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84
Citations
25381
World Ranking
3313
National Ranking
1676

Overview

Min Min Lu is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to subfields including molecular biology, oncology, immunology, electrical and electronic engineering, and surgery.

Their published work covers various topics of scientific interest. These include:

  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Lu has an extensive publication record with significant outputs in several journals. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • Medicine
  • Cancer Cell
  • Clinical and Translational Medicine
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Arsenic Trioxide Rescues Structural p53 Mutations through a Cryptic Allosteric Site," 2020, Cancer Cell
  • "The methyltransferase METTL3 negatively regulates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) progression," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Open-Shell Nanosensitizers for Glutathione Responsive Cancer Sonodynamic Therapy," 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Unresponsive thin endometrium caused by Asherman syndrome treated with umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on collagen scaffolds: a pilot study," 2021, Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • "Inhaled ACE2-engineered microfluidic microsphere for intratracheal neutralization of COVID-19 and calming of the cytokine storm," 2021, Matter

Frequent co-authors in Lu's research include:

  • Huaxin Song
  • Shujun Xiao
  • Jiale Wu
  • Zhengyuan Wang
  • Yigang Tang

Overall, Min Min Lu's work contributes to multiple intersecting scientific domains, with a clear emphasis on molecular and clinical medicine, especially cancer biology and related therapeutic approaches. Their collaborations and published research highlight an involvement in both fundamental and translational biomedical investigations.

Best Publications

  • Postnatal isl1 + cardioblasts enter fully differentiated cardiomyocyte lineages

    Karl Ludwig Laugwitz;Alessandra Moretti;Jason Lam;Peter Gruber

  • Ataxin-2 intermediate-length polyglutamine expansions are associated with increased risk for ALS

    Andrew C. Elden;Hyung Jun Kim;Michael P. Hart;Alice S. Chen-Plotkin

  • TBX1 Is Responsible for Cardiovascular Defects in Velo-Cardio-Facial/DiGeorge Syndrome

    Sandra Merscher;Birgit Funke;Jonathan A. Epstein;Joerg Heyer

  • Interconversion Between Intestinal Stem Cell Populations in Distinct Niches

    Norifumi Takeda;Rajan Jain;Matthew R. LeBoeuf;Qiaohong Wang

  • GATA6 regulates HNF4 and is required for differentiation of visceral endoderm in the mouse embryo

    Edward E. Morrisey;Zhihua Tang;Kirsten Sigrist;Min Min Lu

  • Characterization of Wnt gene expression in developing and postnatal hair follicles and identification of Wnt5a as a target of Sonic hedgehog in hair follicle morphogenesis.

    Seshamma Reddy;Thomas Andl;Alexander Bagasra;Min Min Lu

  • Regulation of Blood and Lymphatic Vascular Separation by Signaling Proteins SLP-76 and Syk

    Farhad Abtahian;Anastasia Guerriero;Eric Sebzda;Min-Min Lu

  • Wnt7b regulates mesenchymal proliferation and vascular development in the lung

    Weiguo Shu;Yue Qin Jiang;Min Min Lu;Edward E. Morrisey

  • Characterization of a New Subfamily of Winged-helix/Forkhead (Fox) Genes That Are Expressed in the Lung and Act as Transcriptional Repressors

    Weiguo Shu;Honghua Yang;Lili Zhang;Min Min Lu

  • Wnt2/2b and β-Catenin Signaling Are Necessary and Sufficient to Specify Lung Progenitors in the Foregut

    Ashley M. Goss;Ying Tian;Tadasuke Tsukiyama;Ethan David Cohen

  • Platelets regulate lymphatic vascular development through CLEC-2–SLP-76 signaling

    Cara C. Bertozzi;Alec A. Schmaier;Patricia Mericko;Paul R. Hess

  • Myocardin Is a Critical Serum Response Factor Cofactor in the Transcriptional Program Regulating Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation

    Kevin L. Du;Hon S. Ip;Jian Li;Mary Chen

  • Expression of ARNT, ARNT2, HIF1α, HIF2α and Ah receptor mRNAs in the developing mouse

    Sanjay Jain;Emin Maltepe;Min M Lu;Celeste Simon

  • Pax3 functions at a nodal point in melanocyte stem cell differentiation

    Deborah Lang;Min Min Lu;Li Huang;Kurt A. Engleka

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling directs multiple stages of tooth morphogenesis

    Fei Liu;Emily Y. Chu;Brenda Watt;Yuhang Zhang

  • PlexinD1 and semaphorin signaling are required in endothelial cells for cardiovascular development.

    Aaron D Gitler;Min Min Lu;Jonathan A Epstein

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling promotes expansion of Isl-1–positive cardiac progenitor cells through regulation of FGF signaling

    Ethan David Cohen;Zhishan Wang;John J. Lepore;Min Min Lu

  • Targeted disruption of semaphorin 3C leads to persistent truncus arteriosus and aortic arch interruption.

    Leonard Feiner;Andrea L. Webber;Christopher B. Brown;Min Min Lu

  • Cardiac hypertrophy and histone deacetylase–dependent transcriptional repression mediated by the atypical homeodomain protein Hop

    Hyun Kook;John J. Lepore;Aaron D. Gitler;Min Min Lu

  • Foxp2 and Foxp1 cooperatively regulate lung and esophagus development.

    Weiguo Shu;Min Min Lu;Yuzhen Zhang;Philip W. Tucker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan A. Epstein
Jonathan A. Epstein University of Pennsylvania
Edward E. Morrisey
Edward E. Morrisey University of Pennsylvania
Michael S. Parmacek
Michael S. Parmacek University of Pennsylvania
Aaron D. Gitler
Aaron D. Gitler Stanford University
Sarah E. Millar
Sarah E. Millar University of Pennsylvania
Ying Tian
Ying Tian Dalian Maritime University
Mark L. Kahn
Mark L. Kahn University of Pennsylvania
Warren S. Pear
Warren S. Pear University of Pennsylvania
Philip W. Tucker
Philip W. Tucker The University of Texas at Austin
Bernice E. Morrow
Bernice E. Morrow Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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