Concepedia

Wennan Lu

WL

Statistics

Publications

27

Citations

1.8K

H-Index

22

Active since

2005

Affiliations

University of Pennsylvania(Current)

University of Pittsburgh

Sun Yat-sen University

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Doheny Eye Institute

Wennan Lu is an author at University of Pennsylvania specializing in medicine, ophthalmology, and cellular physiology.

Top concepts

Publications per year

2005–2021

27

Publications

27

Mechanosensitive release of adenosine 5′‐triphosphate through pannexin channels and mechanosensitive upregulation of pannexin channels in optic nerve head astrocytes: A mechanism for purinergic involvement in chronic strain

Jonathan M. Beckel, Arthur J. Argall, Jason Lim et al. · Glia · 2014 · 166 citations · Full text

Neurons respond directly to mechanical deformation with pannexin‐mediated ATP release and autostimulation of P2X<sub>7</sub> receptors

Jingsheng Xia, Jason Lim, Wennan Lu et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 2012 · 155 citations · Full text

, , +20

The P2X7 Receptor Primes IL-1β and the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Astrocytes Exposed to Mechanical Strain

Farraj Albalawi, Wennan Lu, Jonathan M. Beckel et al. · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · 2017 · 150 citations · Full text

Restoration of Lysosomal pH in RPE Cells from Cultured Human and ABCA4<sup>−/−</sup>Mice: Pharmacologic Approaches and Functional Recovery

Ji Liu, Wennan Lu, David Reigada et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2008 · 138 citations · Full text

Acidic Nanoparticles Are Trafficked to Lysosomes and Restore an Acidic Lysosomal pH and Degradative Function to Compromised ARPE-19 Cells

Gabriel C. Baltazar, Sonia Guha, Wennan Lu et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 131 citations · Full text

, , +19

1–5 of 27