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Islet grafting and imaging in a bioengineered intramuscular space.

Witkowski P, Sondermeijer H, Hardy MA, Woodland DC, Lee K, Bhagat G, Witkowski K, See F, Rana A, Maffei A, Itescu S, Harris PE.

Transplantation. 2009 Nov 15;88(9):1065-74.PMID: 19898201 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Mesenchymal cell transplantation and myocardial remodeling after myocardial infarction.

Dixon JA, Gorman RC, Stroud RE, Bouges S, Hirotsugu H, Gorman JH 3rd, Martens TP, Itescu S, Schuster MD, Plappert T, St John-Sutton MG, Spinale FG.

Circulation. 2009 Sep 15;120(11 Suppl):S220-9.PMID: 19752372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alloantibodies in heart transplantation.

Ho EK, Vlad G, Colovai AI, Vasilescu ER, Schwartz J, Sondermeijer H, Burke E, Marboe CC, Itescu S, Suciu-Foca N, Mancini D.

Hum Immunol. 2009 Oct;70(10):825-9. Epub 2009 Jun 23.PMID: 19555730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Heat shock protein-90 beta is expressed at the surface of multipotential mesenchymal precursor cells: generation of a novel monoclonal antibody, STRO-4, with specificity for mesenchymal precursor cells from human and ovine tissues.

Gronthos S, McCarty R, Mrozik K, Fitter S, Paton S, Menicanin D, Itescu S, Bartold PM, Xian C, Zannettino AC.

Stem Cells Dev. 2009 Nov;18(9):1253-62.PMID: 19327008 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell therapy to limit remodeling after myocardial infarction: the effect of cell dosage.

Hamamoto H, Gorman JH 3rd, Ryan LP, Hinmon R, Martens TP, Schuster MD, Plappert T, Kiupel M, St John-Sutton MG, Itescu S, Gorman RC.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Mar;87(3):794-801.PMID: 19231391 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safety and efficacy of consecutive cycles of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, and an intracoronary CD133+ cell infusion in patients with chronic refractory ischemic heart disease: the G-CSF in angina patients with IHD to stimulate neovascularization (GAIN I) trial.

Kovacic JC, Macdonald P, Feneley MP, Muller DW, Freund J, Dodds A, Milliken S, Tao H, Itescu S, Moore J, Ma D, Graham RM.

Am Heart J. 2008 Nov;156(5):954-63.PMID: 19061712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

CCR3- and CXCR4-mediated interactions regulate migration of CD34+ human bone marrow progenitors to ischemic myocardium and subsequent tissue repair.

Bonaros N, Sondermejer H, Schuster M, Rauf R, Wang SF, Seki T, Skerrett D, Itescu S, Kocher AA.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Oct;136(4):1044-53. Epub 2008 Jul 7.PMID: 18954648 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A novel monoclonal antibody (STRO-3) identifies an isoform of tissue nonspecific alkaline phosphatase expressed by multipotent bone marrow stromal stem cells.

Gronthos S, Fitter S, Diamond P, Simmons PJ, Itescu S, Zannettino AC.

Stem Cells Dev. 2007 Dec;16(6):953-63.PMID: 18158854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A DNA enzyme against plasminogen activator inhibitor- type 1 (PAI-1) limits neointima formation after angioplasty in an obese diabetic rodent model.

Witkowski P, Seki T, Xiang G, Martens T, Sondermeijer H, See F, Bhagat G, Schuster M, Hardy MA, Itescu S.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2007 Dec;50(6):633-40.PMID: 18091579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human mulipotential mesenchymal/stromal stem cells are derived from a discrete subpopulation of STRO-1bright/CD34 /CD45(-)/glycophorin-A-bone marrow cells.

Zannettino AC, Paton S, Kortesidis A, Khor F, Itescu S, Gronthos S.

Haematologica. 2007 Dec;92(12):1707-8.PMID: 18055998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Engineered cardiac tissues for in vitro assessment of contractile function and repair mechanisms.

Kim do E, Lee EJ, Martens TP, Kara R, Chaudhry HW, Itescu S, Costa KD.

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006;1:849-52.PMID: 17946863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The changing pattern of humoral rejection in cardiac transplant recipients.

