Work with Min Zhao, MD, PhD | NotedSource
Bioelectricity/Electrobiology of wound healing and
regeneration. Professor, Department of Ophthalmology &
Vision Science, Department of Dermatology, University of
California, Davis
https://cv.notedsource.io/me/7NLGGV8L
Min Zhao, MD, PhD
Bioelectricity/Electrobiology of wound healing and regeneration. Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis
Research Expertise
wound healing
bioelectricity
cell migration
directional sensing
regeneration
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Electrical signals control wound healing
through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ
and PTEN
Nature
2006
Controlling Cell Behavior Electrically:
Current Views and Future Potential
Physiological Reviews
2005
Electrical fields in wound healing—An
overriding signal that directs cell
migration
Seminars in Cell & Developmental
Biology
2009
Electrical stimulation directly induces
pre-angiogenic responses in vascular
endothelial cells by signaling through
VEGF receptors
Journal of Cell Science
2004
Application of direct current electric
fields to cells and tissues in vitro and
modulation of wound electric field in vivo
Nature Protocols
2007
Electrical cues regulate the orientation
and frequency of cell division and the
rate of wound healing
in
vivo
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
2002
Membrane lipids, EGF receptors, and
intracellular signals colocalize and are
polarized in epithelial cells moving
directionally in a physiological electric
field
The FASEB Journal
2002
Orientation and directed migration of
cultured corneal epithelial cells in small
electric fields are serum dependent
Journal of Cell Science
1996
Wound healing in rat cornea: the role of
electric currents
The FASEB Journal
2005
Electrically stimulated cell migration and
its contribution to wound healing
Burns & Trauma
2018
Effects of Physiological Electric Fields
on Migration of Human Dermal Fibroblasts
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2010
A small, physiological electric field
orients cell division
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
1999
The Electrical Response to Injury:
Molecular Mechanisms and Wound Healing
Advances in Wound Care
2014
Collective cell migration: Implications
for wound healing and cancer invasion
Burns & Trauma
2013
Electric Field–directed Cell Motility
Involves Up-regulated Expression and
Asymmetric Redistribution of the Epidermal
Growth Factor Receptors and Is Enhanced by
Fibronectin and Laminin
Molecular Biology of the Cell
1999
Nerve regeneration and wound healing are
stimulated and directed by an endogenous
electrical field in vivo
Journal of Cell Science
2004
Physiological electrical fields modify
cell behaviour
BioEssays
1997
Has electrical growth cone guidance found
its potential?
Trends in Neurosciences
2002
DC Electric Fields Induce Distinct
Preangiogenic Responses in Microvascular
and Macrovascular Cells
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and
Vascular Biology
2004
E-cadherin plays an essential role in
collective directional migration of large
epithelial sheets
Cellular and Molecular Life
Sciences
2012
Guided Migration of Neural Stem Cells
Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells by
an Electric Field
Stem Cells
2012
Non-invasive measurement of bioelectric
currents with a vibrating probe
Nature Protocols
2007
EGF receptor signalling is essential for
electric-field-directed migration of
breast cancer cells
Journal of Cell Science
2007
Biomedical applications of electrical
stimulation
Cellular and Molecular Life
Sciences
2020
PI3K mediated electrotaxis of embryonic
and adult neural progenitor cells in the
presence of growth factors
Experimental Neurology
2011
Synergistic effect of highly aligned
bacterial cellulose/gelatin membranes and
electrical stimulation on directional cell
migration for accelerated wound healing
Chemical Engineering Journal
2021
Small applied electric fields guide
migration of hippocampal neurons
Journal of Cellular Physiology
2008
The 2nd Australasian Wound and Tissue
Repair Society (AWTRS) Meeting
Wound Repair and Regeneration
2010
DC electric stimulation upregulates
angiogenic factors in endothelial cells
through activation of VEGF receptors
Cytokine
2011
KCNJ15/Kir4.2 couples with polyamines to
sense weak extracellular electric fields
