Publications
Dynamic Electromechanical Hydrogel Matrices for Stem Cell Culture." Advanced Functional Materials 21, no. 1 (2011): 55-63.
"Engineered microenvironments for self-renewal and musculoskeletal differentiation of stem cells." Regen Med 6, no. 4 (2011): 505-524.
"Engineering the cell-material interface for controlling stem cell adhesion, migration, and differentiation." Biomaterials 32, no. 15 (2011): 3700-3711.
"Influence of physical properties of biomaterials on cellular behavior." Pharm Res 28, no. 6 (2011): 1422-1430.
"Method for decellularizing skeletal muscle without detergents or proteolytic enzymes." Tissue Eng Part C Methods 17, no. 4 (2011): 383-389.
"Oligo(trimethylene carbonate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-oligo(trimethylene carbonate) triblock-based hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering." Acta Biomater 7, no. 9 (2011): 3362-3369.
"Osteoarthritic chondrocyte-secreted morphogens induce chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells." Arthritis Rheum 63, no. 1 (2011): 148-158.
"Regulation of osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in PEG-ECM hydrogels." Cell and Tissue Research 344, no. 3 (2011): 499-509.
"Synthetic bio-actuators and their applications in biomedicine." Smart Structures and Systems 7, no. 3 (2011): 185-198.
"Engineering musculoskeletal tissues with human embryonic germ cell derivatives." Stem Cells 28, no. 4 (2010): 765-774.
"Heparin mimicking polymer promotes myogenic differentiation of muscle progenitor cells." Biomacromolecules 11, no. 12 (2010): 3294-3300.
"Interconnected macroporous poly(ethylene glycol) cryogels as a cell scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering." Tissue Eng Part A 16, no. 10 (2010): 3033-3041.
"Long-term human pluripotent stem cell self-renewal on synthetic polymer surfaces." Biomaterials 31, no. 34 (2010): 9135-9144.
"Nanotube surface triggers increased chondrocyte extracellular matrix production." Materials Science and Engineering: C 30, no. 4 (2010): 518-525.
"PEG/clay nanocomposite hydrogel: A mechanically robust tissue engineering scaffold." Soft Matter 6, no. 20 (2010): 5157-5164.
"Poly(ethylene glycol) cryogels as potential cell scaffolds: Effect of polymerization conditions on cryogel microstructure and properties." Journal of Materials Chemistry 20, no. 2 (2010): 345-351.
"Templated mineralization of synthetic hydrogels for bone-like composite materials: role of matrix hydrophobicity." Biomacromolecules 11, no. 8 (2010): 2060-2068.
"Embryonic germ cells are capable of adipogenic differentiation in vitro and in vivo." Tissue Engineering. Part A 15, no. 3 (2009): 479-486.
"Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and roles in regenerative medicine." Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med 1, no. 1 (2009): 97-106.
"A novel single precursor-based biodegradable hydrogel with enhanced mechanical properties." Soft Matter 5, no. 20 (2009): 3831-3834.
"Chondroitin sulfate based niches for chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells." Matrix Biology : Journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology 27, no. 1 (2008): 12-21.
"Controlled differentiation of stem cells." Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 60, no. 2 (2008): 199-214.
"Derivation of chondrogenically-committed cells from human embryonic cells for cartilage tissue regeneration." Plos One 3, no. 6 (2008).
"Enhanced chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells in collagen mimetic peptide-mediated microenvironment." Tissue Engineering. Part A 14, no. 11 (2008): 1843-1851.
"Enhanced chondrogenic differentiation of embryonic stem cells by coculture with hepatic cells." Stem Cells and Development 17, no. 3 (2008): 555-563.
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