Arvydas Usas

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Best Publications

• Synergistic enhancement of bone formation and healing by stem cell–expressed VEGF and bone morphogenetic protein-4

  Hairong Peng;Vonda Wright;Arvydas Usas;Brian Gearhart

  940
  Citations

• Clonal Isolation of Muscle-Derived Cells Capable of Enhancing Muscle Regeneration and Bone Healing

  Joon Yung Lee;Zhuqing Qu-Petersen;Baohong Cao;Shigemi Kimura

  863
  Citations

• VEGF improves, whereas sFlt1 inhibits, BMP2-induced bone formation and bone healing through modulation of angiogenesis.

  Hairong Peng;Hairong Peng;Arvydas Usas;Anne Olshanski;Andrew M Ho

  509
  Citations

• NF-κB inhibition delays DNA damage–induced senescence and aging in mice

  Jeremy S. Tilstra;Andria R. Robinson;Jin Wang;Siobhán Q. Gregg

  484
  Citations

• Cartilage repair using bone morphogenetic protein 4 and muscle-derived stem cells

  Ryosuke Kuroda;Arvyda Usas;Seiji Kubo;Karin A Corsi

  356
  Citations

• Enhancement of tendon-bone integration of anterior cruciate ligament grafts with bone morphogenetic protein-2 gene transfer: a histological and biomechanical study.

  Vladimir Martinek;Christian Latterman;Arvydas Usas;Steven Abramowitch

  344
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• The Use of an Antifibrosis Agent to Improve Muscle Recovery after Laceration

  Kazumasa Fukushima;Neil Badlani;Arvydas Usas;Felix Riano

  330
  Citations

• Effect of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2-Expressing Muscle-Derived Cells on Healing of Critical-Sized Bone Defects in Mice

  Joon Yung Lee;Douglas Musgrave;Dalip Pelinkovic;Kazumasa Fukushima

  282
  Citations

• Improvement of muscle healing through enhancement of muscle regeneration and prevention of fibrosis.

  Kenji Sato;Yong Li;William Foster;Kazumasa Fukushima

  278
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• Cartilage repair in a rat model of osteoarthritis through intraarticular transplantation of muscle-derived stem cells expressing bone morphogenetic protein 4 and soluble Flt-1

  Tomoyuki Matsumoto;Gregory M. Cooper;Burhan Gharaibeh;Laura Beth Meszaros

  263
  Citations

• BMP4-Expressing Muscle-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Osteogenic Lineage and Improve Bone Healing in Immunocompetent Mice

  Vonda J Wright;Hairong Peng;Hairong Peng;Arvydas Usas;Arvydas Usas;Brett Young;Brett Young

  238
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• Gamma interferon as an antifibrosis agent in skeletal muscle

  William Foster;Yong Li;Arvydas Usas;George Somogyi

  217
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• Muscle derived, cell based ex vivo gene therapy for treatment of full thickness articular cartilage defects.

  Nobuo Adachi;Kenji Sato;Arvydas Usas;Freddie H. Fu

  216
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• The effect of platelet-rich plasma on the regenerative therapy of muscle derived stem cells for articular cartilage repair

  Y Mifune;T Matsumoto;K Takayama;S Ota

  207
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• Muscle-Derived Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Therapy

  Arvydas Usas;Johnny Huard;Johnny Huard

  199
  Citations

• Enhancement of bone healing based on ex vivo gene therapy using human muscle-derived cells expressing bone morphogenetic protein 2.

  Joon Yung Lee;Hairong Peng;Arvydas Usas;Douglas Musgrave

  196
  Citations

• Pericyte-Based Human Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts

  Wenjie He;Alejandro Nieponice;Lorenzo Soletti;Yi Hong

  184
  Citations

• New use of a three-dimensional pellet culture system for human intervertebral disc cells: initial characterization and potential use for tissue engineering.

  Joon Yung Lee;Ronald Hall;Dalip Pelinkovic;Ezequiel Cassinelli

  174
  Citations

• Retroviral delivery of Noggin inhibits the formation of heterotopic ossification induced by BMP-4, demineralized bone matrix, and trauma in an animal model.

  David Hannallah;Hairong Peng;Brett Young;Arvydas Usas

  165
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• The Effect of Relaxin Treatment on Skeletal Muscle Injuries

  Shinichi Negishi;Yong Li;Arvydas Usas;Freddie H. Fu

  147
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