2019
Epac agonist improves barrier function in iPSC-derived endothelial colony forming cells for whole organ tissue engineering
Yuan Y, Engler AJ, Raredon MS, Le A, Baevova P, Yoder MC, Niklason LE. Epac agonist improves barrier function in iPSC-derived endothelial colony forming cells for whole organ tissue engineering. Biomaterials 2019, 200: 25-34. PMID: 30754017, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Bioengineered lungs generated from human iPSCs‐derived epithelial cells on native extracellular matrix
Ghaedi M, Le AV, Hatachi G, Beloiartsev A, Rocco K, Sivarapatna A, Mendez JJ, Baevova P, Dyal RN, Leiby KL, White ES, Niklason LE. Bioengineered lungs generated from human iPSCs‐derived epithelial cells on native extracellular matrix. Journal Of Tissue Engineering And Regenerative Medicine 2017, 12: e1623-e1635. PMID: 29024475, PMCID: PMC5991621, DOI: 10.1002/term.2589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial progenitor cellsProgenitor cellsStem cellsEpithelial cellsLung progenitor cellsLung epithelial cellsHuman lungHuman-derived cellsReliable cell sourceNative extracellular matrixEarly stepsExtracellular matrixRat lungImportant early stepHuman iPSCLung regenerationLung tissue regenerationHuman lung tissueIPSCsLung scaffoldsCell sourceCellsEpithelial markersLung transplantationTissue regeneration
2016
Comparative biology of decellularized lung matrix: Implications of species mismatch in regenerative medicine
Balestrini JL, Gard AL, Gerhold KA, Wilcox EC, Liu A, Schwan J, Le AV, Baevova P, Dimitrievska S, Zhao L, Sundaram S, Sun H, Rittié L, Dyal R, Broekelmann TJ, Mecham RP, Schwartz MA, Niklason LE, White ES. Comparative biology of decellularized lung matrix: Implications of species mismatch in regenerative medicine. Biomaterials 2016, 102: 220-230. PMID: 27344365, PMCID: PMC4939101, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.06.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman endothelial cellsCell-matrix interactionsLung regenerationEndothelial cellsKey matrix proteinsComparative biologyCell adhesion moleculeMatrix proteinsLung extracellular matrixCell healthExtracellular matrixResidual DNASpecies mismatchRat lung scaffoldsRegenerative medicineAdhesion moleculesLung scaffoldsPrimate tissuesCellsVascular cell adhesion moleculeLung engineeringLung matrixLess expressionPulmonary cellsProfound effect