2017
A hidden structural vulnerability in the thrombospondin-2 deficient aorta increases the propensity to intramural delamination
Bellini C, Kristofik NJ, Bersi MR, Kyriakides TR, Humphrey JD. A hidden structural vulnerability in the thrombospondin-2 deficient aorta increases the propensity to intramural delamination. Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials 2017, 71: 397-406. PMID: 28412645, PMCID: PMC8344363, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.01.045.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Impaired von Willebrand factor adhesion and platelet response in thrombospondin-2 knockout mice
Kristofik N, Calabro NE, Tian W, Meng A, MacLauchlan S, Wang Y, Breuer CK, Tellides G, Niklason LE, Kyriakides TR. Impaired von Willebrand factor adhesion and platelet response in thrombospondin-2 knockout mice. Blood 2016, 128: 1642-1650. PMID: 27471233, PMCID: PMC5034742, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-03-702845.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Engineering Cellular Response Using Nanopatterned Bulk Metallic Glass
Padmanabhan J, Kinser ER, Stalter MA, Duncan-Lewis C, Balestrini JL, Sawyer AJ, Schroers J, Kyriakides TR. Engineering Cellular Response Using Nanopatterned Bulk Metallic Glass. ACS Nano 2014, 8: 4366-4375. PMID: 24724817, PMCID: PMC4046793, DOI: 10.1021/nn501874q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsBiomechanical PhenomenaCell AdhesionCell SurvivalCollagenCytoskeletonFibroblastsFibronectinsForeign-Body ReactionGlassGTP PhosphohydrolasesHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHumansMetalsMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceNanostructuresNanotechnologyNIH 3T3 CellsProtein EngineeringRhoA GTP-Binding ProteinConceptsBulk metallic glassCellular responsesFeature sizeMetallic glassesFocal adhesion densityCell traction forcesCytoskeletal remodelingFIB-SEM techniqueSubstrate stiffnessBiomechanical cuesThermoplastic formingMolecular pathwaysCell typesVersatile fabricationNondimensional analysisSubstrate nanotopographyCellular morphologyCell morphologyBiocompatible materialsCell functionForeign body responseNanoscale precisionCell sizeTissue repairFibroblasts
2000
Matricellular Proteins as Modulators of Cell–Matrix Interactions: Adhesive Defect in Thrombospondin 2-null Fibroblasts is a Consequence of Increased Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2
Yang Z, Kyriakides T, Bornstein P. Matricellular Proteins as Modulators of Cell–Matrix Interactions: Adhesive Defect in Thrombospondin 2-null Fibroblasts is a Consequence of Increased Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2000, 11: 3353-3364. PMID: 11029041, PMCID: PMC14997, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.10.3353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-matrix interactionsAbnormal cell-matrix interactionsWild-type cellsTSP2-null miceAdhesive defectsComplex phenotypesCell spreadingMolecular mechanismsMutant fibroblastsProtein resultsMatrix proteinsStable transfectionMatrix metalloproteinasesMetalloproteinase-2Matricellular proteinAltered expressionTHBS2 geneNull miceAffinity chromatographyGelatinolytic assaysThrombospondin-2TSP2Matrix metalloproteinase-2FibroblastsLevels of MMP2
1998
Mice That Lack Thrombospondin 2 Display Connective Tissue Abnormalities That Are Associated with Disordered Collagen Fibrillogenesis, an Increased Vascular Density, and a Bleeding Diathesis
Kyriakides T, Zhu Y, Smith L, Bain S, Yang Z, Lin M, Danielson K, Iozzo R, LaMarca M, McKinney C, Ginns E, Bornstein P. Mice That Lack Thrombospondin 2 Display Connective Tissue Abnormalities That Are Associated with Disordered Collagen Fibrillogenesis, an Increased Vascular Density, and a Bleeding Diathesis. Journal Of Cell Biology 1998, 140: 419-430. PMID: 9442117, PMCID: PMC2132586, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.2.419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTSP2-null miceEmbryonic stem cellsCollagen fibrillogenesisGenetic disorder resultsCell surface propertiesHomologous recombinationExtracellular proteinsMutant animalsBlastocyst injectionAppropriate breedingStructural roleMendelian frequencyMouse tissuesMesenchymal cellsStem cellsUnusual phenotypeCell functionMutant miceThrombospondin-2TSP2Von Willebrand factorSkin fibroblastsConnective tissue abnormalitiesLarge fibrilsWillebrand factor