Themis Kyriakides PhD, Dr.
Associate Professor of Pathology and of Biomedical Engineering
Departments & Organizations
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Pathology: Pathology Research | Kyriakides Lab
T32 Mentors
Research Interests
Angiogenesis; Extracellular matrix remodeling; Inflammation; Cell fusion; Wound healing; Foreign body response; Gene delivery; Biomaterials more...
Education
- Ph.D., Washington State University, 1993
Selected Publications
- Malik AF, Hoque R, Ouyang X, Ghani A, Hong E, Khan K, Moore LB, Ng G, Munro F, Flavell RA, Shi Y, Kyriakides TR, Mehal WZ. Inflammasome components Asc and caspase-1 mediate biomaterial-induced inflammation and foreign body response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 108(50):20095-100.
- MacLauchlan S, Yu J, Parrish M, Asoulin TA, Schleicher M, Krady MM, Zeng J, Huang PL, Sessa WC, Kyriakides TR. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase controls the expression of the angiogenesis inhibitor thrombospondin 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 108(46):E1137-45.
- Kyriakides T.R., MacLauchlan S. (2009) The role of thrombospondins in wound healing, ischemia, and the foreign body reaction. J. Cell Comm. Signal. 3: 215-25.
