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From Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory
Publications
- Wilson CW, Nishimuta JN, Levenston ME. Chondrocytes and meniscal fibrochondrocytes differentially process aggrecan during de novo extracellular matrix assembly. Tissue Eng, in press, 2008.
- Xie L, Lin AS, Levenston ME, Guldberg RE. Quantitative assessment of articular cartilage morphology via EPIC-muCT. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Mar;17(3):313-20.
- Sun W, Chaikof EL, Levenston ME. Numerical approximation of tangent moduli for finite element implementations of nonlinear hyperelastic material models. J Biomech Eng. 2008 Dec;130(6):061003.
- Sitterle VB, Sun W, Levenston ME. A modified lap test to more accurately estimate interfacial shear strength for bonded tissues. J Biomech. 2008 Nov 14;41(15):3260-4.
- Guldberg RE, Duvall CL, Peister A, Oest ME, Lin AS, Palmer AW, Levenston ME. 3D imaging of tissue integration with porous biomaterials. Biomaterials, 29(28):3757-61, 2008.
- Connelly JT, García AJ, Levenston ME. Interactions between integrin ligand density and cytoskeletal integrity regulate BMSC chondrogenesis. J Cell Physiol, 217(1):145-54, 2008.
- Vanderploeg EJ, Wilson CG, Levenston ME. Articular chondrocytes derived from distinct tissue zones differentially respond to in vitro oscillatory tensile loading. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 16(10):1228-36, 2008.
- Connelly JT, Wilson CG, Levenston ME. Characterization of proteoglycan production and processing by chondrocytes and BMSCs in tissue engineered constructs. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 16(9):1092-100, 2008.
- Mouw JK, Connelly JT, Wilson CG, Michael KE, Levenston ME. Dynamic compression regulates the expression and synthesis of chondrocyte-specific matrix molecules in bone marrow stromal cells. Stem Cells, 25(3):655-663,2007.
- Wilson CG, Palmer AW, Zuo F, Eugui E, Wilson S, Mackenzie R, Sandy JD, Levenston ME. Selective and non-selective metalloproteinase inhibitors reduce IL-1-induced cartilage degradation and loss of mechanical properties. Matrix Biology, 26(4):259-268, 2007.
- Mouw, J.K., Imler, S.M. and Levenston, M.E. Ion-channel regulation of chondrocyte matrix synthesis in 3D culture under static and dynamic compression. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 6:33-41, 2007.
- Connelly, J.T., García, A.J. and Levenston, M.E. Inhibition of in vitro chondrogenesis in RGD-modified three-dimensional alginate gels. Biomaterials, 28:1071-83, 2007.
- Palmer, A.W., Guldberg, R.E. and Levenston, M.E. Analysis of cartilage matrix fixed charge density and three-dimensional morphology via contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 103:19255-60, 2006.
- Wu, X., Levenston, M.E. and Chaikof, E.L. A constitutive model for protein-based materials. Biomaterials, 27:5315-25, 2006.
- Bae, W.C., Lewis, C.W., Levenston, M.E. and Sah, R.L. Indentation testing of human articular cartilage: effects of probe tip geometry and indentation depth on intra-tissue strain. Journal of Biomechanics, 39:1039-47, 2006.
- Lee, H., Bellamkonda, R.V., Sun, W. and Levenston, M.E. Biomechanical analysis of the effects of neuro-integrative coatings on silicon microelectrode induced strain in the brain. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2:81-9, 2005.
- Wu, X.Y., Sallach, R., Haller, C., Conticello, V.P., Levenston, M.E. and Chaikof, E.L. Alterations in physical cross-linking modulate mechanical properties of two-phase protein polymer networks. Biomacromolecules, 6:3037-44, 2005.
- Mouw, J.K., Case, N.D., Guldberg, R.E., Plaas, A.H.K. and Levenston, M.E. Variations in matrix composition and GAG fine structure among scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 13:828-36, 2005.
- Vanderploeg, E.J., Imler, S.M., Brodkin, K.R., García, A.J. and Levenston, M.E. Oscillatory tension differentially modulates matrix metabolism and cytoskeletal organization in chondrocytes and fibrochondrocytes. Journal of Biomechanics, 37:1941-42, 2004.
- Imler, S.M., Doshi, A.N. and Levenston, M.E. Combined effects of anabolic cytokines and static mechanical compression on meniscal explant biosynthesis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 12:736-44, 2004.
- Connelly, J.C., Vanderploeg, E.J. and Levenston, M.E. The influence of cyclic tension amplitude on chondrocyte matrix synthesis: experimental and finite element analyses. Biorheology, 41:377-87, 2004.
- Hunter, C.J. and Levenston, M.E. Maturation and integration of different tissue engineered cartilages within an in vitro defect repair model. Tissue Engineering, 10:736-46, 2004.
- Brodkin, K.B., García, A.J. and Levenston, M.E. Chondrocyte phenotypes on different extracellular matrix monolayers. Biomaterials, 25:5929-38, 2004.
- Hunter, C.J., Mouw, J.K. and Levenston, M.E. Dynamic compression of chondrocyte-seeded fibrin gels: effects on matrix accumulation and mechanical stiffness. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 12:117-30, 2004.
- Hunter, C.J. and Levenston, M.E. The influence of repair tissue maturation on the response to oscillatory compression in a cartilage defect repair model. Biorheology, 39:79-88, 2002.
- Hunter, C.J., Malaviya, P., Nerem, R.M. and Levenston, M.E. Static compression inhibits gene expression and extracellular matrix synthesis by chondrocytes cultured in collagen-I gels. Biomaterials, 23:1249-59, 2002.
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