Dr Haolu Wang currently is a Medical Registrar and Basic Physician Trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians - The Prince Charles Hospital and Redcliffe Hospital (Northside) Rotation. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the joint liver cancer research program of Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland and Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation. Dr Wang received his Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery qualifications from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. He was awarded his PhD in Clinical Medicine from The University of Queensland. Dr Wang has worked as a Medical Officer at Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and as a Researcher Officer at Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland.
Dr Wang has authored over 30 publications of clinical and translational research in liver diseases, including Hepatology, Theranostics, Int J Cancer, J Exp Clin Cancer Res and Pharmacol Ther. His standing in this field is reflected by awards from Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, United European Gastroenterology, European Microscopy Congress, The University of Queensland, Frazer Family Foundation and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
As a translational researcher, Dr Wang has made contributions to curative efficacy evaluation in liver diseases. He real-time imaged hepatic vascular integrity and revealed the underlying molecular mechanism to predict treatment outcomes in drug-induced liver injury (Sci Rep. 2017, Theranostics. 2020). Using this real-time imaging platform, he was the first to develop modelling approaches to optimise dosing regimens of therapeutic stem cells against liver diseases (Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol. 2017; Sci Rep. 2016).
As a clinical researcher, he evaluated current treatment efficacy of liver cancer (Eur J Surg Oncol. 2022) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (Pharmacol Ther. 2022), which has been cited by 2023 Practice Guidance of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Book Chapter: Theranostic nanoparticles for imaging and targeted drug delivery to the liver
Wang, Haolu, Yang, Haotian, Ruan, Qi, Roberts, Michael S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2022). Theranostic nanoparticles for imaging and targeted drug delivery to the liver. Fundamentals of drug delivery. (pp. 311-328) edited by Heather A. E. Benson, Michael S. Roberts, Adrian C. Williams and Xiaowen Liang. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119769644.ch12
Journal Article: Artificial cells for the treatment of liver diseases
Zou, Da, Wang, Haolu, Liu, Xin, Xu, Zhi Ping, Roberts, Michael S. and Zhao, Chun-Xia (2021). Artificial cells for the treatment of liver diseases. Acta Biomaterialia, 130, 98-114. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.06.012
Zhang, Yonglong, Wang, Hui, Chen, Tao, Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Zhang, Yuchen, Duan, Jinlin, Qian, Shenjiao, Qiao, Ke, Zhang, Lei, Liu, Yanfeng and Wang, Jian (2021). C24‐ceramide drives gallbladder cancer progression through directly targeting phosphatidylinositol 5‐phosphate 4‐kinase type‐2 gamma to facilitate mammalian target of rapamycin signaling activation. Hepatology, 73 (2), 692-712. doi: 10.1002/hep.31304
Improving Treatment Efficacy by Regulating Residual Liver Cancer Self-seeding after Chemotherapy
(2020–2021) UQ Early Career Researcher
Efficacious targeting of therapeutic stem cells to diseased livers
(2018–2021) NHMRC Early Career Fellowships
(2018) University of Sydney
Human mesenchymal stem cell-derived liver-on-a-chip for the study of cell migration
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Development of artificial mesenchymal stem cells for hepatocellular carcinoma drug delivery
Doctor Philosophy
The Characterisation of Tumour Self-Seeded Cells in Liver Cancer
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
Theranostic nanoparticles for imaging and targeted drug delivery to the liver
Wang, Haolu, Yang, Haotian, Ruan, Qi, Roberts, Michael S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2022). Theranostic nanoparticles for imaging and targeted drug delivery to the liver. Fundamentals of drug delivery. (pp. 311-328) edited by Heather A. E. Benson, Michael S. Roberts, Adrian C. Williams and Xiaowen Liang. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119769644.ch12
Revealing interaction of dyes and nanomaterials by multiphoton imaging
Holmes, Amy, Thorling, Camilla, Liu, Xin, Liang, Xiaowen, Wang, Haolu, Breunig, Hans G., König, Karsten, Studier, Hauke and Roberts, Michael S. (2018). Revealing interaction of dyes and nanomaterials by multiphoton imaging. Multiphoton microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging: applications in biology and medicine. (pp. 345-368) edited by Karsten König. Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110429985-020
