Gary Balian

Systemically administered mesenchymal stromal cells transduced with insulin-like growth factor-I localize to a fracture site and potentiate healing.

Transforming growth factor-beta in calcium alginate beads for the treatment of articular cartilage defects in the rabbit.

Transplanted bone marrow cells localize to fracture callus in a mouse model.

Repair of full-thickness cartilage defects in rabbit knees with free periosteal graft preincubated with transforming growth factor.

Tracing transduced cells in osteochondral defects.

Chondrocyte transplantation into articular cartilage defects with use of calcium alginate: the fate of the cells.

Lovastatin inhibits adipogenic and stimulates osteogenic differentiation by suppressing PPARgamma2 and increasing Cbfa1/Runx2 expression in bone marrow mesenchymal cell cultures.

A fibronectin fragment stimulates intervertebral disc degeneration in vivo.

Cotargeting tumor and stroma in a novel chimeric tumor model involving the growth of both human prostate cancer and bone stromal cells.

In vivo bioluminescent imaging of virus-mediated gene transfer and transduced cell transplantation in the intervertebral disc.

Steroid effects on osteogenesis through mesenchymal cell gene expression.

Semitendinosus regrowth: biochemical, ultrastructural, and physiological characterization of the regenerate tendon.

Collagen and proteoglycan abnormalities in the GDF-5-deficient mice and molecular changes when treating disk cells with recombinant growth factor.

A fibronectin fragment alters the metabolism by rabbit intervertebral disc cells in vitro.

A new method of selecting Schwann cells from adult mouse sciatic nerve.

Modulation of chondrocytic properties of fat-derived mesenchymal cells in co-cultures with nucleus pulposus.

BMP-14 deficiency inhibits long bone fracture healing: a biochemical, histologic, and radiographic assessment.

Demineralized bone matrix gelatin as scaffold for osteochondral tissue engineering.

Tendon tissue engineering and gene transfer: the future of surgical treatment.

Growth and differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5) stimulates osteogenic differentiation and increases vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in fat-derived stromal cells in vitro.

Alcohol-induced adipogenesis in a cloned bone-marrow stem cell.

Use of genetically engineered bone-marrow stem cells to treat femoral defects: an experimental study.

Osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stromal cells treated with GDF-5 cultured on a novel three-dimensional sintered microsphere matrix.

Recombinant growth/differentiation factor-5 stimulates osteogenic differentiation of fat-derived stromal cells in vitro.

Novel biodegradable poly(1,8-octanediol malate) for annulus fibrosus regeneration.

Mouse growth and differentiation factor-5 protein and DNA therapy potentiates intervertebral disc cell aggregation and chondrogenic gene expression.

Tendon: biology, biomechanics, repair, growth factors, and evolving treatment options.

Adenovirus-mediated expression of growth and differentiation factor-5 promotes chondrogenesis of adipose stem cells.

Receptor-mediated gene delivery using PAMAM dendrimers conjugated with peptides recognized by mesenchymal stem cells.

VEGF and BMP-6 enhance bone formation mediated by cloned mouse osteoprogenitor cells.

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells treated with growth differentiation factor-5 express tendon-specific markers.

Use of a bioactive scaffold for the repair of bone defects in a novel reproducible vertebral body defect model.

Growth differentiation factor-5 regulation of extracellular matrix gene expression in murine tendon fibroblasts.

Combined VEGF and LMP-1 delivery enhances osteoprogenitor cell differentiation and ectopic bone formation.

Growth/differentiation factor-5 modulates the synthesis and expression of extracellular matrix and cell-adhesion-related molecules of rat Achilles tendon fibroblasts.

Enhancement of matrix production and cell proliferation in human annulus cells under bioreactor culture.

The reaction of bone to tumor growth from human breast cancer cells in a rat spine single metastasis model.

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