Baisong Lu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Baisong Lu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Center for Biomolecular Imaging
Sticht Center on Aging

Contact Information

Academic: 336-713-7276 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: blu@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

Ph.D., China-Peoples' Liberation Army Medical Institute , 1997
Fellowship, Harvard University, 2000
Fellowship, Baylor University, 2003

Baisong Lu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine Center for Biomolecular Imaging
Sticht Center on Aging

Research Interests

aging, critical/intensive care medici, degenerative disorders, genetics/genome, mental disorders/psychiatry/ps, metabolism, neurosciences/behavior, prevention

Contact Information

Academic: 336-713-7276 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: blu@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Jiao Y, Bishop CE, Lu B. Mex3c regulates insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) expression and promotes postnatal growth. Mol Biol Cell. 2012;23(8):1404-1413.

George SK, Jiao Y, Bishop CE, Lu B. Oxidative stress is involved in age-dependent spermatogenic damage of Immp2l mutant mice. Free Radic Biol Med. 2012;52(11-12):2223-2233.

Zhao Q, Lu B, George SK, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Safeguarding pluripotent stem cells for cell therapy with a non-viral, non-integrating episomal suicide construct. Biomaterials. 2012;33(29):7261-7271.

Jiao Y, George SK, Zhao Q, Hulver MW, Hutson SM, Bishop CE, Lu B. Mex3c mutation reduces adiposity and increases energy expenditure. Mol Cell Biol. 2012;32(21):4350-4362.

George SK, Jiao Y, Bishop CE, Lu B. Mitochondrial peptidase IMMP2L mutation causes early onset of age-associated disorders and impairs adult stem cell self-renewal. Aging Cell. 2011;10(4):584-594.

Ma Y, Mehta SL, Lu B, Li PA. Deficiency in the inner mitochondrial membrane peptidase 2-like (Immp21) gene increases ischemic brain damage and impairs mitochondrial function. Neurobiol Dis. 2011;44(3):270-276.

Hicks A, Lorenzetti D, Lu B, Andersson K-E, Overbeek P, Oppenheim R, Bishop C. Nervous system defects in the novel bloated bladder mouse mutant (BLAD) [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2011;2011(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):33.15.

Soler R, Fullhase C [Fuellhase C], Lu B, Bishop CE, Andersson K-E. Bladder dysfunction in a new mutant mouse model with increased superoxide--lack of nitric oxide?. J Urol. 2010;183(2):780-785.

Pan C, Lu B, Chen H, Bishop CE. Reprogramming human fibroblasts using HIV-1 TAT recombinant proteins OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and c-MYC. Mol Biol Rep. 2010;37(4):2117-2124.

Fullhase C [Fuellhase C], Soler R, Lu B, Bishop CE, Andersson KE. Increased levels of superoxide ions affects bladder function in a new mutant mouse model [abstract]. Eur Urol Suppl. 2009;8(4):176.

Soler R, Fuellhase C, Lu B, Bishop C, Andersson K. Bladder dysfunction in a new animal model of increased levels of superoxide ions [abstract]. Neurourol Urodyn. 2009;28(7):809-810.

Lu B, Poirier C, Gaspar T, Gratzke C, Harrison W, Busija D, Matzuk MM, Andersson K-E, Overbeek PA, Bishop CE. A mutation in the inner mitochondrial membrane peptidase 2-like gene (Immp2l) affects mitochondrial function and impairs fertility in mice. Biol Reprod. 2008;78(4):601-610.

Lu B, Geurts AM, Poirier C, Petit DC, Harrison W, Overbeck PA, Bishop CE. Generation of rat mutants using a coat color-tagged Sleeping Beauty transposon system. Mamm Genome. 2007;18(5):338-346.