主要从事干细胞与骨、软骨再生研究🙅🏽♂️，近5年共发表了SCI论文24篇🧖🏽♀️，其中🏊🏽♂️：第一作者(含共一) 论文10篇 ，三篇被选为封面论文🤹🏻♀️。研究成果被邀请在多个国际会议作汇报，为国际华人骨研学会会员👨👨👧👧。以主要负责人承担了国家自然科学基金⚛️🍚、省部级和校级基金共4个。
代表性论文：
Wang Y, Xu J, Chang L, Meyers CA, Zhang L, Broderick K, Lee M, Peault B, James AW. Relative contributions of adipose-resident CD146+ pericytes and CD34+ adventitial progenitor cells in bone tissue engineering. NPJ Regen Med. 2019; 4:1. doi: 10.1038/s41536-018-0063-2. PMID: 30622740; PMCID: PMC6323123.
Xu J*, Wang Y*, Li Z, Tian Y, Li Z, Lu A, Hsu CY, Negri S, Tang C, Tower R, Morris C, James AW. Pdgfrα+ periosteal progenitors are critical for periosteal function in mouse and human tissues. Bone Research, 2022;10:7. doi: 10.1038/s41413-021-00176-8. PMID: 35075130; PMCID: PMC8786977 (共一)
Wang Y, Xu J, Zhang X, Wang C, Huang Y, Dai K, Zhang X. TNF-α-induced LRG1 promotes angiogenesis and mesenchymal stem cell migration in the subchondral bone during osteoarthritis. Cell Death Dis. 2017;8(3):e2715. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2017.129. PMID: 28358372; PMCID: PMC5386532
Xu J*, Wang Y*, Hsu C, Negri S, Tower R, Gao Y, Tian Y, Sono T, Meyers CA, Hardy WR, Chang L, Hu S, Kahn N, Broderick K, Peault B, James AW. Lysosomal protein surface expression discriminates fat from bone forming human mesenchymal precursor cells. Elife. 2020;9. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58990. PMID: 33044169; PMCID: PMC7550188 (共一)
Negri S*, Wang Y*, Sono T, Qin Q, Hsu C, Cherief M, Xu J, Lee S, Tower RJ, Yu V, Piplani A, Meyers CA, Broderick K, Lee M, James AW. Systemic DKK1 neutralization enhances human adipose-derived stem cell mediated bone repair. Stem Cells Translational Med. 2020. doi: 10.1002/sctm.20-0293. PMID: 33377628 (共一)