Almuti K, Haythe J, Dwyer E, Itescu S, Burke E, Green P, Marboe C, Mancini D.

Transplantation. 2007 Aug 27;84(4):498-503.PMID: 17713434 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Multipotential human adipose-derived stromal stem cells exhibit a perivascular phenotype in vitro and in vivo.

Zannettino AC, Paton S, Arthur A, Khor F, Itescu S, Gimble JM, Gronthos S.

J Cell Physiol. 2008 Feb;214(2):413-21.PMID: 17654479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-CD25 treatment and FOXP3-positive regulatory T cells in heart transplantation.

Vlad G, Ho EK, Vasilescu ER, Fan J, Liu Z, Cai JW, Jin Z, Burke E, Deng M, Cadeiras M, Cortesini R, Itescu S, Marboe C, Mancini D, Suciu-Foca N.

Transpl Immunol. 2007 Jul;18(1):13-21. Epub 2007 Apr 2.PMID: 17584597 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac tissue engineering in an in vivo vascularized chamber.

Morritt AN, Bortolotto SK, Dilley RJ, Han X, Kompa AR, McCombe D, Wright CE, Itescu S, Angus JA, Morrison WA.

Circulation. 2007 Jan 23;115(3):353-60. Epub 2007 Jan 2.PMID: 17200440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intravenous infusions of Albuminex 4% (human albumin 4%) and hypotension.

Itescu S, Hetzel R.

Crit Care Resusc. 2001 Mar;3(1):59. No abstract available. PMID: 16597273 [PubMed]Related articles

Mesenchymal lineage precursor cells induce vascular network formation in ischemic myocardium.

Martens TP, See F, Schuster MD, Sondermeijer HP, Hefti MM, Zannettino A, Gronthos S, Seki T, Itescu S.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006 Mar;3 Suppl 1:S18-22.PMID: 16501624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acute antibody-mediated rejection of cardiac transplants.

Reed EF, Demetris AJ, Hammond E, Itescu S, Kobashigawa JA, Reinsmoen NL, Rodriguez ER, Rose M, Stewart S, Suciu-Foca N, Zeevi A, Fishbein MC; International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Feb;25(2):153-9. Review.PMID: 16446213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myocardial homing and neovascularization by human bone marrow angioblasts is regulated by IL-8/Gro CXC chemokines.

Kocher AA, Schuster MD, Bonaros N, Lietz K, Xiang G, Martens TP, Kurlansky PA, Sondermeijer H, Witkowski P, Boyle A, Homma S, Wang SF, Itescu S.

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2006 Apr;40(4):455-64. Epub 2006 Jan 24.PMID: 16438981 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cells expressing the stem cell factor receptor, c-kit, contribute to neoangiogenesis in diabetes.

Kelly DJ, Zhang Y, Gow RM, Itescu S, Gilbert RE.

Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2005 May;2(2):76-80.PMID: 16305063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Revision of the 1990 working formulation for the standardization of nomenclature in the diagnosis of heart rejection.

Stewart S, Winters GL, Fishbein MC, Tazelaar HD, Kobashigawa J, Abrams J, Andersen CB, Angelini A, Berry GJ, Burke MM, Demetris AJ, Hammond E, Itescu S, Marboe CC, McManus B, Reed EF, Reinsmoen NL, Rodriguez ER, Rose AG, Rose M, Suciu-Focia N, Zeevi A, Billingham ME.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Nov;24(11):1710-20. Epub 2005 Jun 20.PMID: 16297770 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunoglobulin M-to-immunoglobulin G anti-human leukocyte antigen class II antibody switching in cardiac transplant recipients is associated with an increased risk of cellular rejection and coronary artery disease.

Lietz K, John R, Burke E, Schuster M, Rogers TB, Suciu-Foca N, Mancini D, Itescu S.

Circulation. 2005 Oct 18;112(16):2468-76.PMID: 16230499 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Catalytic degradation of vitamin D up-regulated protein 1 mRNA enhances cardiomyocyte survival and prevents left ventricular remodeling after myocardial ischemia.

Xiang G, Seki T, Schuster MD, Witkowski P, Boyle AJ, See F, Martens TP, Kocher A, Sondermeijer H, Krum H, Itescu S.

