Publications

Lee, H Janice, Christopher Yu, Thanissara Chansakul, Shyni Varghese, Nathaniel S. Hwang, and Jennifer H. Elisseeff. “Enhanced chondrogenic differentiation of embryonic stem cells by coculture with hepatic cells.” Stem Cells Dev 17, no. 3 (June 2008): 555–63. https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2007.0177.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Controlled differentiation of stem cells.” Adv Drug Deliv Rev 60, no. 2 (January 14, 2008): 199–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2007.08.036.

Varghese, Shyni, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Adam C. Canver, Parnduangji Theprungsirikul, Debora W. Lin, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Chondroitin sulfate based niches for chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.” Matrix Biol 27, no. 1 (January 2008): 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2007.07.002.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, H Janice Lee, Parnduangjai Theprungsirikul, Adam Canver, Blanka Sharma, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Response of zonal chondrocytes to extracellular matrix-hydrogels.” FEBS Lett 581, no. 22 (September 4, 2007): 4172–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2007.07.049.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, Christopher Puleo, Zijun Zhang, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Morphogenetic signals from chondrocytes promote chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.” J Cell Physiol 212, no. 2 (August 2007): 281–84. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.21052.

Wang, Dong-An, Shyni Varghese, Blanka Sharma, Iossif Strehin, Sara Fermanian, Justin Gorham, D Howard Fairbrother, Brett Cascio, and Jennifer H. Elisseeff. “Multifunctional chondroitin sulphate for cartilage tissue-biomaterial integration.” Nat Mater 6, no. 5 (May 2007): 385–92. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1890.

Varghese, S., P. Theprungsirikul, S. Sahani, N. Hwang, K. J. Yarema, and J. H. Elisseeff. “Glucosamine modulates chondrocyte proliferation, matrix synthesis, and gene expression.” Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15, no. 1 (January 2007): 59–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2006.06.008.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Cartilage tissue engineering: Directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells in three-dimensional hydrogel culture.” Methods Mol Biol 407 (2007): 351–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-536-7_24.

Varghese, S., and J. H. Elisseeff. Hydrogels for musculoskeletal tissue engineering. Vol. 203, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_072.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, Parnduangjai Theprungsirikul, Adam Canver, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Enhanced chondrogenic differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells in hydrogels with glucosamine.” Biomaterials 27, no. 36 (December 2006): 6015–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.06.033.

Hwang, Nathaniel S., Shyni Varghese, Zijun Zhang, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Chondrogenic differentiation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cells in arginine-glycine-aspartate-modified hydrogels.” Tissue Eng 12, no. 9 (September 2006): 2695–2706. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.2006.12.2695.

Elisseeff, J., A. Ferran, S. Hwang, S. Varghese, and Z. Zhang. “The role of biomaterials in stem cell differentiation: applications in the musculoskeletal system.” Stem Cells Dev 15, no. 3 (June 2006): 295–303. https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2006.15.295.

Varghese, S., A. Lele, and R. Mashelkar. “Metal-ion-mediated healing of gels.” Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 44, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 666–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.21177.

Varghese, Shyni, Paranduangji Theprungsirikul, Angela Ferran, Nathaniel Hwang, Adam Canver, and Jennifer Elisseeff. “Chondrogenic differentiation of human embryonic germ cell derived cells in hydrogels.” Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2006 (2006): 2643–46. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259710.

Varghese, S., A. K. Lele, D. Srinivas, M. Sastry, and R. A. Mashelkar. “Novel macroscopic self-organization in polymer gels.” Advanced Materials 13, no. 20 (October 16, 2001): 1544–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(200110)13:203.0.CO;2-F.

Varghese, S., A. K. Lele, D. Srinivas, and R. A. Mashelkar. “Role of hydrophobicity on structure of polymer-metal complexes.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105, no. 23 (June 14, 2001): 5368–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp002310+.

Varghese, S., A. K. Lele, and R. A. Mashelkar. “Designing new thermoreversible gels by molecular tailoring of hydrophilic-hydrophobic interactions.” Journal of Chemical Physics 112, no. 6 (February 8, 2000): 3063–70. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.480881.

Varghese, S., A. K. Lele, D. Srinivas, and R. A. Mashelkar. “Effect of Polymer-Metal Complexation on the Phase Transition of Thermoreversible Copolymer Gels.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 103, no. 44 (November 4, 1999): 9530–32. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp992510p.

Badiger, M. V., A. K. Lele, V. S. Bhalerao, S. Varghese, and R. A. Mashelkar. “Molecular tailoring of thermoreversible copolymer gels: Some new mechanistic insights.” Journal of Chemical Physics 109, no. 3 (December 1, 1998): 1175–84. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.476663.

Bhalerao, V. S., S. Varghese, A. K. Lele, and M. V. Badiger. “Thermoreversible hydrogel based on radiation induced copolymerisation of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) and poly(ethylene oxide) †.” Polymer 39, no. 11 (January 1, 1998): 2255–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-3861(97)00502-8.