Publications

Hwang, Yongsung, Samuel Suk, Yu-Ru Vernon Shih, Timothy Seo, Bin Du, Yun Xie, Ziyang Li, and Shyni Varghese. “WNT3A promotes myogenesis of human embryonic stem cells and enhances in vivo engraftment.” Sci Rep 4 (August 1, 2014): 5916. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05916.

Caro-Diaz, E. J. E., A. Aung, J. Xu, S. Varghese, and E. A. Theodorakis. “Fusarisetins: structure-function studies on a novel class of cell migration inhibitors.” Organic Chemistry Frontiers 1, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 135–39. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3qo00067b.

Shih, Yu-Ru V., YongSung Hwang, Ameya Phadke, Heemin Kang, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Eduardo J. Caro, Steven Nguyen, et al. “Calcium phosphate-bearing matrices induce osteogenic differentiation of stem cells through adenosine signaling.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111, no. 3 (January 21, 2014): 990–95. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1321717111.

Lim, H. L., Y. Hwang, M. Kar, and S. Varghese. “Smart hydrogels as functional biomimetic systems.” Biomaterials Science 2, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 603–18. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3bm60288e.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, H Janice Lee, Zijun Zhang, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Biomaterials directed in vivo osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells.” Tissue Eng Part A 19, no. 15–16 (August 2013): 1723–32. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.TEA.2013.0064.

Phadke, Ameya, YongSung Hwang, Su Hee Kim, Soo Hyun Kim, Tomonori Yamaguchi, Koichi Masuda, and Shyni Varghese. “Effect of scaffold microarchitecture on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells.” Eur Cell Mater 25 (January 18, 2013): 114–29. https://doi.org/10.22203/ecm.v025a08.

Aung, A., and S. Varghese. “Traction stress as a modulator for protease dependent invasion of cancer cells.” In Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future, 847–48, 2013.

Castro-Ceseña, A. B., E. E. Novitskaya, A. Phadke, S. Varghese, and J. McKittrick. “Isolation of collagen from cortical bovine bone for preparation of porous collagen sponges.” In Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 5:73–78, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4427-5_11.

Chang, Chien-Wen, Yongsung Hwang, Dave Brafman, Thomas Hagan, Catherine Phung, and Shyni Varghese. “Engineering cell-material interfaces for long-term expansion of human pluripotent stem cells.” Biomaterials 34, no. 4 (January 2013): 912–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.10.020.

Hwang, Yongsung, Samuel Suk, Susan Lin, Matthew Tierney, Bin Du, Timothy Seo, Aaron Mitchell, Alessandra Sacco, and Shyni Varghese. “Directed in vitro myogenesis of human embryonic stem cells and their in vivo engraftment.” PLoS One 8, no. 8 (2013): e72023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072023.

Nguyen, Quynhhoa T., Yongsung Hwang, Albert C. Chen, Shyni Varghese, and Robert L. Sah. “Cartilage-like mechanical properties of poly (ethylene glycol)-diacrylate hydrogels.” Biomaterials 33, no. 28 (October 2012): 6682–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.06.005.

Phadke, Ameya, Yu-Ru V. Shih, and Shyni Varghese. “Mineralized synthetic matrices as an instructive microenvironment for osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells.” Macromol Biosci 12, no. 8 (August 2012): 1022–32. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201100289.

Varghese, S., and C. Jamora. “Hydrogels: A versatile tool with a myriad of biomedical and research applications for the skin.” Expert Review of Dermatology 7, no. 4 (August 1, 2012): 315–17. https://doi.org/10.1586/edm.12.28.

Soman, Pranav, Jin Woo Lee, Ameya Phadke, Shyni Varghese, and Shaochen Chen. “Spatial tuning of negative and positive Poisson's ratio in a multi-layer scaffold.” Acta Biomater 8, no. 7 (July 2012): 2587–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2012.03.035.

Soman, P., D. Y. Fozdar, J. W. Lee, A. Phadke, S. Varghese, and S. Chen. “A three-dimensional polymer scaffolding material exhibiting a zero Poisson's ratio.” Soft Matter 8, no. 18 (May 14, 2012): 4946–51. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm07354d.

Phadke, Ameya, Chao Zhang, Bedri Arman, Cheng-Chih Hsu, Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Ashish K. Lele, Michael J. Tauber, Gaurav Arya, and Shyni Varghese. “Rapid self-healing hydrogels.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109, no. 12 (March 20, 2012): 4383–88. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1201122109.

Varghese, S., and A. J. Engler. “Musculoskeletal cell mechanics.” In Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 301–23, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1201/b13733.

Sangaj, N., and S. Varghese. “Controlling stem cells with biomaterials.” In Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications: A Review of the Past and Future Trends, 511–38, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0385-2_18.

Zhang, Chao, Nivedita Sangaj, Yongsung Hwang, Ameya Phadke, Chien-Wen Chang, and Shyni Varghese. “Oligo(trimethylene carbonate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-oligo(trimethylene carbonate) triblock-based hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering.” Acta Biomater 7, no. 9 (September 2011): 3362–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2011.05.024.

Hwang, Yongsung, Ameya Phadke, and Shyni Varghese. “Engineered microenvironments for self-renewal and musculoskeletal differentiation of stem cells.” Regen Med 6, no. 4 (July 2011): 505–24. https://doi.org/10.2217/rme.11.38.

Lin, Susan, Nivedita Sangaj, Tojo Razafiarison, Chao Zhang, and Shyni Varghese. “Influence of physical properties of biomaterials on cellular behavior.” Pharm Res 28, no. 6 (June 2011): 1422–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-011-0378-9.

Ayala, Ramses, Chao Zhang, Darren Yang, Yongsung Hwang, Aereas Aung, Sumeet S. Shroff, Fernando T. Arce, Ratnesh Lal, Gaurav Arya, and Shyni Varghese. “Engineering the cell-material interface for controlling stem cell adhesion, migration, and differentiation.” Biomaterials 32, no. 15 (May 2011): 3700–3711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.02.004.

Gillies, Allison R., Lucas R. Smith, Richard L. Lieber, and Shyni Varghese. “Method for decellularizing skeletal muscle without detergents or proteolytic enzymes.” Tissue Eng Part C Methods 17, no. 4 (April 2011): 383–89. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.TEC.2010.0438.

Lim, Han L., Jessica C. Chuang, Tuan Tran, Aereas Aung, Gaurav Arya, and Shyni Varghese. “Dynamic Electromechanical Hydrogel Matrices for Stem Cell Culture.” Adv Funct Mater 21, no. 1 (January 7, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201001519.

Neiman, V. J., and S. Varghese. “Synthetic bio-actuators and their applications in biomedicine.” Smart Structures and Systems 7, no. 3 (January 1, 2011): 185–98. https://doi.org/10.12989/sss.2011.7.3.185.