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  1. Wilson CW, Nishimuta JN, Levenston ME. Chondrocytes and meniscal fibrochondrocytes differentially process aggrecan during de novo extracellular matrix assembly. Tissue Eng, in press, 2008.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Wu, X., Levenston, M.E. and Chaikof, E.L. A constitutive model for protein-based materials. Biomaterials, 27:5315-25, 2006.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Brodkin, K.B., García, A.J. and Levenston, M.E. Chondrocyte phenotypes on different extracellular matrix monolayers. Biomaterials, 25:5929-38, 2004.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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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