Hepatic metabolism in liver health and disease
Liu, X., Wang, H., Liang, X. and Roberts, M. S. (2017). Hepatic metabolism in liver health and disease. Liver Pathophysiology: Therapies and Antioxidants. (pp. 391-400) edited by Pablo Muriel. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804274-8.00030-8
Artificial cells for the treatment of liver diseases
Zou, Da, Wang, Haolu, Liu, Xin, Xu, Zhi Ping, Roberts, Michael S. and Zhao, Chun-Xia (2021). Artificial cells for the treatment of liver diseases. Acta Biomaterialia, 130, 98-114. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.06.012
Zhang, Yonglong, Wang, Hui, Chen, Tao, Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Zhang, Yuchen, Duan, Jinlin, Qian, Shenjiao, Qiao, Ke, Zhang, Lei, Liu, Yanfeng and Wang, Jian (2021). C24‐ceramide drives gallbladder cancer progression through directly targeting phosphatidylinositol 5‐phosphate 4‐kinase type‐2 gamma to facilitate mammalian target of rapamycin signaling activation. Hepatology, 73 (2), 692-712. doi: 10.1002/hep.31304
Yang, Jingxing, Hou, Mengfei, Sun, Wenshe, Wu, Qinghe, Xu, Jia, Xiong, Liqin, Chai, Yimin, Liu, Yuxin, Yu, Meihua, Wang, Haolu, Xu, Zhi Ping, Liang, Xiaowen and Zhang, Chunfu (2020). Sequential PDT and PTT using dual-modal single-walled carbon nanohorns synergistically promote systemic immune responses against tumor metastasis and relapse. Advanced Science, 7 (16) 2001088, 2001088. doi: 10.1002/advs.202001088
Hepatic artery classification based on three-dimensional CT
Yan, J., Feng, H., Wang, H., Yuan, F., Yang, C., Liang, X., Chen, W. and Wang, J. (2020). Hepatic artery classification based on three-dimensional CT. British Journal of Surgery, 107 (7), 906-916. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11458
Therapeutic modulators of hepatic stellate cells for hepatocellular carcinoma
Ruan, Qi, Wang, Haolu, Burke, Leslie J., Bridle, Kim R., Li, Xinxing, Zhao, Chun-Xia, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Roberts, Michael S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2020). Therapeutic modulators of hepatic stellate cells for hepatocellular carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 147 (6) ijc.32899, 1519-1527. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32899
He, Haihong, Liu, Yuxin, Zhou, Zhongneng, Guo, Chunlei, Wang, Hong-Yin, Wang, Zhuang, Wang, Xueli, Zhang, Ziqian, Wu, Fu-Gen, Wang, Haolu, Chen, Daijie, Yang, Dahai, Liang, Xiaowen, Chen, Jinquan, Zhou, Shengmin, Liang, Xin, Qian, Xuhong and Yang, Youjun (2018). A photo-triggered and photo-calibrated nitric oxide donor: rational design, spectral characterizations, and biological applications. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 123, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.563
Luo, Xiao, Yang, Haotian, Wang, Haolu, Ye, Zhiwei, Zhou, Zhongneng, Gu, Luyan, Chen, Jinquan, Xiao, Yi, Liang, Xiaowen, Qian, Xuhong and Yang, Youjun (2018). Highly sensitive hill-type small-molecule pH probe that recognizes the reversed pH gradient of cancer cells. Analytical Chemistry, 90 (9), 5803-5809. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00218
He, Haihong, Xia, Yang, Qi, Yingxue, Wang, Hong-Yin, Wang, Zhuang, Bao, Jianming, Zhang, Ziqian, Wu, Fu-Gen, Wang, Haolu, Chen, Daijie, Yang, Dahai, Liang, Xiaowen, Chen, Jinquan, Zhou, Shengmin, Liang, Xin, Qian, Xuhong and Yang, Youjun (2018). A Water-Soluble, Green-Light Triggered, and Photo-Calibrated Nitric Oxide Donor for Biological Applications. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 29 (4), 1194-1198. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00821
Indocyanine green-incorporating nanoparticles for cancer theranostics
Wang, Haolu, Li, Xinxing, Tse, Brian Wan-Chi, Yang, Haotian, Thorling, Camilla A., Liu, Yuxin, Touraud, Margaux, Chouane, Jean Batiste, Liu, Xin, Roberts, Michael S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2018). Indocyanine green-incorporating nanoparticles for cancer theranostics. Theranostics, 8 (5), 1227-1242. doi: 10.7150/thno.22872
Visualization and Modeling of the In Vivo Distribution of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Wang, Haolu, Thorling, Camilla A., Xu, Zhi Ping, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Liang, Xiaowen, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael S. (2017). Visualization and Modeling of the In Vivo Distribution of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology, 43 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1002/cpsc.39
Li, Xinxing, Teng, Shifeng, Zhang, Yanyan, Zhang, Weigang, Zhang, Xianwen, Xu, Kai, Yao, Houshan, Yao, Jun, Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen and Hu, Zhiqian (2017). TROP2 promotes proliferation, migration and metastasis of gallbladder cancer cells by regulating PI3K/AKT pathway and inducing EMT. OncoTarget, 8 (29), 47052-47063. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.16789
