Publication 

Below, you’ll find our publications organized by publication type and year. 

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1. Jian Zhang#, Tony Pan#, Jimmy Lee#, Sarah Ann King, Erting Tang, Yifei Hu, Lifeng Chen, Alex Hoover, Linyong Zhu, Oliver S. Eng, Jun Huang*, Xiaoyang Wu*. 

“Enabling Tumor-Specific Drug Delivery by Targeting the Warburg Effect of Cancer.” Cell Reports Medicine. 2025, 101920. (This work has led to the launch of Alnair Therapeutics, a biotech startup focused on translating this technology into clinical applications)

2. Wen Wu#, Jian Zhang#, Xiao Qu#, Ting Chen#, Jinming Li, Yongzhi Yang, Lifeng Chen, Alex Hoover, Fanying Guo, Cheng Kong, Bingkun Bao, Qiuning Lin, Mengxin Zhou, Linyong Zhu*, Xiaoyang Wu*, Yanlei Ma*.

“Enabling Targeted Drug Delivery for Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis with Mucosal‐Adhesive Photoreactive Hydrogel.” Advanced Science. 2025, 2404836.

3. Jian Zhang#, Yongjun Zheng#, Jimmy Lee#, Alex Hoover, Sarah Ann King, Lifeng Chen, Jing Zhao, Qiuning Lin*, Cunjiang Yu, Linyong Zhu, Xiaoyang Wu*. 

“Continuous Glucose Monitoring Enabled by Fluorescent Nano-Diamond Boronic Hydrogel.” Advanced Science. 2023, 2203943. (This work is selected and funded by the Diabetes Research Connection)

4. Jian Zhang#, Yongjun Zheng#, Jimmy Lee#, Jieyu Hua, Shilong Li, Ananth Panchamukhi, Jiping Yue, Xuewen Gou, Zhaofan Xia, Linyong Zhu*, and Xiaoyang Wu*. 

“A Pulsatile Release Platform Based on Photo-induced Imine-crosslinking Hydrogel Promotes Scarless Wound Healing.” Nature Communications. 2021, 12, 1670. 

5. Jian Zhang#, Jinpeng Jia, Jimin P. Kim, Fei Yang, Xing Wang, Hong Shen, Sijia Xu, Jian Yang, and Decheng Wu*.  

“Construction of versatile multilayered composite nanoparticles from a customized nanogel template.” Bioactive Materials. 2018, 3, 87.

6. Jian Zhang#, Jinpeng Jia#, Jimin P. Kim, Hong Shen, Fei Yang*, Qiang Zhang, Meng Xu, Wenzhi Bi, Xing Wang, Jian Yang, Decheng Wu*. 

“Ionic Colloidal Molding as a Biomimetic Scaffolding Strategy for Uniform Bone Tissue Regeneration.” Advanced Materials. 2017, 29, 1605546. 

7. Jian Zhang#, Xing Wang, Linlin Wang, Fei Yang, Decheng Wu*.

“Controlled cross-linking strategy for formation of hydrogels, microgels and nanogels.” Journal of Controlled Release. 2015, 213, E25.

8. Jian Zhang#, Fei Yang, Hong Shen, Decheng Wu*.  

“Controlled Formation of Microgels/Nanogels from a Disulfide-Linked Core/Shell Hyperbranched Polymer.” ACS Macro Letters. 2012, 1, 1295. 

1. Xiaoyang Wu, Jian Zhang. Lactate Response System and Methods (U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/848,432)

2. Xiaoyang Wu, Jian Zhang. Novel Material for Skin Wound Closure and Scar Prevention (US provisional Patent Application No. 62/845,648)

3. Decheng Wu, Jian Zhang, Fei Yang. Composite material as well as preparation method and application thereof (China Patent Application No. CN104497363A)

4. Decheng Wu, Jian Zhang, Xing Wang, Fei Yang. Micro-nano gel particles and its controllable method for preparing and application (China Patent Application No. CN104128136B)