Research Interests Stem Cell Expansion and Conversion Neural Regenerative Medicine Cell Therapeutic Strategies for Clinical Application Innovative Technologies for Sub-clinical Diagnosis Drug Addiction Publications Zhang JF, Fu WM, He ML, Wang H, Wang WM, Yu SC, Bian XW, Zhou J, Lin MC, Lu G, Poon WS, Kung HF (2011), MiRNA-637 Maintains the Balance between Adipocyte and Osteoblast by Directly Targeting Osterix, Molecular Biology of the Cell 22(21):3955-3961 Li Q, Lu G, Kwong WH, Choi HL, Zeng XF, Li Z, Yew DT, Poon WS (2011), Programmed Neuronal Cell Death Induced by HIV-1 Tat and Methamphetamine, Microscopy Research and Technique 74(12):1139-1144 Liu AM, Lu G, Tsang KS, Li G, Wu Y, Huang ZS, Ng HK, Kung HF, Poon WS (2010), Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells with forced expression of ohepatocyte growth factor enhance remyelination and functional recovery in a rat intracerebral hemorrhage model, Neurosurgery 67(2):357-365 Chen SC, Lu G, Chan CY, Chen Y, Wang H, Yew DT, Feng ZT, Kung HF (2009), Microarray Profile of Brain Aging-Related Genes in the Frontal Cortex of SAMP8, J Mol Neurosci 2009 Oct 17 Fong SP, Tsang KS, Chan AB, Lu G, Poon WS, Li K, Baum LW, Ng HK (2007), Trophism of neural progenitor cells to embryonic stem cells: neural induction and transplantation in a mouse ischemic stroke model, J Neurosci Res. 85(9):1851-1862 Sun J, Gao Y, Yang L, Li Z, Lu G, Yew D (2007), Neural-tube-derived neuroepithelial stem cells: a new transplant resource for Parkinson's disease, Neuroreport 18(6):543-547 Lu G, Wu Y, Mak YT, Wai SM, Feng ZT, Rudd JA, Yew DT (2006), Molecular evidence of the neuroprotective effect of Ginkgo biloba (EGb761) using bax/bcl-2 ratio after brain ischemia in senescence-accelerated mice, strain prone-8, Brain Res 1090(1):23-28 Poon WS, Lu G, Tsang KS, Zhu XL, Chen G, Ng HK, Migration of bone marrow stem cells in ischaemic brain, Acta Neurochir Suppl 99:123-124 Lu G, Wai SM, Poon WS, Yew DT (2005), Ki67 and doublecortin positive cells in human prefrontal cortices of normal aging and vascular dementia, Microscopy Research and Technique 68(5):255-257 Lu G, Kwong WH, Li Q, Wang X, Feng Z, Yew DT (2005) bcl2, bax, and nestin in the brains of patients with neurodegeneration and those of normal aging, J Mol Neurosci 27(2):167-174