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Lian Wu

Associate Professor - Healthcare, School of Healthcare and Social Practice
School of Healthcare and Social Practice
Location: Building 111, Room 2015

Publications

Wu, Lian. (2025, May). The gut-lung axis: potential implications for the clinical management of COPD in Maori [Paper presentation]. The NZ-China Gut Health & Functional Recovery Forum, AUT, Auckland.

Su, B., McPherson, P., Jadresin Milic, R., & Wu, L. (2025, August). Field Study of Relationships Between Indoor Thermal Conditions and Two Major Causes of Allergies—Dust Mites and Mould—In New Zealand Houses. Buildings, 15(17), 3074. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15173074

Wu, Lian. (2025, Dec). Housing and wellbeing. [Paper presentation]. 2025 HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM FOR MI & NURSING, Unitec, Auckland.

WU, L., XIAO, D., JIANG, W., JIAN, Z., SONG, K., YANG, DAWEI., CHAVANNES, N. H., & BAI, C. (2024). Expert consensus for smoking cessation with metaverse in medicine. Clinical eHealth, 7, 164-175. 10.1016/j.ceh.2024.10.001.

Wu, L., Thorogood, J., Vyas, M., Aziz, J., & Sitters, S. (2024, November). Succeeding through adversity”: a survey highlighting the resilience and academic success of a group of medical imaging students during a COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand. [Paper presentation]. Non-conference conference, Auckland.

Joseph, aziz., Lee, Yang., Lian, Wu., & Hany, Asham. (2023, December). Radiological Assessment of Age-Related Changes of the Microarchitecture of the Bony Trabeculae of the Femoral Neck and its Clinical Implication [Poster presentation]. 10th conference of APICA (Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists), Dunedin.

Yang, D Y., Zhou, J., Chen, R C., Wu, L., & Bai, C X. (2022). Expert consensus on the metaverse in medicine. Clinical eHealth, Volume 5 (2022), 1-9. 10.1016/j.ceh.2022.02.001

su, B., Jadresin Milic, R J., McPherson, P., & Wu, L. (2022). Thermal Performance of School Buildings: Impacts beyond Thermal Comfort. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5811. 10.3390/ijerph19105811

McKelvie-Sebileau, P., Smith, L., Iosua, E., Miller, S., Wu, L., Andersen, P., Leonard, G., Tipene-Leach, D., Haggerty, C., Maikaroa, K. T., Brownie, S., & Baddock, S. (2021, November). A multi-institutional longitudinal prospective exploration of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on working life and personal wellbeing of staff at tertiary education institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand. [Paper presentation]. 2021 ITP Research Symposia, Online.

Aziz, J., Thorgood, J., & Wu, L. (2021, July). Moving to the Future: Incorporating Ultrasound as a Teaching Tool of Anatomy to Medical Imaging Students [Poster presentation]. Anatomical Society Virtual Summer Meeting 2021, University of Glasgow, UK.

Su, B., Wu, L., McPherson, P., & Jadresin-Milic, R. (2020). New Zealand House Indoor Microclimate and Allergens. In Ali Ghaffarianhoseini Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini Nicola Naismith (Ed.), The 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (pp. 795-804).

Su, B., Jadresin-Milic, R., McPherson, P., & Wu, L. (2020). Thermal Performance of School Building not only Impact Indoor Thermal Comfort. In Ali Ghaffarianhoseini Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini Nicola Naismith (Ed.), The 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (pp. 1193-1202).

Wu, L., Thorogood, J., & Vyas, M. (2020, July). Application of Quantitative CT and Artificial Intelligence in Assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD).DOI :10.26044/ecr2020/C-02475 [Poster presentation]. European Congress of Radiology (ECR)-2020, Vienna.

Wu, L., Thorogood, J., & Vyas, M. (2020, March). Application of Quantitative CT and Artificial Intelligence in Assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD) [Poster presentation]. EPOS of European Society of Radiology, Electronic Poster Online Presentation.

Su, B., & Wu, L. (2020). Occupants’ Health and Their Living Conditions of Remote Indigenous Communities in New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8340. 10.3390/ijerph17228340

Wu, L., Baghaei, N., Casey, J., Mercier, J., Hicks, K., Stamp, D., & Su, B. (2019). SmokeFreeNZ: Designing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Reducing Cigarette Consumption. 23rd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua.

Bin, Su., & Lian, Wu. (2019). TOITŪ TE KĀINGA TOITŪ TE ORA TOITŪ TE TANGATA Healthy homes, healthy people CHAPTER TWO, House Occupants' Health Conditions and Their Living Conditions. Rotorua, Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challenge (Vol. National Science Challenges:Building better homes and cities).

