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2004 – 2010

1. Fierro FA, Sierralta WD, Epuñan MJ, Minguell JJ. Marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: role in epithelial tumor cell determination.  Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 2004;21(4):313-9. PMID:

2. Minguell JJ, Fierro FA, Epuñan MJ, Erices AA, Sierralta WD. Nonstimulated human uncommitted mesenchymal stem cells express cell markers of mesenchymal and neural lineages. Stem Cells and Develpment. 2005 Aug;14(4):408-14.

3. Fierro F, Illmer T, Jing D, Schleyer E, Ehninger G, Boxberger S, Bornhäuser M. Inhibition of platelet-derived growth factor receptorbeta by imatinib mesylate suppresses proliferation and alters differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. Cell Proliferation. 2007 Jun;40(3):355-66.

4. Fierro FA, Taubenberger A, Puech PH, Ehninger G, Bornhauser M, Muller DJ, Illmer T. BCR/ABL expression of myeloid progenitors increases beta1-integrin mediated adhesion to stromal cells. Journal of Molecular Biology. 2008 Apr 4;377(4):1082-93.

5. Fierro FA, Brenner S, Oelschlaegel U, Jacobi A, Knoth H, Ehninger G, Illmer T, Bornhäuser M. Combining SDF-1/CXCR4 antagonism and chemotherapy in relapsed acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 2009 Feb;23(2):393-6.

6. Egaña JT, Fierro FA, Krüger S, Bornhäuser M, Huss R, Lavandero S, Machens HG. Use of human mesenchymal cells to improve vascularization in a mouse model for scaffold-based dermal regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part A. 2009 May. 15(5):1191-200.

7. Ugarte F, Ryser M, Thieme S, Fierro FA, Navratiel K, Bornhäuser M, Brenner S. Notch signaling enhances osteogenic differentiation while inhibiting adipogenesis in primary human bone marrow stromal cells. Experimental Hematology. 2009 July. 37(7):867-875.

8. Jing D, Fonseca AV, Alakel N, Fierro FA, Muller K, Bornhauser M, Ehninger G, Corbeil D, Ordemann R. Hematopoietic stem cells in coculture with mesenchymal stromal cells – modelling the niche compartments in vitro. Haematologica. 2010 April. 95(4):542-50.

2011

9. Gruenloh W, Kambal A, Sondergaard C, McGee J, Olson SD, Fierro F, Nolta JA. Characterization and in vivo testing of mesenchymal stem cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 2011 Jun. 17(11-12):1517-25.

10. Ovcharenko D, Stölzel F, Poitz D, Fierro FA, Schaich M, Neubauer A, Kelnara K, Davison T, Müller-Tidow C, Thiede C, Bornhäuser M, Ehninger G, Brown D, Illmer T. miR-10a overexpression is associated with NPM1 mutations and MDM4 downregulation in intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia. Experimental Hematology, 2011 Oct. 39(10):1030-1042.

11. Fierro FA, Kalomoiris S, Sondergaard CS, Nolta JA. Effects on proliferation and differentiation of multipotent bone marrow stromal cells engineered to express growth factors for combined cell and gene therapy. Stem Cells. 2011 Nov. 29(11):1727-37.

2012

12. Kumari R, Li H, Haudenschild DR, Fierro F, Carlson CS, Overn P, Gupta L, Gupta K, Nolta J, Yik JH, Di Cesare P. The oncogene LRF is a survival factor in chondrosarcoma and contributes to tumor malignancy and drug resistance. Carcinogenesis. 2012 Nov. 33(11): 2076-83.

2013

13. Poitz DM, Stölzel F, Arabanian, Friedrichs J, Docheva D, Schieker M, Fierro FA, Platzbecker U, Ordemann R, Werner C, Bornhäuser M, Strasser R, Ehninger G, Illmer T. MiR-134-Mediated β1 Integrin Expression and Function in Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2013 Nov. 1833(12):3396-3404.

14. Yik JH, Li H, Acharya C, Kumari R, Fierro F, Haudenschild DR, Nolta J, Di Cesare PE. The Oncogene LRF Stimulates Proliferation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Inhibits Their Chondrogenic Differentiation. Cartilage. 2013 Oct;4(4):329-38.