J Biol Chem. 2005 Nov 25;280(47):39394-402. Epub 2005 Sep 19.PMID: 16172122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Utility of post-transplant anti-HLA antibody measurements in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients.

Xydas S, Yang JK, Burke EM, Chen JM, Addonizio LJ, Mital SR, Itescu S, Hsu DT, Lamour JM.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Sep;24(9):1289-96.PMID: 16143247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Additive effects of endothelial progenitor cells combined with ACE inhibition and beta-blockade on left ventricular function following acute myocardial infarction.

Boyle AJ, Schuster M, Witkowski P, Xiang G, Seki T, Way K, Itescu S.

J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2005 Mar;6(1):33-7.PMID: 16088849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Downregulated expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 augments myocardial neovascularization and reduces cardiomyocyte apoptosis after acute myocardial infarction.

Xiang G, Schuster MD, Seki T, Witkowski P, Eshghi S, Itescu S.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Aug 2;46(3):536-41.PMID: 16053971 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intra-coronary high-dose CD34+ stem cells in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease: a 12-month follow-up.

Boyle AJ, Whitbourn R, Schlicht S, Krum H, Kocher A, Nandurkar H, Bergmann S, Daniell M, O'Day J, Skerrett D, Haylock D, Gilbert RE, Itescu S.

Int J Cardiol. 2006 Apr 28;109(1):21-7. Epub 2005 Jun 20.PMID: 15970342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies are associated with restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention for cardiac allograft vasculopathy.

McKay M, Pinney S, Gorwara S, Burke EM, Sciacca RR, Apfelbaum M, Mancini D, Itescu S, Rabbani LE.

Transplantation. 2005 Jun 15;79(11):1581-7.PMID: 15940049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inhibition of protein kinase C reduces left ventricular fibrosis and dysfunction following myocardial infarction.

Boyle AJ, Kelly DJ, Zhang Y, Cox AJ, Gow RM, Way K, Itescu S, Krum H, Gilbert RE.

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2005 Aug;39(2):213-21.PMID: 15878171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Down-regulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 expression promotes myocardial neovascularization by bone marrow progenitors.

Xiang G, Schuster MD, Seki T, Kocher AA, Eshghi S, Boyle A, Itescu S.

J Exp Med. 2004 Dec 20;200(12):1657-66. Epub 2004 Dec 13.PMID: 15596522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition improves cardiac function and attenuates left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction in the rat.

See F, Thomas W, Way K, Tzanidis A, Kompa A, Lewis D, Itescu S, Krum H.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Oct 19;44(8):1679-89.PMID: 15489104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myocardial neovascularization by bone marrow angioblasts results in cardiomyocyte regeneration.

Schuster MD, Kocher AA, Seki T, Martens TP, Xiang G, Homma S, Itescu S.

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2004 Aug;287(2):H525-32.PMID: 15277196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Anti-HLA antibodies in heart transplantation.

Vasilescu ER, Ho EK, de la Torre L, Itescu S, Marboe C, Cortesini R, Suciu-Foca N, Mancini D.

Transpl Immunol. 2004 Jan;12(2):177-83.PMID: 14967316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myocardial neovascularization by adult bone marrow-derived angioblasts: strategies for improvement of cardiomyocyte function.

Itescu S, Kocher AA, Schuster MD.

Heart Fail Rev. 2003 Jul;8(3):253-8. Review.PMID: 12878834 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interactions between the recipient immune system and the left ventricular assist device surface: immunological and clinical implications.

Itescu S, John R.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Jun;75(6 Suppl):S58-65. Review.PMID: 12820736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunobiologic consequences of assist devices.

Itescu S, Schuster M, Burke E, Ankersmit J, Kocher A, Deng M, John R, Lietz K.

Cardiol Clin. 2003 Feb;21(1):119-33, ix-x. Review.PMID: 12790051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of rapamycin slows progression of cardiac transplantation vasculopathy.

Mancini D, Pinney S, Burkhoff D, LaManca J, Itescu S, Burke E, Edwards N, Oz M, Marks AR.

Circulation. 2003 Jul 8;108(1):48-53. Epub 2003 May 12.PMID: 12742978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New directions in strategies using cell therapy for heart disease.