Multiphoton imaging for assessing renal disposition in acute kidney injury
Liu, Xin, Liang, Xiaowen, Wang, Haolu, Roberts, Darren M. and Roberts, Michael S. (2017). Multiphoton imaging for assessing renal disposition in acute kidney injury. SPIE Biophotonics Australasia, 10013. doi: 10.1117/12.2242964
Two-photon dual imaging platform for in vivo monitoring cellular oxidative stress in liver injury
Wang, Haolu, Zhang, Run, Bridle, Kim R., Jayachandran, Aparna, Thomas, James A., Zhang, Wenzhu, Yuan, Jingli, Xu, Zhi Ping, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Liang, Xiaowen, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael S. (2017). Two-photon dual imaging platform for in vivo monitoring cellular oxidative stress in liver injury. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 45374, 45374. doi: 10.1038/srep45374
Zhang, Feiyue, Liang, Xiaowen, Zhang, Wenzhu, Wang, Yong-Lei, Wang, Haolu, Mohammed, Yousuf H., Song, Bo, Zhang, Run and Yuan, Jingli (2017). A unique iridium(III) complex-based chemosensor for multi-signal detection and multi-channel imaging of hypochlorous acid in liver injury. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 87, 1005-1011. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.09.067
MDCT assessment of resectability in hilar cholangiocarcinoma
Ni, Qihong, Wang, Haolu, Zhang, Yunhe, Qian, Lijun, Chi, Jiachang, Liang, Xiaowen, Chen, Tao and Wang, Jian (2016). MDCT assessment of resectability in hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Abdominal Radiology, 42 (3), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00261-016-0943-0
Chen, Tao, Zhang, Yun-He, Wang, Hao-Lu, Chen, Wei and Wang, Jian (2016). Late-onset deep mesh infection: a study of eight cases detected from 2666 consecutive patients with abdominal wall hernia repairs. Chinese Medical Journal, 129 (15), 1870-1872. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.186651
Visualizing liver anatomy, physiology and pharmacology using multiphoton microscopy
Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Gravot, Germain, Thorling, Camilla A., Crawford, Darrell H. G., Xu, Zhi Ping, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael S. (2016). Visualizing liver anatomy, physiology and pharmacology using multiphoton microscopy. Journal of Biophotonics, 10 (1), 46-60. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201600083
Macklin, Rebecca, Wang, Haolu, Loo, Dorothy, Martin, Sally, Cumming, Andrew, Cai, Na, Lane, Rebecca, Ponce, Natalia Saenz, Topkas, Eleni, Inder, Kerry, Saunders, Nicholas A. and Endo-Munoz, Liliana (2016). Extracellular vesicles secreted by highly metastatic clonal variants of osteosarcoma preferentially localize to the lungs and induce metastatic behaviour in poorly metastatic clones. Oncotarget, 7 (28), 43570-43587. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.9781
Emergency inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia: a 5-year experience in a teaching hospital
Chen, Tao, Zhang, Yunhe, Wang, Haolu, Ni, Qihong, Yang, Linhua, Li, Qiwei and Wang, Jian (2016). Emergency inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia: a 5-year experience in a teaching hospital. BMC Anesthesiology, 16 (1) 17, 17-17. doi: 10.1186/s12871-016-0185-2
Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Xu, Zhi Ping, Crawford, Darrell H. G, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael S. (2016). A physiologically based kinetic model for elucidating the in vivo distribution of administered mesenchymal stem cells. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 22293, e22293.1-e22293.12. doi: 10.1038/srep22293
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for long-circulating inorganic nanoparticles
Liang, Xiaowen, Wang, Haolu, Grice, Jeffrey E., Li, Li, Liu, Xin, Xu, Zhi Ping and Roberts, Michael S. (2016). Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for long-circulating inorganic nanoparticles. Nano Letters, 16 (2), 939-945. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03854
Short- and long-term tracking of anionic ultrasmall nanoparticles in kidney
Liang, Xiaowen, Wang, Haolu, Zhu, Yian, Zhang, Run, Cogger, Victoria C., Liu, Xin, Xu, Zhi Ping, Grice, Jeffrey E. and Roberts, Michael S. (2016). Short- and long-term tracking of anionic ultrasmall nanoparticles in kidney. Acs Nano, 10 (1), 387-395. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05066
Jin, Yue, Wang, Haolu, Ma, Xiaowei, Liang, Xiaowen, Liu, Xin and Wang, Yu (2015). Clinicopathological characteristics of gynecological cancer associated with hypoxia-inducible factor 1α expression: a meta-analysis including 6,612 subjects. PLoS ONE, 10 (5) e0127229, e0127229. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127229
Real-time histology in liver disease using multiphoton microscopy with fluorescence lifetime imaging
Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Mohammed, Yousuf H., Thomas, James A., Bridle, Kim R., Thorling, Camilla A., Grice, Jeffrey E., Xu, Zhi Ping, Liu, Xin, Crawford, Darrell H. G. and Roberts, Michael S. (2015). Real-time histology in liver disease using multiphoton microscopy with fluorescence lifetime imaging. Biomedical Optics Express, 6 (3), 780-792. doi: 10.1364/BOE.6.000780
Diagnostic imaging and therapeutic application of nanoparticles targeting the liver
Wang, Haolu, Thorling, Camilla A., Liang, Xiaowen, Bridle, Kim R., Grice, Jeffrey E., Zhu, Yian, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Xu, Zhi Ping, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael S. (2015). Diagnostic imaging and therapeutic application of nanoparticles targeting the liver. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3 (6), 939-958. doi: 10.1039/C4TB01611D
Thorling C.A., Jin L., Weiss M., Crawford D., Liu X., Burczynski F.J., Liu D., Wang H. and Roberts M.S. (2015). Assessing steatotic liver function after ischemia-reperfusion injury by in vivo multiphoton imaging of fluorescein disposition. Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 43 (1), 154-162. doi: 10.1124/dmd.114.060848
Jin, Yue, Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Ma, Jun and Wang, Yu (2014). Pathological and prognostic significance of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α expression in epithelial ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis. Tumor Biology, 35 (8), 8149-8159. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-2059-x
Wang, Hui, Wang, Haolu, Chen, Tao, Liang, Xiaowen, Song, Yanyan and Wang, Jian (2014). Evaluation of the POSSUM, P-POSSUM and E-PASS scores in the surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 12 (1) 191. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-191
Yang, L., Wang, H., Liang, X., Chen, T., Chen, W., Song, Y. and Wang, J. (2014). Bacteria in hernia sac: an important risk fact for surgical site infection after incarcerated hernia repair. Hernia, 19 (2), 279-283. doi: 10.1007/s10029-014-1275-z
Multiphoton and FLIM imaging in quantifying ex vivo and in vivo body organ kinetics of solutes
Roberts, Michael S., Barkauskas, Deborah, Wang, Haolu, Liu, Xin, Studier, Hauke, Pastore, Michael, Zhang, Run, Holmes, Amy, Grice, Jeffrey E., Xu, Zhiping, Mohammed, Yousuf S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2020). Multiphoton and FLIM imaging in quantifying ex vivo and in vivo body organ kinetics of solutes. Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences, San Francisco, CA United States, 2-4 February 2020. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2546058
Wang, Haolu, Jayachandran, Aparna, Gravot, Germain, Liang, Xiaowen, Thorling, Camilla A., Zhang, Run, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael S. (2017). In vivo quantitative visualization of hypochlorous acid in the liver using a novel selective two-photon fluorescent probe. SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia Conference, Adelaide,SA, Australia, 17 - 19 October 2016. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2242978
Non-invasive assessment of the liver using imaging
Thorling (Thompson), Camilla, Wang, Haolu, Liu, Xin, Liang, Xiaowen, Crawford, Darrell H. G. and Roberts, Michael S. (2017). Non-invasive assessment of the liver using imaging. SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 17 - 19 October 2016. Bellingham, WA, United States: International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2242883
Quantitative optical imaging of paracetamol-induced metabolism changes in the liver
Liang, Xiaowen, Wang, Haolu, Liu, Xin and Roberts, Michael (2017). Quantitative optical imaging of paracetamol-induced metabolism changes in the liver. SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 17 - 19 October 2016. Bellingham, WA, United States: International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2242962
Real-time optical imaging of the liver: diagnosis and prediction of treatment response
Wang, Haolu (2017). Real-time optical imaging of the liver: diagnosis and prediction of treatment response. PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.646
Improving Treatment Efficacy by Regulating Residual Liver Cancer Self-seeding after Chemotherapy
(2020–2021) UQ Early Career Researcher
Efficacious targeting of therapeutic stem cells to diseased livers
(2018–2021) NHMRC Early Career Fellowships
(2018) University of Sydney
Development of artificial mesenchymal stem cells for hepatocellular carcinoma drug delivery
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Human mesenchymal stem cell-derived liver-on-a-chip for the study of cell migration
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
The Characterisation of Tumour Self-Seeded Cells in Liver Cancer
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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