in galvanotaxis
Nature Communications
2015
Bi-directional migration of lens
epithelial cells in a physiological
electrical field
Experimental Eye Research
2003
Keratocyte Fragments and Cells Utilize
Competing Pathways to Move in Opposite
Directions in an Electric Field
Current Biology
2013
Electrical signals polarize neuronal
organelles, direct neuron migration, and
orient cell division
Hippocampus
2009
Electrotaxis and Wound Healing:
Experimental Methods to Study Electric
Fields as a Directional Signal for Cell
Migration
Methods in Molecular Biology
2009
Electrically Guiding Migration of Human
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
2011
Insulin, Not Leptin, Promotes In Vitro
Cell Migration to Heal Monolayer Wounds in
Human Corneal Epithelium
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual
Science
2004
Endogenous electric currents might guide
rostral migration of neuroblasts
EMBO reports
2013
Direct visualization of a stratified
epithelium reveals that wounds heal by
unified sliding of cell sheets
The FASEB Journal
2003
The roles of calcium signaling and ERK1/2
phosphorylation in a Pax6 +/-mouse model
of epithelial wound-healing delay
BMC Biology
2006
Electrical Guidance of Human Stem Cells in
the Rat Brain
Stem Cell Reports
2017
Physiological electric fields control the
G
1
/S phase cell cycle checkpoint to inhibit
endothelial cell proliferation
The FASEB Journal
2003
A Dominant-Negative FGF1 Mutant (the R50E
Mutant) Suppresses Tumorigenesis and
Angiogenesis
PLoS ONE
2013
Human corneal epithelial cells reorient
and migrate cathodally in a small applied
electric field
Current Eye Research
1997
Golgi polarization in a strong electric
field
Journal of Cell Science
2005
Electric Fields and MAP Kinase Signaling
Can Regulate Early Wound Healing in Lens
Epithelium
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual
Science
2003
Electric fields guide migration of
epidermal stem cells and promote skin
wound healing
Wound Repair and Regeneration
2012
Nutrition
Advances in Skin & Wound Care
2010
Early redox activities modulate Xenopus
tail regeneration
Nature Communications
2018
Different Roles of Membrane Potentials in
Electrotaxis and Chemotaxis of
Dictyostelium Cells
Eukaryotic Cell
2011
Genetic analysis of the role of G
protein–coupled receptor signaling in
electrotaxis
The Journal of Cell Biology
2002
Directing migration of endothelial
progenitor cells with applied DC electric
fields
Stem Cell Research
2012
Wearable electronics for skin wound
monitoring and healing
Soft Science
2022
Re-orientation and Faster, Directed
Migration of Lens Epithelial Cells in a
Physiological Electric Field
Experimental Eye Research
2000
Electrical signaling in control of ocular
cell behaviors
Progress in Retinal and Eye
Research
2012
Influx of extracellular Ca2+ is necessary
for electrotaxis inDictyostelium
Journal of Cell Science
2006
Calcium oscillations coordinate feather
mesenchymal cell movement by SHH dependent
modulation of gap junction networks
Nature Communications
2018
Early bioelectric activities mediate
redox-modulated regeneration
Development
2016
Diabetic cornea wounds produce
significantly weaker electric signals that
may contribute to impaired healing
Scientific Reports
2016
ß‐adrenergic receptor agonists delay while
antagonists accelerate epithelial wound
healing: Evidence of an endogenous
adrenergic network within the corneal
epithelium
Journal of Cellular Physiology
2007
Ionic Components of Electric Current at
Rat Corneal Wounds
PLoS ONE
2011
Electric currents in Xenopus tadpole tail
regeneration
Developmental Biology
2009
A large-scale screen reveals genes that
mediate electrotaxis in
Dictyostelium discoideum
Science Signaling
2015
A time‐lapse and quantitative modelling
analysis of neural stem cell motion in the
absence of directional cues and in
electric fields
Journal of Neuroscience Research
2010
Chronic wound state exacerbated by
oxidative stress in Pax6+/− aniridia‐related
keratopathy
The Journal of Pathology
2008
Bioelectric Signaling: Role of
Bioelectricity in Directional Cell
Migration in Wound Healing
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in
Biology
2022
Electric Fields at Breast Cancer and
Cancer Cell Collective Galvanotaxis
Scientific Reports
2020
Physiologic Electrical Fields Direct
Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Growth In Vitro
