2021
Epigallocatechin gallate facilitates extracellular elastin fiber formation in induced pluripotent stem cell derived vascular smooth muscle cells for tissue engineering
Ellis MW, Riaz M, Huang Y, Anderson CW, Luo J, Park J, Lopez CA, Batty LD, Gibson KH, Qyang Y. Epigallocatechin gallate facilitates extracellular elastin fiber formation in induced pluripotent stem cell derived vascular smooth muscle cells for tissue engineering. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2021, 163: 167-174. PMID: 34979103, PMCID: PMC8920537, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPluripotent stem cellsTissue engineeringStem cell derivativesPluripotent stem cell derivativesInduced pluripotent stem cellsStem cellsGraft productionMechanical strengthExtracellular formationExpression systemCell derivativesVascular smooth muscle cellsElastin fiber formationEngineered graftSmooth muscle cellsFiber formationNotable obstacleLack of elastinMuscle cellsEngineeringClinical applicationVascular graftsCell proliferative capacityElastin productionProliferative capacity
2015
Dictyostelium discoideum has a highly Q/N-rich proteome and shows an unusual resilience to protein aggregation
Malinovska L, Palm S, Gibson K, Verbavatz J, Alberti S. Dictyostelium discoideum has a highly Q/N-rich proteome and shows an unusual resilience to protein aggregation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: e2620-e2629. PMID: 25941378, PMCID: PMC4443358, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504459112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDictyosteliumElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingHumansHuntingtin ProteinMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, FluorescenceNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptide Termination FactorsPrionsProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProteomeProteostasis DeficienciesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsConceptsPrion-like proteinsD. discoideumMolecular chaperonesDictyostelium discoideumHuntingtin exon 1Yeast prion protein Sup35Prion-like domainsOverall aggregation propensityProtein-misfolding diseasesUbiquitin-proteasome systemPrion protein Sup35Rich proteomeHsp100 familyCellular proteostasisPrion stateCytosolic aggregatesSequence similarityPrion domainBioinformatics toolsProtein aggregationProteostatic capacityDiscoideumAggregation propensityProteomePrion protein
2014
Chapter 2 Fluorescing the Electron Strategies in Correlative Experimental Design
Gibson K, Vorkel D, Meissner J, Verbavatz J. Chapter 2 Fluorescing the Electron Strategies in Correlative Experimental Design. Methods In Cell Biology 2014, 124: 23-54. PMID: 25287835, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801075-4.00002-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research