Itescu S, Schuster MD, Kocher AA.

J Mol Med. 2003 May;81(5):288-96. Epub 2003 Apr 16. Review.PMID: 12698252 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interleukin-2 receptor blockade in cardiac transplantation: influence of HLA-DR locus incompatibility on treatment efficacy.

Lietz K, John R, Beniaminovitz A, Burke EM, Suciu-Foca N, Mancini DM, Edwards NM, Itescu S.

Transplantation. 2003 Mar 27;75(6):781-7.PMID: 12660501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Immunologic sensitization in recipients of left ventricular assist devices.

John R, Lietz K, Schuster M, Naka Y, Rao V, Mancini DM, Rose EA, Smith CR, Oz MC, Edwards NM, Itescu S.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Mar;125(3):578-91.PMID: 12658200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myocardial neovascularization by adult bone marrow-derived angioblasts: strategies for improvement of cardiomyocyte function.

Itescu S, Kocher AA, Schuster MD.

Ann Hematol. 2002;81 Suppl 2:S21-5. Review.PMID: 12611063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The role of IL6 cytokines in acute cardiac allograft rejection.

Deng MC, Plenz G, Labarrere C, Marboe C, Baba HA, Erre M, Itescu S.

Transpl Immunol. 2002 May;9(2-4):115-20. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12180817 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mycophenolate mofetil reduces anti-HLA antibody production and cellular rejection in heart transplant recipients.

Lietz K, John R, Schuster M, Ankersmit J, Burke E, Suciu-Foca N, Edwards N, Mancini D, Itescu S.

Transplant Proc. 2002 Aug;34(5):1828-9. No abstract available. PMID: 12176593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

RAGE and arthritis: the G82S polymorphism amplifies the inflammatory response.

Hofmann MA, Drury S, Hudson BI, Gleason MR, Qu W, Lu Y, Lalla E, Chitnis S, Monteiro J, Stickland MH, Bucciarelli LG, Moser B, Moxley G, Itescu S, Grant PJ, Gregersen PK, Stern DM, Schmidt AM.

Genes Immun. 2002 May;3(3):123-35.PMID: 12070776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intravenous pulse administration of cyclophosphamide is an effective and safe treatment for sensitized cardiac allograft recipients.

Itescu S, Burke E, Lietz K, John R, Mancini D, Michler R, Rose E, Oz M, Edwards N.

Circulation. 2002 Mar 12;105(10):1214-9.PMID: 11889016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

B-cell activation and allosensitization after left ventricular assist device implantation is due to T-cell activation and CD40 ligand expression.

Schuster M, Kocher A, John R, Hoffman M, Ankersmit J, Lietz K, Edwards N, Oz M, Itescu S.

Hum Immunol. 2002 Mar;63(3):211-20.PMID: 11872239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increased prevalence of autoimmune phenomena and greater risk for alloreactivity in female heart transplant recipients.

Lietz K, John R, Kocher A, Schuster M, Mancini DM, Edwards NM, Itescu S.

Circulation. 2001 Sep 18;104(12 Suppl 1):I177-83.PMID: 11568052 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impaired T cell proliferation, increased soluble death-inducing receptors and activation-induced T cell death in patients undergoing haemodialysis.

Ankersmit HJ, Deicher R, Moser B, Teufel I, Roth G, Gerlitz S, Itescu S, Wolner E, Boltz-Nitulescu G, Kovarik J.

Clin Exp Immunol. 2001 Jul;125(1):142-8.PMID: 11472437 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Neovascularization of ischemic myocardium by human bone-marrow-derived angioblasts prevents cardiomyocyte apoptosis, reduces remodeling and improves cardiac function.

Kocher AA, Schuster MD, Szabolcs MJ, Takuma S, Burkhoff D, Wang J, Homma S, Edwards NM, Itescu S.

Nat Med. 2001 Apr;7(4):430-6.PMID: 11283669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Induction of CD40 ligand expression in human T cells by biomaterials derived from left ventricular assist device surface.

Schuster M, Kocher A, Lietz K, Ankersmit J, John R, Edwards N, Oz M, Itescu S.

Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):1960-1. No abstract available. PMID: 11267588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles