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Dissanayaka, Waruna Lakmal

Research Assistant Professor
Dentistry
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Biography

Dr Dissanayaka, Waruna Lakmal is a Research Assistant Professor in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering  and his Discipline area: Applied Oral Sciences

Research Interest

Tissue engineering Tooth-derived stem cells Dental pulp regeneration

Publications

  • Dissanayaka WL, ZHU L, Hargreaves KM, Jin L & Zhang C. Scaffold-free prevascularized microtissue spheroids for pulp regeneration. Journal of Dental Research

  • Dissanayaka WL, Hargreaves KM, Jin L, Samaranayake LP & Zhang C. The interplay of dental pulp stem cells and endothelial cells in an injectable peptide hydrogel on angiogenesis and pulp regeneration in vivo. Tissue Engineering

  • ZHU L, Dissanayaka WL, Green DW & Zhang C. Stimulation of EphB2/ephrin-B1 signalling by tumour necrosis factor alpha in human dental pulp stem cells. Cell Proliferatio

  • YUAN C, Wang P, ZHU L, Dissanayaka WL, Green DW, Tong EH, Jin L & Zhang C. Coculture of stem cells from apical papilla and human umbilical vein endothelial cell under hypoxia increases the formation of three-dimensional vessel-like structures in vitro. Tissue Engineering

  • Dissanayaka WL, ZHU L, Hargreaves KM, Jin L & Zhang C. In vitro analysis of scaffold-free prevascularized microtissue spheroids containing human dental pulp cells and endothelial cells. Journal of Endodontics

  • Heng BCA, Ye X, LIU Y, Dissanayaka WL, Cheung GSP & Zhang C. Effects of Recombinant Overexpression of Bcl2 on the Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Osteogenic/Odontogenic Differentiation Potential of Dental Pulp Stem Cells. Journal of Endodontics

  • PANDUWAWALA KANKANAMALAGE CPPP, Zhan X, Dissanayaka WL, Samaranayake LP, Jin L & Zhang C. In vivo periodontal tissue regeneration by periodontal ligament stem cells and endothelial cells in three-dimensional cell sheet constructs. Journal of Periodontal Research

  • Zhu S, Wang PL, Liao C, Yang Y, YUAN C, WANG S, Dissanayaka WL, Heng BCA & Zhang C. Transgenic expression of ephrinB2 in periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) modulates osteogenic differentiation via signaling crosstalk between ephrinB2 and EphB4 in PDLSCs and between PDLSCs and pre-osteoblasts within co-culture. Journal of Periodontal Research

  • ZOU T, Dissanayaka WL, Jiang S, Wang S, Heng BCA, Huang X & Zhang C. Semaphorin 4D Enhances Angiogenic Potential and Suppresses Osteo-/Odontogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells. Journal of Endodontics

  • XU J, Zhu S, Heng BCA, Dissanayaka WL & Zhang C. TGF-β1-induced differentiation of SHED into functional smooth muscle cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy

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