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual
Science
2019
Infection-generated electric field in gut
epithelium drives bidirectional migration
of macrophages
PLOS Biology
2019
Proinflammatory Secreted Phospholipase A2
Type IIA (sPLA-IIA) Induces Integrin
Activation through Direct Binding to a
Newly Identified Binding Site (Site 2) in
Integrins αvβ3, α4β1, and α5β1
Journal of Biological Chemistry
2015
Electric field stimulation boosts neuronal
differentiation of neural stem cells for
spinal cord injury treatment via
PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β/β-catenin activation
Cell & Bioscience
2023
Investigations on T cell transmigration in
a human skin-on-chip (SoC) model
Lab on a Chip
2021
PTEN: a promising pharmacological target
to enhance epithelial wound healing
British Journal of Pharmacology
2007
Downregulation of PTEN at Corneal Wound
Sites Accelerates Wound Healing through
Increased Cell Migration
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual
Science
2011
Visualization of fast-moving cells in vivo
using digital holographic video microscopy
Journal of Biomedical Optics
2008
GSK-3β is essential for physiological
electric field-directed Golgi polarization
and optimal electrotaxis
Cellular and Molecular Life
Sciences
2011
Collective cell migration has distinct
directionality and speed dynamics
Cellular and Molecular Life
Sciences
2017
Gβ Regulates Coupling between Actin
Oscillators for Cell Polarity and
Directional Migration
PLOS Biology
2016
Chloride channels and transporters in
human corneal epithelium
Experimental Eye Research
2010
The role of electrical signals in murine
corneal wound re‐epithelialization
Journal of Cellular Physiology
2011
Scutellarin promotes microglia-mediated
astrogliosis coupled with improved
behavioral function in cerebral ischemia
Neurochemistry International
2016
Elderly Patients with Severe Traumatic
Brain Injury Could Benefit from Surgical
Treatment
World Neurosurgery
2016
Electrical inhibition of lens epithelial
cell proliferation: an additional factor
in secondary cataract?
The FASEB Journal
2005
Airway epithelial wounds in rhesus monkey
generate ionic currents that guide cell
migration to promote healing
Journal of Applied Physiology
2011
Drawn‐on‐Skin Sensors from Fully
Biocompatible Inks toward High‐Quality
Electrophysiology
Small
2022
Modelling corneal epithelial wound closure
in the presence of physiological electric
fields via a moving boundary formalism
Mathematical Medicine and Biology
1999
Stretch-induced endogenous electric fields
drive directed collective cell migration
in vivo
Nature Materials
2025
Real-time physiological measurements of
oxygen using a non-invasive
self-referencing optical fiber microsensor
Nature Protocols
2020
Electric Field-controlled Directed
Migration of Neural Progenitor Cells in 2D
and 3D Environments
Journal of Visualized Experiments
2012
Modulating Endogenous Electric Currents in
Human Corneal Wounds—A Novel Approach of
Bioelectric Stimulation Without Electrodes
Cornea
2011
The Spark of Life: The Role of Electric
Fields in Regulating Cell Behaviour Using
the Eye as a Model System
Ophthalmic Research
2006
Expression of integrins to control
migration direction of electrotaxis
The FASEB Journal
2019
Biomimetic stochastic topography and
electric fields synergistically enhance
directional migration of corneal
epithelial cells in a MMP-3-dependent
manner
Acta Biomaterialia
2015
21-P018 Control of retinoic acid and Shh
signalling by Pax6 dosage in the cornea
Mechanisms of Development
2009
Intracellular Ca2+stores are
essential for injury induced
Ca2+signaling and
re‐endothelialization
Journal of Cellular Physiology
2007
The Application of Brain Organoid
Technology in Stroke Research: Challenges
and Prospects
Frontiers in Cellular
Neuroscience
2021
Intracranial alternating current
stimulation facilitates neurogenesis in a
mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's Research &
Therapy
2020
ElectroTaxis-on-a-Chip (ETC): an
integrated quantitative high-throughput
screening platform for electrical
field-directed cell migration
Lab Chip
2014
Electrical estimulation of retinal pigment
epithelial cells
Experimental Eye Research
2010
Electric currents and lens regeneration in
the rat
Experimental Eye Research
2010
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