2011
Tissue‐engineered vascular grafts form neovessels that arise from regeneration of the adjacent blood vessel
Hibino N, Villalona G, Pietris N, Duncan DR, Schoffner A, Roh JD, Yi T, Dobrucki LW, Mejias D, Sawh‐Martinez R, Harrington JK, Sinusas A, Krause DS, Kyriakides T, Saltzman WM, Pober JS, Shin'oka T, Breuer CK. Tissue‐engineered vascular grafts form neovessels that arise from regeneration of the adjacent blood vessel. The FASEB Journal 2011, 25: 2731-2739. PMID: 21566209, PMCID: PMC3136337, DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-182246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsSmooth muscle cellsAutologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsMarrow-derived mononuclear cellsMuscle cellsAnalogous mouse modelsAdjacent blood vesselsHuman bone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsMononuclear cellsClinical trialsMouse recipientsImmunodeficient miceComposite graftMouse modelBone marrowMacrophage invasionCell originChimeric hostGraftBlood vesselsHost cell originHost macrophagesNeovessel formationVessel wallNeovesselsActivation of autophagy in mesenchymal stem cells provides tumor stromal support
Sanchez CG, Penfornis P, Oskowitz AZ, Boonjindasup AG, Cai DZ, Dhule SS, Rowan BG, Kelekar A, Krause DS, Pochampally RR. Activation of autophagy in mesenchymal stem cells provides tumor stromal support. Carcinogenesis 2011, 32: 964-972. PMID: 21317300, PMCID: PMC3128555, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSD-MSCsStromal cellsMesenchymal stem cellsMultipotential mesenchymal stem cellsMCF-7 tumor growthBreast cancer cell proliferationStem cellsVivo tumor xenograftsMCF-7 breast cancer cellsCancer cell proliferationSolid tumor survivalBreast cancer cellsBeclin-1 stainingActivation of autophagyAnti-apoptotic factorsTime-dependent increaseUpregulation of autophagySolid tumor microenvironmentBreast cancerImmunodeficient miceTumor xenograftsSolid tumorsTumor growthParacrine factorsSurvival mechanism
2001
Xenotransplantation of immunodeficient mice with mobilized human blood CD34+ cells provides an in vivo model for human megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production
Perez L, Rinder H, Wang C, Tracey J, Maun N, Krause D. Xenotransplantation of immunodeficient mice with mobilized human blood CD34+ cells provides an in vivo model for human megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production. Blood 2001, 97: 1635-1643. PMID: 11238102, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.6.1635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood stem cellsHuman peripheral blood stem cellsPlatelet productionVivo modelStudy of megakaryocytopoiesisCFU-MKHuman megakaryocytopoiesisImmunodeficient miceBone marrowHuman plateletsExogenous cytokinesNOD/SCID miceHuman hematopoiesisBlood stem cellsHuman cell engraftmentPlatelet developmentNonobese diabetic/Lymphoid lineageStem cellsHuman blood CD34MegakaryocytopoiesisPeripheral bloodCytokine stimulationMurine recipientsThrombin stimulation