Department of Surgery,
Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute,
Biomedical Imaging Research Institute
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The effect of compressive axial preload on the flexibility of the thoracolumbar spine.
Spine May, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15105669
Vibrational testing of trabecular bone architectures using rapid prototype models.
Medical engineering & physics Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 18555727
The use of a synthetic oxygen carrier-enriched hydrogel to enhance mesenchymal stem cell-based bone formation in vivo.
Biomaterials Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19540585
Genetically modified mesenchymal stem cells induce mechanically stable posterior spine fusion.
Tissue engineering. Part A Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20618082
Targeted gene-and-host progenitor cell therapy for nonunion bone fracture repair.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 20859259
Microcomputed tomography-based structural analysis of various bone tissue regeneration models.
Nature protocols Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21212786
Premature adjacent vertebral fracture after vertebroplasty: a biomechanical study.
Neurosurgery Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21499145
Gene-modified adult stem cells regenerate vertebral bone defect in a rat model.
Molecular pharmaceutics Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21834548
Innate immune dysfunctions in aged mice facilitate the systemic dissemination of methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
PloS one , 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22844481
Nucleus pulposus degeneration alters properties of resident progenitor cells.
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23578990
Transient overexpression of Pparγ2 and C/ebpα in mesenchymal stem cells induces brown adipose tissue formation.
Regenerative medicine May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23627824
Lumbar facet joint and intervertebral disc loading during simulated pelvic obliquity.
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23706384
Reliable chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging of human lumbar intervertebral discs using reduced-field-of-view turbo spin echo at 3.0 T.
NMR in biomedicine Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23893565
Real-time bioluminescence functional imaging for monitoring tissue formation and regeneration.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23929106
PTH promotes allograft integration in a calvarial bone defect.
Molecular pharmaceutics Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24131143
Detection of low back pain using pH level-dependent imaging of the intervertebral disc using the ratio of R1ρ dispersion and -OH chemical exchange saturation transfer (RROC).
Magnetic resonance in medicine Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 24700573
Isolation and characterization of mesenchymal stromal progenitors from the temporomandibular joint disc.
Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine Jul, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26193866
PTH induces systemically administered mesenchymal stem cells to migrate to and regenerate spine injuries.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy Nov, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26585691
Multiparameter evaluation of in vivo gene delivery using ultrasound-guided, microbubble-enhanced sonoporation.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society Dec, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26682505
BMP6-Engineered MSCs Induce Vertebral Bone Repair in a Pig Model: A Pilot Study.
Stem cells international , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26770211
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Differentiate Into Functional Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Repair Bone Defects.
Stem cells translational medicine Nov, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27400789
Quantitative chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI of intervertebral disc in a porcine model.
Magnetic resonance in medicine Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27670140
Systemic administration of mesenchymal stem cells combined with parathyroid hormone therapy synergistically regenerates multiple rib fractures.
Stem cell research & therapy Mar, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28279202
In situ bone tissue engineering via ultrasound-mediated gene delivery to endogenous progenitor cells in mini-pigs.
Science translational medicine May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28515335
Galina Shapiro1,
Maxim Bez1,
Wafa Tawackoli2,3,4,
Zulma Gazit1,2,3,5,
Dan Gazit1,2,3,4,5,
Gadi Pelled1,2,3,4
1Skeletal Biotech Laboratory, Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine,
2Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
3Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
4Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
5Department of Orthopedics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center