Year: 2013

CCMB Associate Professor Stephen Yen has recently been awarded a U01 grant from the National Institutes of Health entitled “Clinical effectiveness of late maxillary protraction for cleft lip and palate.”…Continue Reading Yen receives grant from the NIH

Modulation of lipid metabolic defects rescues cleft palate in Tgfbr2 mutant mice. Iwata J, Suzuki A, Pelikan RC, Ho T, Sanchez-Lara PA, Chai Y. (2013) Human Molecular Genetics, forthcoming….Continue Reading New article: Modulation of lipid metabolic defects rescues cleft palate in Tgfbr2 mutant mice

IFN-γ and TNF-α Synergistically Induce Mesenchymal Stem Cell Impairment and Tumorigenesis via NFκB Signaling. Wang L, Zhao Y, Liu Y, Akiyama K, Chen C, Qu C, Jin Y, Shi S. (2013) Stem Cells doi: 10.1002/stem.1388…Continue Reading New article: IFN-γ and TNF-α Synergistically Induce Mesenchymal Stem Cell Impairment and Tumorigenesis via NFκB Signaling.

Co-encapsulation of anti-BMP2 monoclonal antibody and mesenchymal stem cells in alginate microspheres for bone tissue engineering. Moshaverinia A, Ansari S, Chen C, Xu X, Akiyama K, Snead ML, Zadeh HH, Shi S. (2013) Biomaterials 34(3): 6572-6579….Continue Reading New article: Co-encapsulation of anti-BMP2 monoclonal antibody and mesenchymal stem cells in alginate microspheres for bone tissue engineering

Amelogenin-chitosan matrix promotes assembly of an enamel-like layer with a dense interface. Ruan Q, Zhang Y, Yang X, Nutt S, Moradian-Oldak J. (2013) Acta Biomaterialia 9(7): 7289-97….Continue Reading New article: Amelogenin-chitosan matrix promotes assembly of an enamel-like layer with a dense interface

The role of bioactive nanofibers in enamel regeneration mediated through integrin signals acting upon C/EBPα and c-Jun. Huang Z, Newcomb CJ, Zhou Y, Lei YP, Bringas P Jr, Stupp SI, Snead ML. Biomaterials. 2013 Apr;34(13):3303-14. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.01.054….Continue Reading New article: The role of bioactive nanofibers in enamel regeneration mediated through integrin signals acting upon C/EBPα and c-Jun.

CCMB Assistant Professor Ruchi Bajpai has recently been awarded an institutional research grant from the American Cancer Society for a research project entitled “An epigenetic approach to identify regulatory circuitry for determining diagnostic and prognostic targets for neuroblastomas.”…Continue Reading Bajpai wins grant from the American Cancer Society

Smad4-Irf6 genetic interaction and TGFB-mediated IRF6 signaling cascade are crucial for palatal fusion in mice. Iwata J, Suzuki A, Pelikan RC, Ho TV, Sanchez-Lara PA, Urata M, Dixon MJ, Chai Y. (2013) Development 140(6): 1220-30….Continue Reading New Article: Smad4-Irf6 genetic interaction and TGFB-mediated IRF6 signaling cascade are crucial for palatal fusion in mice