2014

15. Clark L, Kalmomoiris S, Nolta JA, Fierro FA. Concise review: MicroRNA function in multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells. Stem Cells. 2014 May; 32(5):1074-82.

16. Arabanian L, Fierro FA, Stölzel F, Heder C, Poitz D, Strasser R, Wobus M, Bornhäuser M, Ferrer R, Platzbecker U, Schieker M, Docheva D, Ehninger G, Illmer T. miRNA-23a mediates post-transcriptional regulation of CXCL12 in bone marrow stromal cells. Hematologica 2014 Jun;99(6):997-1005.

17. Beegle J, Lakatos K, Kalomoiris S, Stewart H, Isseroff RR, Nolta JA, Fierro FA. Hypoxic preconditioning of mesenchymal stromal cells induces metabolic changes, enhances survival and promotes cell retention in vivo. Stem Cells 2015, Jun;33(6):1818-28.

2015

18. Lakatos K, Kalomoiris S, Merkely B, Nolta JA, Fierro FA. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Respond to Hypoxia by Increasing Diacylglycerols. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2015 Jul 24.

19. Whal EA, Fierro FA, Peavy TR, Hopfner U, Dye JF, Machens HG, Egana JT, Schenck JT. In Vitro Evaluation of Scaffolds for the Delivery of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Wounds. BioMed Research International 2015:108571.

20. Fierro FA, O’Neal AJ, Beegle JR, Chávez MN, Peavy TR, Isseroff RR, Egana JT. Hypoxic pre-conditioning increases the infiltration of endothelial cells into scaffolds for dermal regeneration pre-seeded with mesenchymal stem cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2015, Oct 30;3:68.

2016

21. Man AJ, Kujawski G, Burns TS, Miller EN, Fierro FA, Leach JK, Bannerman P. Neurogenic potential of engineered mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing VEGF. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2016, 2016 Mar 1;9(1):96-106.

22. Beegle J, Magner N, Kalomoiris S, Harding A, Zhou P, Nacey C, White J, Pepper K, Gruenloh W, Annett G, Nolta JA, Fierro FA. Preclinical Evaluation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Over-expressing VEGF to Treat Critical Limb Ischemia. Molecular Therapy – Methods & Clinical Development 2016. Aug 24;3:16053. PMID: 27610394. PMCID: PMC5003097.

23. Kalomoiris S, Cicchetto AC, Lakatos K, Nolta JA, Fierro FA. Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Regulates High Mobility Group A2 Expression in Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. J Cell Biochem. 2016 Sep;117(9):2128-37. PMID: 26888666.

24. Chávez MN, Aedo G, Fierro FA, Allende ML, Egaña JT. Zebrafish as an Emerging Model Organism to Study Angiogenesis in Development and Regeneration. Front Physiol. 2016 Mar 8;7:56. PMID: 27014075.

2017

25. Clark KC, Fierro FA, Mills E, Walker NJ, Arzi B, Tepper CG, Dahlenburg H, Cicchetto A, Kol A, Marsh LJ, Murphy WJ, Fazel N, Borjesson DL. Human and feline adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells have comparable phenotype, immunomodulatory functions and transcriptome. Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2017 Mar 20;8(1):69. PMID: 28320483. PMCID: PMC5360077.

26. Fierro FA, Nolta JA, Adamopoulos IE. Concise Review: Stem Cells in Osteoimmunology. Stem Cells. 2017 Jun;35(6):1461-1467. PMID: 28390147.

27. Zhang H, Kot A, Lay YE, Fierro FA, Chen H, Lane NE, Yao W. Acceleration of fracture healing by overexpression of bFGF in the mesenchymal stromal cells. Stem Cell Translational Medicine. 2017 Aug 9. PMID: 28792122.

2018

28. Karuna EP, Choi SS, Scales MK, Hum J, Cohen M, Fierro FA, Ho HH. Identification of a WNT5A-Responsive Degradation Domain in the Kinesin Superfamily Protein KIF26B. Genes (Basel). 2018 Apr 5;9(4). PMID: 29621187.

29. Awan B, Turkov D, Schumacher C, Jacobo A, A. M, A. R, Xu G, Park D, Kalomoiris S, Yao W, Jao L, Allende ML, Lebrilla C, Fierro FA. FGF2 induces migration of human bone marrow stromal cells by increasing core-fucosylations on N-glycans of integrins. Stem Cell Reports. 2018 Jun 28. PMID: 29983388.

