团队有一位杰青，一位海外高层次人才，两位副教授，多名博士后和研究生以及工作人员

主要从事干细胞与骨、软骨再生研究，近5年共发表了SCI论文24篇，其中：第一作者(含共一和通讯) 论文12+篇 ，三篇被选为封面论文。研究成果被邀请在多个国际会议作汇报，为国际华人骨研学会会员。以主要负责人承担了国家自然科学基金、省部级和校级基金共4个。

代表性论文：

1．WangY*;ThottappillilN*; Gomez-Salazar M*; Tower RJ; Qin Q; Alvia I; Xu M; Cherief M;Cheng R;Archer M; Arondekar S; Reddy S; Broderick K; Péault B; James AW;Integratedtranscriptomics of human blood vessels defines a spatially controlledniche forearly mesenchymal progenitor cells, Developmental Cell, 2024,59(10):1-17

2.  WangY*;QinQ; Wang Z; Negri S; Sono T; Tower RJ; Li Z; Xing X; Archer M; ThottappillilN;Zhu M; Suarez A; Kim D; Harvey T; Fan C; James AW; The Mohawk homeoboxgenerepresents a marker and osteo inhibitory factor in calvarialsutureosteoprogenitor cells, Cell Death Disease, 2024, 15(6)

3. WangY, Xu J, Chang L, Meyers CA, Zhang L, Broderick K, Lee M, Peault B, JamesAW. Relative contributions of adipose-resident CD146+ pericytes and CD34+adventitial progenitor cells in bone tissue engineering. NPJ Regen Med. 2019;4:1. doi: 10.1038/s41536-018-0063-2. PMID: 30622740; PMCID: PMC6323123. 

4. Xu J*, WangY*, Li Z, Tian Y, Li Z, Lu A, Hsu CY, Negri S, Tang C, Tower R, Morris C,James AW. Pdgfrα+ periosteal progenitors are critical for periosteal functionin mouse and human tissues. Bone Research, 2022;10:7. doi:10.1038/s41413-021-00176-8. PMID: 35075130; PMCID: PMC8786977 (共一)

5. Xu J*, WangY*, Hsu C, Negri S, Tower R, Gao Y, Tian Y, Sono T, Meyers CA, Hardy WR,Chang L, Hu S, Kahn N, Broderick K, Peault B, James AW. Lysosomal proteinsurface expression discriminates fat from bone forming human mesenchymalprecursor cells. Elife. 2020;9. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58990. PMID: 33044169;PMCID: PMC7550188 (共一)

6. Negri S*, WangY*, Sono T, Qin Q, Hsu C, Cherief M, Xu J, Lee S, Tower RJ, Yu V, PiplaniA, Meyers CA, Broderick K, Lee M, James AW. Systemic DKK1 neutralizationenhances human adipose-derived stem cell mediated bone repair. Stem CellsTranslational Med. 2020. doi: 10.1002/sctm.20-0293. PMID: 33377628 (共一)

7. Zhao L, Xu Z, Zhao P, Pang Z,You Y, Wu C, Zhu D, Su M, Zhang N, Luo J#, Wang Y#. Sympathetic nerveinhibition enhances calvarial bone repair via senescent macrophage-inducedosteogenesis and angiogenesis. Cell Death Discov. 2025 Dec 10;11(1):564. (最后通讯)

8. Zhao L, Wu C, Chen K, Xu Z,You Y, Zhao P, Zhu D, Su M#, Luo J#, Wang Y#. Single-cell mapping revealsage-related alterations in periosteal progenitor cells and immunemicroenvironment. Cell Regen. 2025 Nov 17;14(1):46. (最后通讯)