Min Zhao, M.D.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Zhao’s research group aims to heal wounds better and to regenerate tissues.
Their current work focuses on:
(1) the role of naturally occurring electrical fields in wound healing and tissue regeneration;
(2) the development of therapies to electrically stimulate and direct wound healing and tissue
regeneration.
Title
Professor
Specialty
Dermatology
Department
Dermatology
Division
Dermatology
Center/Program Affiliation
Languages
Education
Center for Neuroscience
Chinese (Mandarin)
M.D., Third Military Medical University, Chong Qing, 1985
M.Sc, Ph.D., Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, 1991
Internships
Select Recent Publications
Beijing General Hospital, Beijing, 1984-1985
Feng JF, Liu J, Zhang XZ, Zhang L, Jiang JY, Nolta J, Zhao M. Guided Migration of Neural Stem
Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells by an Electric Field. Stem Cells. 2012; 30(2):
349-55.
Kucerova R, Dorà N, Mort RL, Wallace K, Leiper LJ, Lowes C, Neves C, Walczysko P, Bruce F,
Fowler PA, Rajnicek AM, McCaig CD, Zhao M, West JD, Collinson JM. Interaction between
hedgehog signaling and PAX6 dosage mediates maintenance and regeneration of the corneal
epithelium. Mol Vis. 2012;18:139-50.
Zhao M, Chalmers L, Cao L, Vieira AC, Mannis M, Reid B. Electrical signaling in control of ocular
cell behaviors. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2012; 31(1):65-88.
Zhao Z, Qin L, Reid B, Pu J, Hara T, Zhao M. Directing migration of endothelial progenitor cells
with applied DC electric fields. Stem Cell Res. 2012 Jan;8(1):38-48. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
Min Zhao, M.D.
Reid B, Vieira AC, Cao L, Mannis MJ, Schwab IR, Zhao M. Specific ion fluxes generate cornea
wound electric currents. Commun Integr Biol. 2011 Jul;4(4):462-5. Epub 2011 Jul 1.
Reid B, Zhao M. Measurement of bioelectric current with a vibrating probe. J Vis Exp. 2011 Jan 4;
(47). pii: 2358. doi: 10.3791/2358.
Sun YH, Reid B, Fontaine JH, Miller LA, Hyde DM, Mogilner A, Zhao M. Airway Epithelial Wounds
in Rhesus Monkey Generate Ionic Currents That Guide Cell Migration to Promote Healing. J Appl
Physiol. 2011 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Vieira AC, Reid B, Cao L, Mannis MJ, Schwab IR, Zhao M. Ionic components of electric current at
rat corneal wounds. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 25;6(2):e17411.
Zhang J, Calafiore M, Zeng Q, Zhang X, Huang Y, Li RA, Deng W, Zhao M. Electrically guiding
migration of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Rev. 2011 Nov;7(4):987-96.
Gao RC, Zhang XD, Sun YH, Kamimura Y, Mogilner A, Devreotes PN, Zhao M. Different Roles of
Membrane Potentials in Electrotaxis and Chemotaxis of Dictyostelium Cells. Eukaryot Cell. 2011;
10: 1251–1256.
Bai H, Forrester JV, Zhao M. DC electric stimulation upregulates angiogenic factors in endothelial
cells through activation of VEGF receptors. Cytokine. 2011 Jul;55(1):110-5. Epub 2011 Apr 27.
Cao L, Graue-Hernandez EO, Tran V, Reid B, Pu J, Mannis MJ, Zhao M. Downregulation of PTEN
at corneal wound sites accelerates wound healing through increased cell migration. Invest
Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Apr 8;52(5):2272-8. Print 2011 Apr.
Cao L, Pu J, Zhao M. GSK-3ß is essential for physiological electric field-directed Golgi polarization
and optimal electrotaxis. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2011 Sep;68(18):3081-93. Epub 2011 Jan 5.
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