30. Fierro FA, Magner N, Beegle J, Dahlenburg H, Logan White J, Zhou P, Pepper K, Fury B, Coleal-Bergum DP, Bauer G, Gruenloh W, Annett G, Pifer C, Nolta JA. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells genetically engineered to produce vascular endothelial growth factor for revascularization in wound healing and ischemic conditions. Transfusion. 2019 Feb;59(S1):893-897. PMID: 30383901.

31. Panero AJ, Hirahara AM, Andersen WJ, Rothenberg J, Fierro F. Are Amniotic Fluid Products Stem Cell Therapies? A Study of Amniotic Fluid Preparations for Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Bone Marrow Comparison. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Mar 7. PMID: 30844295.

2019

32. Ramsay AL, Alonso-Garcia V, Chaboya C, Radut B, Le B, Florez J, Schumacher C, Fierro FA. Modeling Snyder-Robinson Syndrome in multipotent stromal cells reveals impaired mitochondrial function as a potential cause for deficient osteogenesis. Scientific Reports. 2019 Oct 28;9(1):15395. PMID: 31659216.

 

2020

33. Park DD, Phoomak C, Xu G, Olney LP, Tran KA, Park SS, Haigh NE, Luxardi G, Lert-Itthiporn W, Shimoda M, Li Q, Matoba N, Fierro F, Wongkham S, Maverakis E, Lebrilla CB. Metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma is promoted by extended high-mannose glycans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Apr 7;117(14):7633-7644. PMID:  32213588.

34. Combination product of dermal matrix, human mesenchymal stem cells, and timolol promotes diabetic wound healing in mice. Yang HY*, Fierro F*, So M, Yoon DJ, Nguyen AV, Gallegos A, Bagood MD, Rojo-Castro T, Alex A, Stewart H, Chigbrow M, Dasu MR, Peavy TR, Soulika AM, Nolta JA, Isseroff RR. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2020 Jul 28. PMID: 32720751. * Equal contribution as first author.

35. High Mannose N-Glycans Promote Migration of Bone-Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. Alonso-Garcia V, Chaboya C, Li Q, Le B, Congleton TJ, Florez J, Tran V, Liu GY, Yao W, Lebrilla CB, Fierro FA. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 29;21(19):7194. PMID: 33003435.

2021

36. Templeton K, Ramos M, Rose J, Le B, Zhou Q, Cressman A, Ferreyra S, Lebrilla CB, Fierro FA. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Regulate Sialylations of N-Glycans, Affecting Cell Migration and Survival. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 26;22(13):6868. PMID: 34206740.

37. Real time PCR assays to detect and quantify the nematodes Pratylenchus vulnus and Mesocriconema xenoplax. Hodson AK, Cicchetto A, Fierro FA. Crop Protection 2021 Jul. 145, 105617.

2022

38. An in vivo Cell-Based Delivery Platform for Zinc Finger Artificial Transcription Factors in Pre-clinical Animal Models. Deng P, Halmai JA, Beitnere U, Cameron D, Martinez ML, Lee CC, Waldo JJ, Thongphanh K, Adhikari A, Copping N, Petkova SP, Lee RD, Lock S, Palomares M, O’Geen H, Carter J, Gonzalez CE, Buchanan FKB, Anderson JD, Fierro FA, Nolta JA, Tarantal AF, Silverman JL, Segal DJ, Fink KD. Front Mol Neurosci . 2022 Jan 27;14. PMID: 35153670.

39. Combination product of dermal matrix, preconditioned human mesenchymal stem cells and timolol promotes wound healing in the porcine wound model. Yang HY, Fierro F*, Yoon DJ, Gallegos A, Osborn SL, Nguyen AV, Peavy TR, Ferrier W, Talken L, Ma BW, Galang KG, Medina Lopez A, Fregoso DR, Stewart H, Kurzrock EA, Soulika AM, Nolta JA, Isseroff RR. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2022 Jul;110(7):1615-1623. PMID: 35099112. * Equal contribution as first author.

2023

40. Reducing Sialylation Enhances Electrotaxis of Corneal Epithelial Cells. Le B, Zhu K, Brown C, Reid B, Cressman A, Zhao M, Fierro FA. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 20;24(18):14327.