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Overview

Alexander C. Lichtler is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on the subfield of Molecular Biology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Renal and related cancers
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

One notable recent publication by Lichtler is titled Stepwise strategy for generating osteoblasts from human pluripotent stem cells under fully defined xeno-free conditions with small-molecule inducers, published in 2020 in the journal Regenerative Therapy. This paper has received 18 citations to date.

Lichtler has collaborated with several co-authors in their research, including:

  • Denise Zujur
  • Kosuke Kanke
  • Shoko Onodera
  • Shoichiro Tani
  • Jenny Lai

Their publications have appeared in the venue Regenerative Therapy.

Best Publications

  • Use of type I collagen green fluorescent protein transgenes to identify subpopulations of cells at different stages of the osteoblast lineage.

    I. Kalajzic;Z. Kalajzic;M. Kaliterna;G. Gronowicz

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor inhibits type I collagen gene expression in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells.

    M.M. Hurley;C. Abreu;J.R. Harrison;A.C. Lichtler

  • Specification of Region-Specific Neurons Including Forebrain Glutamatergic Neurons from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Hui Zeng;Min Guo;Min Guo;Kristen Martins-Taylor;Xiaofang Wang

  • Expression and activity of osteoblast-targeted Cre recombinase transgenes in murine skeletal tissues.

    Fei Liu;Henning W. Woitge;Alen Braut;Mark S. Kronenberg

  • Isolation and characterization of the rat alpha 1(I) collagen promoter. Regulation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.

    A Lichtler;M L Stover;J Angilly;B Kream

  • Transforming-growth-factor-beta activation elements in the distal promoter regions of the rat alpha 1 type I collagen gene.

    J D Ritzenthaler;R H Goldstein;A Fine;A Lichtler

  • Col1a1-driven transgenic markers of osteoblast lineage progression.

    S. Dacic;I. Kalajzic;D. Visnjic;A. C. Lichtler

  • Differential utilization of regulatory domains within the alpha 1(I) collagen promoter in osseous and fibroblastic cells.

    Dubravko Pavlin;Alexander C. Lichtler;Antonio Bedalov;Barbara E. Kream

  • Ectopic Msx2 overexpression inhibits and Msx2 antisense stimulates calvarial osteoblast differentiation.

    Milan Dodig;Tade Tadic;Mark S Kronenberg;Sanja Dacic

  • Conditional ablation of the osteoblast lineage in Col2.3Δtk transgenic mice

    D. Visnjic;I. Kalajzic;G. Gronowicz;H. L. Aguila

  • Organization of human histone genes

    F Sierra;A Lichtler;F Marashi;R Rickles

  • Generation of a transgenic mouse model with chondrocyte‐specific and tamoxifen‐inducible expression of Cre recombinase

    Mo Chen;Alexander C. Lichtler;Tzong-Jen Sheu;Chao Xie

  • Direct cell-cell contact between mature osteoblasts and osteoclasts dynamically controls their functions in vivo.

    Masayuki Furuya;Junichi Kikuta;Sayumi Fujimori;Shigeto Seno

  • Ectopic expression of Msx-2 in posterior limb bud mesoderm impairs limb morphogenesis while inducing BMP-4 expression, inhibiting cell proliferation, and promoting apoptosis.

    Deborah Ferrari;Alexander C. Lichtler;ZhongZong Pan;Caroline N. Dealy

  • Upstream regulatory elements necessary for expression of the rat COL1A1 promoter in transgenic mice

    Zoran Bogdanovic;Antonio Bedalov;Paul H. Krebsbach;Dubravko Pavlin

  • Identification of a TAAT-containing motif required for high level expression of the COL1A1 promoter in differentiated osteoblasts of transgenic mice

    Milan Dodig;Mark S. Kronenberg;Antonio Bedalov;Barbara E. Kream

  • Transgenic mice with osteoblast-targeted insulin-like growth factor-I show increased bone remodeling.

    Jin Jiang;Alexander C. Lichtler;Gloria A. Gronowicz;Douglas J. Adams

  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Inhibits Transcription of Type I Collagen Genes in the Rat Osteosarcoma Cell Line ROS 17/2.8*

    John R. Harrison;Donna N. Petersen;Alexander C. Lichtler;Anne T. Mador

  • Expression and function of Dlx genes in the osteoblast lineage.

    Haitao Li;Inga Marijanovic;Mark S. Kronenberg;Ivana Erceg

  • Stepwise Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells into Osteoblasts Using Four Small Molecules under Serum-free and Feeder-free Conditions

    Kosuke Kanke;Hideki Masaki;Taku Saito;Yuske Komiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Rowe
David W. Rowe Western Sydney University
Gary S. Stein
Gary S. Stein University of Vermont
Janet L. Stein
Janet L. Stein University of Vermont
Ung-il Chung
Ung-il Chung University of Tokyo
Robert A. Kosher
Robert A. Kosher University of Connecticut Health Center
Elizabeth A. Shephard
Elizabeth A. Shephard University College London
Paul H. Krebsbach
Paul H. Krebsbach University of California, Los Angeles
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Hiromitsu Nakauchi Stanford University
Ian Phillips
Ian Phillips University College London
Susan J. Clark
Susan J. Clark Garvan Institute of Medical Research

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