Journals

• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Xie, K., Lu, W., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Kondyurin, A., Zreiqat, H. (2012). A facile method to in situ formation of hydroxyapatite single crystal architecture for enhanced osteoblast adhesion. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(36), 19081-19087.
• Lu, Z., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Wang, G., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Bone biomimetic microenvironment induces osteogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 8(4), 507-515.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Lu, Z., Li, J., Ellis-Behnke, R., Kaplan, D., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Effect of self-assembled nanofibrous silk/polycaprolactone layer on the osteoconductivity and mechanical properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia, 8(1), 302-312.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Nouri-Khorasani, S., Lu, Z., Fathi, M., Razavi, M., Appleyard, R., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Modification of Porous Calcium Phosphate Surfaces with Different Geometries of Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 32(4), 830-839.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Dwarte, D., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Porous scaffolds with tailored reactivity modulate in-vitro osteoblast responses. Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 32(7), 1818-1826.
• Lu, Z., Wang, G., Dunstan, C., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Short-Term Exposure to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Enables Human Osteoblasts to Direct Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Osteogenic Differentiation. Stem Cells and Development, 21(13), 2420-2429.
• Zhong, X., Lu, Z., Valtchev, P., Wei, H., Zreiqat, H., Dehghani, F. (2012). Surface modification of poly(propylene carbonate) by aminolysis and layer-by-layer assembly for enhanced cytocompatibility. Colloids And Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 93(1), 75-84.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Nouri-Khorasani, S., Lu, Z., Appleyard, R., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Effects of Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles on the Mechanical and Biological Behavior of Composite Coated Scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia, 7(3), 1307-1318.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Ding, C., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Nanostructured glass-ceramic coatings for orthopaedic applications. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 8(61), 1192-1203.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Lu, Z., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Novel, simple and reproducible method for preparation of composite hierarchal porous structure scaffolds. Materials Letters, 65(17-18), 2578-2581.
• Lu, Z., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Kwok, P., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Osteoblasts on Rod Shaped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Incorporated PCL Film Provide an Optimal Osteogenic Niche for Stem Cell Differentiation. Tissue Engineering. Part A: Tissue Engineering, 17(11/12), 1651-1661.
• Lu, Z., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Beta-tricalcium phosphate exerts osteoconductivity through α2β1 integrin and down-stream MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 394(2), 323-329.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Huang, C., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2010). Collagen type II enhances chondrogenesis in adipose tissue-derived stem cells by affecting cell shape. Tissue Engineering. Part A: Tissue Engineering, 16(1), 81-90.
• Zreiqat, H., Ramaswamy, Y., Wu, C., Paschalidis, A., Lu, Z., James, B., Birke, O., McDonald, M., Little, D., Dunstan, C. (2010). The incorporation of strontium and zinc into a calcium-silicon ceramic for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials, 31(12), 3175-3184.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Nouri-Khorasani, S., Lu, Z., Appleyard, R., Zreiqat, H. (2010). The influence hydroxyapatite nanoparticle shape and size on the properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds coated with hydroxyapatite-PCL composites. Biomaterials, 31(21), 5498-5509.
• Lu, Z., Zreiqat, H. (2010). The Osteoconductivity of Biomaterials Is Regulated by Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Autocrine Loop Involving α2β1 Integrin and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase/Extracellular Related Kinase Signaling Pathways. Tissue Engineering. Part A: Tissue Engineering, 16(10), 3075-3084.
• Hoogendoorn, R., Lu, Z., Kroeze, R., Bank, R., Wuisman, P., Helder, M. (2008). Adipose stem cells for intervertebral disc regeneration: current status and concepts for the future. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 12(6a), 2205-2216.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Wuisman, P., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2008). Influence of collagen type II and nucleus pulposus cells on aggregation and differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 12(6B), 2812-2822.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Huang, C., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2008). β1 integrins regulate chondrogenesis and rock signaling in adipose stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 372(4), 547-552.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Wuisman, P., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2007). Differentiation of adipose stem cells by nucleus pulposus cells: configuration effect. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 359(4), 991-996.
• Wu, X., Lu, Z., Chen, J., Wang, J., Huang, F. (2007). Hepatic C-Fos expression is independent on oxidative stress and inflammation induced by acute cadmium exposure in rats. Annals Of Nutrition And Metabolism, 51(3), 258-263.

Conferences

• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Wong, K., Lu, Z., Li, J., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Introducing Magnesium Silicate Based Scaffolds. International Forum of Biomedical Materials: Nanobiomaterials for Tissue Regeneration, China: Zhejiang University.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Wong, K., Lu, Z., Li, J., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Magnesium Silicate Scaffolds: a New Candidate Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration (ID:3072). 9th World Biomaterials Congress, China: World Biomaterials Congress.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Ding, C., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Nanostructured Biomedical Coatings for Orthopaedic Applications. 3rd Sydney University Tissue Engineering Network Symposium SuTEN 2010, Australia: University of Sydney.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Ding, C., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Nanostructured glass-ceramic coatings for orthopaedic applications. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society ANZORS 2010, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society.
• Li, J., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Lu, Z., Wang, G., Kaplan, D., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Novel Silk-Modified Strontium-Hardystonite Composite Scaffolds for Skeletal Regeneration. TERMIS - North America 2010 Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society, USA: Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society.

