2008
Engineering angiogenesis following spinal cord injury: a coculture of neural progenitor and endothelial cells in a degradable polymer implant leads to an increase in vessel density and formation of the blood–spinal cord barrier
Rauch MF, Hynes SR, Bertram J, Redmond A, Robinson R, Williams C, Xu H, Madri JA, Lavik EB. Engineering angiogenesis following spinal cord injury: a coculture of neural progenitor and endothelial cells in a degradable polymer implant leads to an increase in vessel density and formation of the blood–spinal cord barrier. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2008, 29: 132-145. PMID: 19120441, PMCID: PMC2764251, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06567.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbsorbable ImplantsAnimalsBlood VesselsBlood-Brain BarrierCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsFemaleGlycolatesHydrogelsLactic AcidMicrocirculationNeovascularization, PhysiologicPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRats, TransgenicSpinal CordSpinal Cord InjuriesStem Cell TransplantationTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsTreatment OutcomeConceptsBlood-spinal cord barrierSpinal cord injuryCord injuryNeural progenitor cellsEndothelial cellsPositive stainingRat hemisection modelEndothelial barrier antigenFunctional vesselsRole of angiogenesisInjury epicenterSimilar coculturesSpinal cordNPC groupHemisection modelEC groupVessel densityLesion controlInjuryNeural regenerationProgenitor cellsAngiogenesisNeural progenitorsSubcutaneous modelCoculture
2007
Modeling the neurovascular niche: Murine strain differences mimic the range of responses to chronic hypoxia in the premature newborn
Li Q, Michaud M, Stewart W, Schwartz M, Madri JA. Modeling the neurovascular niche: Murine strain differences mimic the range of responses to chronic hypoxia in the premature newborn. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 2007, 86: 1227-1242. PMID: 18092360, PMCID: PMC2644407, DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornApoptosisBlotting, WesternBrainCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalGene ExpressionHematopoiesis, ExtramedullaryHumansHypoxia, BrainImmunohistochemistryImmunoprecipitationInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNitric OxideStem CellsConceptsNeural progenitor cellsChronic hypoxiaSubventricular zonePreterm birth resultsLow baseline levelsHypoxia-induced levelsNeurogenic responseNeurovascular nicheHypoxic insultBlunted responseBirth resultsC57BL/6 pupsBaseline levelsMotor disabilityMouse strainsGrowth factorVariable recoveryHypoxiaProgenitor cellsPupsRecent evidenceSignificant cognitiveHypoxicApoptotic responseResponse
2006
PECAM‐1: a multi‐faceted regulator of megakaryocytopoiesis
Wu Y, Madri J. PECAM‐1: a multi‐faceted regulator of megakaryocytopoiesis. The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a633-a633. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a633-c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNull animalsMulti-faceted regulatorAltered localizationActin filament organizationProgenitor cellsDifferentiation of megakaryocytesCommitted progenitor cellsEndothelial cell monolayersQuiescent G0 phaseHematopoietic stem cellsSHP-2Progenitor populationsMarrow progenitor cellsSHP-1Filament organizationPECAM-1Mature megakaryocytesCell monolayersFGF-4Colony formation potentialStem cellsAbnormal megakaryocytopoiesisMegakaryocyte adhesionG0 phaseLSK population