and ROS-Independent Antibacterial Properties Promote Diabetic Wound Healing, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • Restoration of electrical microenvironment enhances bone regeneration under diabetic conditions by modulating macrophage polarization, 2020, Bioactive Materials
  • Mitochondria transfer enhances proliferation, migration, and osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell and promotes bone defect healing, 2020, Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • Biomimetic strategies for tendon/ligament-to-bone interface regeneration, 2021, Bioactive Materials

Best Publications

  • Exosomes from embryonic mesenchymal stem cells alleviate osteoarthritis through balancing synthesis and degradation of cartilage extracellular matrix.

    Yafei Wang;Dongsheng Yu;Zhiming Liu;Fang Zhou

  • Directing stem cell differentiation into the chondrogenic lineage in vitro.

    Boon Chin Heng;Tong Cao;Eng Hin Lee

  • Cytotoxicity of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles is shape and cell dependent.

    Xinxin Zhao;SuXiu Ng;Boon Chin Heng;Jun Guo

  • Strategies for directing the differentiation of stem cells into the cardiomyogenic lineage in vitro

    Boon Chin Heng;Husnain Kh Haider;Eugene Kwang-Wei Sim;Tong Cao

  • The Immunogenicity and Immunomodulatory Function of Osteogenic Cells Differentiated from Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Hua Liu;David Michael Kemeny;Boon Chin Heng;Hong Wei Ouyang

  • Efficacy of hESC-MSCs in knitted silk-collagen scaffold for tendon tissue engineering and their roles.

    Jia Lin Chen;Zi Yin;Wei Liang Shen;Xiao Chen

  • Strategies for Directing the Differentiation of Stem Cells Into the Osteogenic Lineage In Vitro

    Boon Chin Heng;Tong Cao;Lawrence Walter Stanton;Paul Robson

  • The role of the tumor suppressor p53 pathway in the cellular DNA damage response to zinc oxide nanoparticles.

    Kee Woei Ng;Stella P.K. Khoo;Boon Chin Heng;Magdiel I. Setyawati

  • Modified hyaluronic acid hydrogels with chemical groups that facilitate adhesion to host tissues enhance cartilage regeneration.

    Jiaqing Chen;Jiabei Yang;Li Wang;Xuewei Zhang

  • Evaluation of the cytotoxic and inflammatory potential of differentially shaped zinc oxide nanoparticles.

    Boon Chin Heng;Xinxin Zhao;Eng Chok Tan;Nurulain Khamis

  • Toxicity of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles on human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) is accentuated by oxidative stress

    Boon Chin Heng;Xinxin Zhao;Sijing Xiong;Kee Woei Ng

  • An overview of the diverse roles of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the pathophysiology of various human diseases

    Boon Chin Heng;Dominique Aubel;Dominique Aubel;Martin Fussenegger;Martin Fussenegger

  • Vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles yield higher pregnancy and implantation rates compared with fresh blastocyst transfer cycles--time for a new embryo transfer strategy?

    Dandan Zhu;Juanjuan Zhang;Shanren Cao;Junqiang Zhang

  • The effect of incorporation of exogenous stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha within a knitted silk-collagen sponge scaffold on tendon regeneration.

    Weiliang Shen;Xiao Chen;Jialin Chen;Zi Yin

  • Gadolinium oxide ultranarrow nanorods as multimodal contrast agents for optical and magnetic resonance imaging.

    Gautom Kumar Das;Boon Chin Heng;Sui-Choon Ng;Tim White

  • Well-aligned chitosan-based ultrafine fibers committed teno-lineage differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells for Achilles tendon regeneration

    Can Zhang;Huihua Yuan;Huanhuan Liu;Xiao Chen

  • Osteoarthritis and therapy

    Zigang Ge;Yang Hu;Boon Chin Heng;Zheng Yang

  • Effects of culture conditions and bone morphogenetic protein 2 on extent of chondrogenesis from human embryonic stem cells.

    Wei Seong Toh;Zheng Yang;Hua Liu;Boon Chin Heng

  • Loss of viability during freeze-thaw of intact and adherent human embryonic stem cells with conventional slow-cooling protocols is predominantly due to apoptosis rather than cellular necrosis.

    Boon Chin Heng;Chao Peng Ye;Hua Liu;Wei Seong Toh

  • Exosomes from embryonic mesenchymal stem cells alleviate osteoarthritis through balancing synthesis and degradation of cartilage extracellular matrix

    Yafei Wang;Dongsheng Yu;Zhiming Liu;Zhiming Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongwei Ouyang
Hongwei Ouyang Zhejiang University
Xiao Chen
Xiao Chen Zhejiang University
Martin Fussenegger
Martin Fussenegger University of Basel
Ping Lu
Ping Lu Jilin University
Joachim Say Chye Loo
Joachim Say Chye Loo Nanyang Technological University
K. Lu
K. Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Freddy Yin Chiang Boey
Freddy Yin Chiang Boey City University of Hong Kong
Timothy E. Hardingham
Timothy E. Hardingham Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Timothy Thatt Yang Tan
Timothy Thatt Yang Tan Nanyang Technological University
Subbu S. Venkatraman
Subbu S. Venkatraman National University of Singapore

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