Rocky S. Tuan

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
• 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
• 2000 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Best Publications

• Electrospun nanofibrous structure: A novel scaffold for tissue engineering

  Wan-Ju Li;Cato T. Laurencin;Edward J. Caterson;Rocky S. Tuan

  3169
  Citations

• Adult mesenchymal stem cells: characterization, differentiation, and application in cell and gene therapy

  D. Baksh;L. Song;R. S. Tuan

  1757
  Citations

• Characterization of the Apical Papilla and Its Residing Stem Cells from Human Immature Permanent Teeth: A Pilot Study

  Wataru Sonoyama;Yi Liu;Takayoshi Yamaza;Rocky S. Tuan

  1572
  Citations

• Comparison of proliferative and multilineage differentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord and bone marrow.

  Dolores Baksh;Raphael Yao;Rocky S. Tuan

  1441
  Citations

• Mesenchymal stromal cells. Biology of adult mesenchymal stem cells: regulation of niche, self-renewal and differentiation

  Catherine M Kolf;Elizabeth Cho;Rocky S Tuan

  1356
  Citations

• A three-dimensional nanofibrous scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering using human mesenchymal stem cells.

  W-J Wan-Ju Li;Richard Tuli;Chukwuka Okafor;Assia Derfoul

  1232
  Citations

• Adult mesenchymal stem cells and cell-based tissue engineering.

  Rocky S Tuan;Genevieve Boland;Richard Tuli

  1195
  Citations

• Concise review: the surface markers and identity of human mesenchymal stem cells.

  Feng-Juan Lv;Rocky S. Tuan;Kenneth M.C. Cheung;Victor Y.L. Leung

  1086
  Citations

• Cellular interactions and signaling in cartilage development.

  A.M. DeLise;L. Fischer;R.S. Tuan

  1039
  Citations

• Multilineage differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in a three-dimensional nanofibrous scaffold.

  Wan-Ju Li;Richard Tuli;Richard Tuli;Xiaoxue Huang;Patrice Laquerriere

  807
  Citations

• Stem/Progenitor Cell–Mediated De Novo Regeneration of Dental Pulp with Newly Deposited Continuous Layer of Dentin in an In Vivo Model

  George T.-J. Huang;Takayoshi Yamaza;Lonnie D. Shea;Farida Djouad

  769
  Citations

• Wnt 3a promotes proliferation and suppresses osteogenic differentiation of adult human mesenchymal stem cells

  Genevieve M. Boland;Geraldine Perkins;David J. Hall;Rocky S. Tuan

  713
  Citations

• Biological response of chondrocytes cultured in three-dimensional nanofibrous poly(epsilon-caprolactone) scaffolds.

  Wan‐Ju Li;Keith G. Danielson;Peter G. Alexander;Rocky S. Tuan;Rocky S. Tuan

  687
  Citations

• Chondrogenic differentiation and functional maturation of bovine mesenchymal stem cells in long-term agarose culture.

  R.L. Mauck;X. Yuan;R.S. Tuan

  663
  Citations

• Multilineage mesenchymal differentiation potential of human trabecular bone-derived cells.

  Ulrich Nöth;Anna M. Osyczka;Richard Tuli;Richard Tuli;Noreen J. Hickok

  631
  Citations

• Transforming Growth Factor-β-mediated Chondrogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells Involves N-cadherin and Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase and Wnt Signaling Cross-talk

  Richard Tuli;Richard Tuli;Suraj Tuli;Sumon Nandi;Xiaoxue Huang

  624
  Citations

• Fabrication and characterization of six electrospun poly(alpha-hydroxy ester)-based fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

  Wan-Ju Li;James A. Cooper;Robert L. Mauck;Rocky S. Tuan

  610
  Citations

• Functional characterization of hypertrophy in chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells.

  Michael B. Mueller;Rocky S. Tuan

  556
  Citations

• Transdifferentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow

  Lin Song;Rocky S. Tuan

  537
  Citations

• Expression and functional involvement of N-cadherin in embryonic limb chondrogenesis

  Steven A. Oberlender;Rocky S. Tuan

  474
  Citations