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RGD Peptides Immobilized on a Mechanically Deformable Surface Promote Osteoblast Differentiation by Cavalcanti‐Adam, E. A., Shapiro, I. M., Composto, R. J., Macarak, E. J., Adams, C. S.

“…The major objective of this work was to attach bone cells to a deformable surface for the effective transmission of force. We functionalized a silastic…”
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Effect of fibroblast growth factor-1 on the expression of early growth response-1 in human periodontal ligament cells by Tamura, I., Chaqour, B., Howard, P. S., Ikeo, T., Macarak, E. J.

“…Background and Objectives:  Early growth response‐1 is a nuclear transcription factor implicated in regulating cell proliferation. Fibroblast growth factor‐1…”
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Is lamina propria matrix responsible for normal bladder compliance? by Ewalt, D H, Howard, P S, Blyth, B, Snyder, 3rd, H M, Duckett, J W, Levin, R M, Macarak, E J

“…Immunohistochemistry using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to extracellular matrix proteins is a highly sensitive tool for the characterization of matrix…”
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Loss of elasticity in dysfunctional bladders: urodynamic and histochemical correlation by Landau, E H, Jayanthi, V R, Churchill, B M, Shapiro, E, Gilmour, R F, Khoury, A E, Macarak, E J, McLorie, G A, Steckler, R E, Kogan, B A

“…To store adequate volumes of urine at low safe pressures an elastic bladder wall is required. We developed 2 new techniques to measure this ability in our…”
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Biochemical characterization and quantitation of the collagenous components of urethral stricture tissue by Baskin, L S, Constantinescu, S C, Howard, P S, McAninch, J W, Ewalt, D H, Duckett, J W, Snyder, H M, Macarak, E J

“…The collagenous composition of normal and strictured human urethral tissue was analyzed qualitatively by immunohistochemistry and quantitatively by…”
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Molecular analysis of collagens in bladder fibrosis by Deveaud, C M, Macarak, E J, Kucich, U, Ewalt, D H, Abrams, W R, Howard, P S

“…Fibrosis of bladder tissue is characterized by an abnormal deposition of connective tissue within different layers of the bladder wall, resulting in a low…”
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A system to reproduce and quantify the biomechanical environment of the cell by Winston, F K, Macarak, E J, Gorfien, S F, Thibault, L E

“…An in vitro system that permits application of a uniform biomechanical stimulus to a population of cells with great precision has been developed. The device is…”
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Bladder smooth muscle cells in culture: I. Identification and characterization by Baskin, L S, Howard, P S, Duckett, J W, Snyder, H M, Macarak, E J

“…This report documents the growth and culture characteristics of human and fetal bovine bladder smooth muscle cells in vitro. Bladder smooth muscle cell strains…”
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Overview of muscle and extracellular matrix in the bladder by Macarak, E J

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Developmental changes in normal fetal bovine whole bladder physiology by Coplen, D E, Macarak, E J, Levin, R M

“…In the present study, normal and experimentally altered whole fetal bovine bladders have been used in vitro to study developmental changes in compliance and…”
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The role of collagen in bladder filling by Macarak, E J, Howard, P S

“…While this model is speculative, it is attractive in that it can account for the physiologic properties of the bladder. It also implies that connections must…”
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Skin flap closure by dermal laser soldering: A wound healing model for sutureless hypospadias repair by Kirsch, Andrew J., Duckett, John W., Snyder, Howard M., Canning, Douglas A., Harshaw, David W., Howard, Pamela, Macarak, Edward J., Zderic, Stephen A.

“…Laser tissue soldering (LTS) with the diode laser and human albumin-hyaluronate-indocyanine green solder is a safe and effective method of providing an…”
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An analysis of the time-dependent changes in intracellular calcium concentration in endothelial cells in culture induced by mechanical stimulation by Winston, F K, Thibault, L E, Macarak, E J

“…When bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells in culture are subjected to mechanical strain, their physiology is altered. Experimentally, this mechanical…”
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Strain measurements in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells subjected to mechanical deformation by BARBEE, K. A, MACARAK, E. J, THIBAULT, L. E

“…Early work in the field of biomechanics employed rigorous application of the principles of mechanics to the study of the macroscopic structural response of…”
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Heterogeneity of collagens in rabbit cornea: type III collagen by Cintron, C, Hong, BS, Covington, HI, Macarak, EJ

“…Whole neonate rabbit corneas and adult corneas containing 2-week-old scars were incubated in the presence of [14C] glycine. Radiolabeled collagen extracted…”
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Hypoxic contraction of cultured pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells by Murray, T R, Chen, L, Marshall, B E, Macarak, E J

“…The cellular events involved in generating the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction response are not clearly understood, in part because of the multitude of…”
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Developmental expression of interstitial collagen genes in fetal bladders by Koo, H P, Howard, P S, Chang, S L, Snyder, H M, Ducket, J W, Macarak, E J

“…Bovine bladders at 3 stages during fetal development were examined for expression of collagens by immunohistochemistry as well as by measurement of steady…”
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Effects of biaxial deformation on pulmonary artery endothelial cells by Gorfien, S F, Winston, F K, Thibault, L E, Macarak, E J

“…An apparatus has been designed to subject vascular cells grown on a compliant substrate in vitro to uniform, quantifiable levels of biaxial deformation. The…”
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Localization of collagen types in regional segments of the fetal bovine aorta by Howard, P S, Macarak, E J

“…Types I, III, and IV collagens were localized immunocytochemically in muscular and small arteries of fetal bovine tissues and in different regional segments of…”
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Culture of urethral fibroblasts: cell morphology, proliferation and extracellular matrix synthesis by Baskin, L S, Macarak, E J, Duckett, J W, Snyder, H M, Howard, P S

“…The in vitro morphology and proliferative activity of urethral fibroblasts were characterized from primary isolates of fetal bovine urethral spongiosum. Cells…”
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