Dissanayaka, Waruna Lakmal

Research Assistant Professor
Dentistry
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Professor Dentistry
Biography

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

Research Intrest

Tissue engineering Tooth-derived stem cells Dental pulp regeneration

List of 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