2012

• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Xie, K., Lu, W., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Kondyurin, A., Zreiqat, H. (2012). A facile method to in situ formation of hydroxyapatite single crystal architecture for enhanced osteoblast adhesion. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(36), 19081-19087.
• Lu, Z., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Wang, G., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Bone biomimetic microenvironment induces osteogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 8(4), 507-515.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Lu, Z., Li, J., Ellis-Behnke, R., Kaplan, D., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Effect of self-assembled nanofibrous silk/polycaprolactone layer on the osteoconductivity and mechanical properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia, 8(1), 302-312.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Wong, K., Lu, Z., Li, J., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Introducing Magnesium Silicate Based Scaffolds. International Forum of Biomedical Materials: Nanobiomaterials for Tissue Regeneration, China: Zhejiang University.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Wong, K., Lu, Z., Li, J., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Magnesium Silicate Scaffolds: a New Candidate Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration (ID:3072). 9th World Biomaterials Congress, China: World Biomaterials Congress.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Nouri-Khorasani, S., Lu, Z., Fathi, M., Razavi, M., Appleyard, R., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Modification of Porous Calcium Phosphate Surfaces with Different Geometries of Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 32(4), 830-839.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Dwarte, D., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Porous scaffolds with tailored reactivity modulate in-vitro osteoblast responses. Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 32(7), 1818-1826.
• Lu, Z., Wang, G., Dunstan, C., Zreiqat, H. (2012). Short-Term Exposure to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Enables Human Osteoblasts to Direct Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Osteogenic Differentiation. Stem Cells and Development, 21(13), 2420-2429.
• Zhong, X., Lu, Z., Valtchev, P., Wei, H., Zreiqat, H., Dehghani, F. (2012). Surface modification of poly(propylene carbonate) by aminolysis and layer-by-layer assembly for enhanced cytocompatibility. Colloids And Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 93(1), 75-84.

2011

• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Nouri-Khorasani, S., Lu, Z., Appleyard, R., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Effects of Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles on the Mechanical and Biological Behavior of Composite Coated Scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia, 7(3), 1307-1318.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Ding, C., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Nanostructured glass-ceramic coatings for orthopaedic applications. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 8(61), 1192-1203.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Lu, Z., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Novel, simple and reproducible method for preparation of composite hierarchal porous structure scaffolds. Materials Letters, 65(17-18), 2578-2581.
• Lu, Z., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Kwok, P., Zreiqat, H. (2011). Osteoblasts on Rod Shaped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Incorporated PCL Film Provide an Optimal Osteogenic Niche for Stem Cell Differentiation. Tissue Engineering. Part A: Tissue Engineering, 17(11/12), 1651-1661.

2010

• Lu, Z., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Beta-tricalcium phosphate exerts osteoconductivity through α2β1 integrin and down-stream MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 394(2), 323-329.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Huang, C., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2010). Collagen type II enhances chondrogenesis in adipose tissue-derived stem cells by affecting cell shape. Tissue Engineering. Part A: Tissue Engineering, 16(1), 81-90.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Ding, C., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Nanostructured Biomedical Coatings for Orthopaedic Applications. 3rd Sydney University Tissue Engineering Network Symposium SuTEN 2010, Australia: University of Sydney.
• Wang, G., Lu, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Ding, C., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Nanostructured glass-ceramic coatings for orthopaedic applications. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society ANZORS 2010, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society.
• Li, J., Roohani-Esfahani, S., Lu, Z., Wang, G., Kaplan, D., Zreiqat, H. (2010). Novel Silk-Modified Strontium-Hardystonite Composite Scaffolds for Skeletal Regeneration. TERMIS - North America 2010 Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society, USA: Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society.
• Zreiqat, H., Ramaswamy, Y., Wu, C., Paschalidis, A., Lu, Z., James, B., Birke, O., McDonald, M., Little, D., Dunstan, C. (2010). The incorporation of strontium and zinc into a calcium-silicon ceramic for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials, 31(12), 3175-3184.
• Roohani-Esfahani, S., Nouri-Khorasani, S., Lu, Z., Appleyard, R., Zreiqat, H. (2010). The influence hydroxyapatite nanoparticle shape and size on the properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds coated with hydroxyapatite-PCL composites. Biomaterials, 31(21), 5498-5509.
• Lu, Z., Zreiqat, H. (2010). The Osteoconductivity of Biomaterials Is Regulated by Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Autocrine Loop Involving α2β1 Integrin and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase/Extracellular Related Kinase Signaling Pathways. Tissue Engineering. Part A: Tissue Engineering, 16(10), 3075-3084.

2008

• Hoogendoorn, R., Lu, Z., Kroeze, R., Bank, R., Wuisman, P., Helder, M. (2008). Adipose stem cells for intervertebral disc regeneration: current status and concepts for the future. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 12(6a), 2205-2216.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Wuisman, P., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2008). Influence of collagen type II and nucleus pulposus cells on aggregation and differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 12(6B), 2812-2822.
• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Huang, C., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2008). β1 integrins regulate chondrogenesis and rock signaling in adipose stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 372(4), 547-552.

2007

• Lu, Z., Doulabi, B., Wuisman, P., Bank, R., Helder, M. (2007). Differentiation of adipose stem cells by nucleus pulposus cells: configuration effect. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 359(4), 991-996.
• Wu, X., Lu, Z., Chen, J., Wang, J., Huang, F. (2007). Hepatic C-Fos expression is independent on oxidative stress and inflammation induced by acute cadmium exposure in rats. Annals Of Nutrition And Metabolism, 51(3), 258-263.