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Signalling networks among stem cell precursors, transit-amplifying progenitors, and their niche in developing hair follicles
Rezza A, Wang Z, Sennett R, Qiao W, Wang D, Heitman N, Mok KW, Clavel C, Yi R, Zandstra P, Ma’ayan A, Rendl M. Cell Rep. 2016 Mar 29;14(12):3001-18.A View abstract
miR-126 regulates distinct self-renewal outcomes in normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells
Lechman ER, Gentner B, Ng SW, Schoof EM, van Galen P, Kennedy JA, Nucera S, Ciceri F, Kaufmann KB, Takayama N, Dobson SM, Trotman-Grant A, Krivdova G, Elzinga J, Mitchell A, Nilsson B, Hermans KG, Eppert K, Marke R, Isserlin R, Voisin V, Bader GD, Zandstra PW, Golub TR, Ebert BL, Lu J, Minden M, Wang JC, Naldini L, Dick JE. (2016). Cancer CellA 2016 Feb 8;29(2):214-28.A View abstract.
Two-dimensional arrays of cell-laden polymer hydrogel modules
Wang Y, Li Y, ThA rien-Aubin H, Ma J, Zandstra PW, Kumacheva E. Biomicrofluidics.A 2016 Jan 21;10(1):014110. View Abstract
SOX9 modulates the expression of key transcription factors required for heart valve development
Garside VC, Cullum R, Alder O, Lu DY, Vander Werff R, Bilenky M, Zhao Y, Jones SJ, Marra MA, Underhill TM, Hoodless PA. Development. 2015.Dec 15:142(24):4340-50.A View Paper
Incorporation of retinoic acid releasing microspheres into aggregates of pluripotent stem cells for inducing neuronal differentiation
Gomez, J.C., Edgar, J.M., Agbay, A.M., Bibault, E., Montgomery, A.L., Mohtaram, N.K., and A Willerth, S.M.A Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 2015 Sept: 8(3) 307-319.A View Paper
Development of a glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor-releasing artificial dura for neural tissue engineering applications
Mohtaram, N. K., Ko, J., Agbay, A., Rattray, D., O Neill, P., Rajwani, A., Vasandani, R., Thu, H.L., Jun, M., and Willerth, S.M. Journal of Materials Chemistry a Part B. 2015 Aug 3, 7974 a 7985. View Paper
Biomaterial strategies for delivering stem cells as a treatment for spinal cord injury
Agbay, A., Edgar, J., Robinson, M., Styan, T., Wilson, K., Schroll, J., Ko, J., Mohtaram, N.K.A Jun, M., and Willerth, S.M. Biomaterial strategies for delivering stem cells as a treatment for spinal cord injury. Cells Tissues Organs. 2015/2016 202 (1-2) 42-51. View Paper
Hippo signaling influences HNF4A and FOXA2 enhancer switching during hepatocyte differentiation
Alder O, Cullum R, Lee S, Kan AC, Wei W, Yi Y, Garside VC, Bilenky M, Griffith M, Morrissy AS, Robertson GA, Thiessen N, Zhao Y, Chen Q, Pan D, Jones SJ, Marra MA, Hoodless PA. Cell Rep. 2014 Oct 9;9(1):261-71.A View Paper
A new transcriptional role for matrix metalloproteinase-12 in antiviral immunity
Marchant DJ, Bellac CL, Moraes TJ, Wadsworth SJ, Dufour A, Butler GS,…,A Granville, DJ, Dive, V, McManus, BM, et al., Nat Med.A 2014 May;20(5):493-502. View abstact
Proteomic biomarkers of recovered heart function
Hollander Z, LazA?rovA? M, K Y Lam K, Ignaszewski A, Oudit GY, Dyck JRB,Schreiner G, Pauwels J, Chen V, Cohen Freue GV, Ng RT, Wilson-McManus JE, Balshaw R, Tebbutt SJ, McMaster RW, Keown PA, McManus BM,A NCE CECR PROOF Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF) Centre of Excellence. Eur J Heart Fail. 2014 May;16(5):551-9. View abstract