Selected recent publications:

• Wang, JH-C., Thampatty, B.P. An introductory review of cell mechanobiology (Review), Biomech Model Mechanobiol., 1-16, 2006.
• Wang, JH-C., Iosifidis, M., Fu, F. Biomechanical basis of tendinopathy (Review), CORR, 443:320-332, 2006.
• Thampatty, B.P.; Im, H.J., Wang, JH-C. Leukotriene B4 at low dosage negates the catabolic effect of PGE2 in human patellar tendon fibroblasts. Gene 372:103-109, 2006.
• Agarwal, C., Britton, Z.T., Alaseirlis, D.A., Li, Y., Wang, JH-C. Healing and normal fibroblasts exhibit differential proliferation, collagen production, α-SMA Expression, and contraction. Ann Biomed Eng 34:653-659, 2006.
• Wang, JH-C. Mechanobiology of tendon (invited review), J Biomech. 39:1563–1582, 2006.
• Chen, J., Iosifidis, M., Zhu, J., Tatarintsev, I., Wang, JH-C. Vanadate ingestion enhances the organization and collagen fibril diameters of rat healing medial collateral ligaments, Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 14(8):750-5, 2006.
• Yang, Z.C., Chen, J.X., Lin, J-S., Wang, JH-C. Determining substrate displacement and cell traction fields - a new approach, J theor. Biology 242:607–616, 2006.
• Li, B., Chen, J., Wang, JH-C. RGD peptide-conjugated poly(dimethylsiloxane) promotes adhesion, proliferation, and collagen secretion of human fibroblasts. J Biomedical Materials Research 79 (4): 989-98, 2006.
• Thampatty B.P., Wang JH-C. A new approach to study fibroblast migration. Cell Motility & Cytoskeleton 64 (1):1-5, 2006.
• Wang, JH-C., Lin, J-S., Yang, Z.C. Cell traction force microscopy. Advanced Bioimaging Technologies in Assessment of Quality of Bone and Scaffold Biomaterials (review chapter), in press.
• Wang, JH-C., Thampatty, B.P. Mechanoregulation of fibroblast function, The Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Review), in press.
• Wang, JH-C., Woo, SL-Y., and Hsu, W., Stone, D. Mechanobiological studies of cellular and molecular mechanisms of tendinopathy, The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine (Review), in press.
• Wang, JH-C., Chen, J., Li, B., Thampatty, B.P. Cell Traction Force: Generation, Transmission, Regulation, and Measurement. Chapter in the Springer book (Review), in press.
• Wang, JH-C., Thampatty, B.P., Im, HJ. Mechanoregulation of gene expression in fibroblasts, Gene 391:1-15, 2007.. Thampatty BP, Im HJ, Wang JH-C. EP4 receptor regulates collagen type-I, MMP-1, and MMP-3 gene expression in human tendon fibroblasts in response to IL-1ß treatment, Gene 386(1-2):154-161, 2007.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. James H-C. Wang
Phone: (412) 648-9102
Email: wangjc@upmc.edu