我的研究興趣主要在於應用工程的方法來解決已知的醫學臨床問題，例如第一型糖尿病治療，mRNA的基因治療等等．由於研究興趣過於廣泛，我將我的研究依照大小區分為三類，奈米等級，微米等級和毫米以上等級：在奈米等級中，我主要利用奈米粒子做藥物的輸送，比如對第一型糖尿病患者的升糖素輸送和脂質奈米粒子輸送mRNA．在微米等級中，我主要運用水凝膠包裹有療效的細胞，進行細胞治療的開發，以第一型糖尿病為例，我利用胰島細胞來分泌胰島素和升糖素，並利用水凝膠來保護這些細胞免於人體的免疫攻擊來治療糖尿病．最後在毫米等級以上的研究，在於製作大型細胞移植器材和電子控制的藥物輸送器材做不同疾病的治療．
Publications
- Yen-Chun Lu, Tinyi Chu, Matthew S. Hall, Dah-Jiun Fu, Quanming Shi, Alan Chiu, Duo An, Longhai Wang, Yehudah Pardo, Teresa Southard, Charles Danko, Jan Liphardt, Alexander Nikitin, Mingming Wu, Claudia Fischbach, Scott Coonrod, Minglin Ma, “Physical confinement induces malignant transformation in mammary epithelial cells.”, Biomaterials, 217 (2019), 119307 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119307
- An, Duo, Long-Hai Wang, Alexander Ulrich Ernst, Alan Chiu, Yen-Chun Lu, James Arthur Flanders, Ashim Kumar Datta, and Minglin Ma. 2019. “An Atmosphere-Breathing Refillable Biphasic Device for Cell Replacement Therapy.” Advanced Materials 31(52):1905135. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201905135
- Duo An, Alan Chiu, James A Flanders, Wei Song, Dahua Shou, Yen-Chun Lu, Lars G Grunnet, Louise Winkel, Camilla Ingvorsen, Nicolaj Strøyer Christophersen, Johannes Josef Fels, Fredrik Wolfhagen Sand, Yewei Ji, Ling Qi, Yehudah Pardo, Dan Luo, Meredith Silberstein, Jintu Fan, Minglin Ma, ”Designing a retrievable and scalable cell encapsulation device for potential treatment of type 1 diabetes.” PNAS 2018, 115 (2) E263-E272 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708806115
- Yen-Chun Lu, Dah-Jiun Fu, Duo An, Alan Chiu, Robert Schwartz, Alexander Yu Nikitin, Minglin Ma, “Scalable Production and Cryo-storage of Organoids Using Core-shell Decoupled Hydrogel Capsules.” Adv. Biosys. 2017, 1, 1700165 https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.201700165
- Song, Wei, Chih-Kuan Tung, Yen-Chun Lu, Yehudah Pardo, Mingming Wu, Moumita Das, Der-I Kao, Shuibing Chen, and Minglin Ma. 2016. “Dynamic Self-Organization of Microwell-Aggregated Cellular Mixtures.” Soft Matter 12 (26). The Royal Society of Chemistry: 5739–46. http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=c6sm00456c
- Bussche, Leen, Rebecca M Harman, Bethany a Syracuse, Eric L Plante, Yen-Chun Lu, Theresa M Curtis, Minglin Ma, and Gerlinde R Van de Walle. 2015. “Microencapsulated Equine Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Promote Cutaneous Wound Healing in Vitro.” Stem Cell Research & Therapy 6: 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-015-0037-x
- Song, Wei, Yen-Chun Lu, Angela S Frankel, Duo An, Robert E Schwartz, and Minglin Ma. 2015. “Engraftment of Human Induced Pluri
potent Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes in Immunocompetent Mice via 3D Co-Aggregation and Encapsulation.” Scientific Reports 5 (April). Nature Publishing Group: 16884. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16884
- Yen-Chun Lu, Wei Song, Duo An, Beum Jun Kim, Robert Schwartz, Mingming Wu, and Minglin Ma. “Designing Compartmentalized Hydrogel Microparticles for Cell Encapsulation and Scalable 3D Cell Culture.” J. Mater. Chem. B 2015 3 (3). Royal Society of Chemistry: 353–60. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TB01735H
- An, Duo, Yewei Ji, Alan Chiu, Yen-Chun Lu, Wei Song, Lei Zhai, Ling Qi, Dan Luo, and Minglin Ma. “Developing Robust, Hydrogel-Based, Nanofiber-Enabled Encapsulation Devices (NEEDs) for Cell Therapies.” Biomaterials 2015 37. Elsevier Ltd: 40–48 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.10.032
- Song, Wei, Duo An, Der I. Kao, Yen-Chun Lu, Guohao Dai, Shuibing Chen, and Minglin Ma. “Nanofibrous Microposts and Microwells of Controlled Shapes and Their Hybridization with Hydrogels for Cell Encapsulation.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2014 6 (10). American Chemical Society: 7038–44 https://doi.org/10.1021/am502046h
- Wang, Steven S S, Kuan Nan Liu, and Yen Chun Lu. “Amyloid Fibrillation of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme Is Inhibited by TCEP.” Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2009 381 (4): 639–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.103