Wu, L., Thorogood, J., & Vyas, M. (2019). Implication of Quantitative CT and Artificial Intelligence in COPD. The 4th Asian Congress of Thoracic Imaging Conference (ACTI). Shanghai, China.

Wu, L., Zhang, J., Qu, J., Bai, C., & Merrilees, M. (2017). Deposition of insoluble elastin by pulmonary fibroblasts from patients with COPD is increased by treatment with versican siRNA. International Journal of COPD (Vol. 12).
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4067

Nilufar, B., Wu, L., Casey, J., & Biddle-Ranga, K. (2016). Designing mobile applications for smoking cessation in New Zealand. 18th International Conference on Medical Information Processing and Analysis, Venice, Italy.

Xu, L., Lu, Y., Zhang, J., Wu, L., Merrilees, M., & Qu, J. (2015). Knockdown of versican 1 blocks cigarette-induced loss of insoluble elastin in human lung fibroblasts. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology (Vol. 2015).
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3199

Wu, L. (2015). The Magic of Wheat Germ. Taiwan, Morning Star Press (Vol. 1st).

Sexton, P., Black, P., Wu, L., Sommerville , F., Hamed, M., Milne , D., Metcalf, P., and Kolbe, J. (2014). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Non-smokers: A Case-Comparison Study. COPD.

Wu, Lian. (2014). Practical Dietotherapy. Taiwan, Morning Star Press, Taiwan (Vol. 1st).

Sexton, P., Black, P., Wu, L., Sommerville, F., Hamad, M., Metcalf, P., and Kolbe, J. (2013). Fixed airflow obstruction among nonsmokers with asthma: a case-comparison study. Journal of Asthma.

Wu, L. (2013). Defective tissue repair and elastic fibres in COPD. The 9th International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases (ISRD) & American Thoracic Society Forum, Shanghai.

Sexton, P., Black, P., Metcalf, P., Wall, C., Ley, S., Wu, L., Sommerville, F., Brodie, S., and Kolbe, J. (2013). Influence of mediterranean diet on asthma symptoms, lung function, and systemic inflammation: a randomized controlled trial. J Asthma.

Qin, Z., Xu, J., Qu, J., Zhang, J., Sai, Y., Chen, C., Wu, L., and Yu, L. (2012). Intrapleural delivery of MSCs attenuates acute lung injury by paracrine/endocrine mechanism. J Cell Mol Med.

GAO, L., ASMITANAND, T., REN, H., WU, F., ZHANG, Y., LI, X., DI, L., SONG, Z., YANG, T., CHEN, T., MERRILEES, M., WU, L., and CHEN, M. (2012). Fiber-optic bronchoscope and detection of lung cancer: A five year study. Neoplasma.

Zhang, J., Wu, L., Qu, JM, Bai, CX, Merrilees, M., and Black, P. (2012). Pro-inflammatory phenotype of COPD fibroblasts not compatible with repair in COPD lung. .

Zhang, J., Wu, L., & Qu, J. (2011). Inhibited proliferation of human lung fibroblasts by LPS is through IL-6 and IL-8 release. Cytokine (Vol. 54).

Zhang, J., Wu, L., Feng, M., Sexton, P., Bai, C., Qu, J., Merrilees, M., and Black, P. (2011). Pulmonary fibroblasts from COPD patients show an impaired response of elastin synthesis to TGF-β1. Respir Physiol Neurobiol.

Wu, L., Ma, L., Nicholson, L., & Black, P. (2010). Advanced glycation end products and its receptor (RAGE) are increased in patients with COPD. Respir Med (Vol. 105).

Wu, L., Merrilees, M., Young, R., & Black, P. (2010). The cyclooxygenase-2-765C promoter polymorphism protects against the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Med (Vol. 105).

Wickens , K., and Black, P. (2008). A differential effect of 2 probiotics in the prevention of eczema and atopy: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol. (Vol. 4).

Prescott, SL, and Wickens, K. (2008). Supplementation with Lactobacillus rhamnosus or Bifidobacterium lactis probiotics in pregnancy increases cord blood interferon-gamma and breast milk transforming growth factor-beta and immunoglobin A detection. Clin Exp Allergy (Vol. 38).

Young, RP, Hopkins, R., Black, P., Eddy, L., and Wu, L. (2006). Functional variants of antioxidant genes in smokers with COPD and in those with normal lung function. Thorax (Vol. 5).

Wu, L., Chau, J., Young, R., Pokorny, V., Mills, G., Hopkins, R., McLean, L., & Black, P. (2004). Transforming growth factor-b1 genotype and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax (Vol. 59).

Pokorny, V., Chau, J., and Wu, L. (2003). Transforming growth factor β1 gene (HSTGFB1) nucleotide T869C (codon 10) polymorphism is not associated with prevalence or severity of rheumatoid arthritis in a Caucasian population. Ann Rheum Dis (Vol. 62).