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  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

James C. Iatridis is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions spanning pathology and forensic medicine, pharmacology, surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, and biomedical engineering.

The core areas of their scientific inquiry revolve around spine and intervertebral disc pathology, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, and shoulder injury and treatment. Additional topics include scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, medical imaging and analysis, pregnancy-related medical research, and surgical sutures and adhesives.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with James C. Iatridis include Andrew C. Hecht, Alon Lai, Damien M. Laudier, Jennifer Gansau, and Philip Nasser.

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • JOR Spine
  • European Cells and Materials
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biomaterials

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by James C. Iatridis are:

  • "Painful intervertebral disc degeneration and inflammation: from laboratory evidence to clinical interventions," 2021, Bone Research
  • "Mechanisms and clinical implications of intervertebral disc calcification," 2022, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • "Extracellular Vesicles as an Emerging Treatment Option for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Therapeutic Potential, Translational Pathways, and Regulatory Considerations," 2021, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • "Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration in rat models: An initiative of the ORS spine section," 2021, JOR Spine
  • "Development of a two-part biomaterial adhesive strategy for annulus fibrosus repair and ex vivo evaluation of implant herniation risk," 2020, Biomaterials

James C. Iatridis was recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Is the nucleus pulposus a solid or a fluid? Mechanical behaviors of the nucleus pulposus of the human intervertebral disc.

    James C. Iatridis;Mark Weidenbaum;Lori A. Setton;Van C. Mow

  • Mechanical conditions that accelerate intervertebral disc degeneration: overload versus immobilization.

    Ian A. F. Stokes;James C. Iatridis

  • Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair.

    James Dowdell;Mark Erwin;Theodoe Choma;Alexander Vaccaro

  • Degeneration and Aging Affect the Tensile Behavior of Human Lumbar Anulus Fibrosus

    E R Acaroglu;J C Iatridis;L A Setton;R J Foster

  • Degeneration affects the anisotropic and nonlinear behaviors of human anulus fibrosus in compression

    James C. Iatridis;Lori A. Setton;Robert J. Foster;Bernard A. Rawlins

  • Tensile properties of nondegenerate human lumbar anulus fibrosus

    Sohei Ebara;James C. Iatridis;Lori A. Setton;Robert J. Foster

  • Compression-induced changes in intervertebral disc properties in a rat tail model.

    James C. Iatridis;Peter L. Mente;Ian A. F. Stokes;David D. Aronsson

  • Molecular mechanisms of biological aging in intervertebral discs

    Nam V. Vo;Robert A. Hartman;Prashanti R. Patil;Makarand V. Risbud

  • Alterations in the mechanical behavior of the human lumbar nucleus pulposus with degeneration and aging

    James C. Iatridis;Lori A. Setton;Mark Weidenbaum;Van C. Mow

  • Role of biomechanics in intervertebral disc degeneration and regenerative therapies: what needs repairing in the disc and what are promising biomaterials for its repair?

    James C. Iatridis;Steven B. Nicoll;Arthur J. Michalek;Benjamin A. Walter;Benjamin A. Walter

  • Painful intervertebral disc degeneration and inflammation: from laboratory evidence to clinical interventions.

    Feng Juan Lyu;Haowen Cui;Hehai Pan;Kenneth Mc Cheung

  • Defining the phenotype of young healthy nucleus pulposus cells: recommendations of the Spine Research Interest Group at the 2014 annual ORS meeting.

    Makarand V. Risbud;Zachary R. Schoepflin;Fackson Mwale;Rita A. Kandel

  • Challenges and strategies in the repair of ruptured annulus fibrosus.

    Clare C. Guterl;Eugene Y. See;Sebastien B. G. Blanquer;Abhay Pandit

  • Dynamic fibroblast cytoskeletal response to subcutaneous tissue stretch ex vivo and in vivo.

    Helene M. Langevin;Nicole A. Bouffard;Gary J. Badger;James C. Iatridis

  • The viscoelastic behavior of the non-degenerate human lumbar nucleus pulposus in shear

    James C. Iatridis;Lori A. Setton;Mark Weidenbaum;Van C. Mow

  • Mechanisms for mechanical damage in the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus.

    J C James C Iatridis;Iolo ap Gwynn

  • Anabolic and catabolic mRNA levels of the intervertebral disc vary with the magnitude and frequency of in vivo dynamic compression.

    Jeffery J. MacLean;Cynthia R. Lee;Mauro Alini;James C. Iatridis

  • Effects of immobilization and dynamic compression on intervertebral disc cell gene expression in vivo

    Jeffery J. MacLean;Cynthia R. Lee;Sibylle Grad;Keita Ito

  • Complex loading affects intervertebral disc mechanics and biology.

    B.A. Walter;C.L. Korecki;D. Purmessur;D. Purmessur;P.J. Roughley

  • Introduction: disc degeneration: summary.

    Howard S. An;Paul A. Anderson;Victor M. Haughton;James C. Iatridis

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Alini
Mauro Alini AO Foundation
Van C. Mow
Van C. Mow Columbia University
Daisuke Sakai
Daisuke Sakai Tokai University
Makarand V. Risbud
Makarand V. Risbud Thomas Jefferson University
Dirk W. Grijpma
Dirk W. Grijpma University of Twente
Helen Vlassara
Helen Vlassara Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gary E. Striker
Gary E. Striker Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Abhay Pandit
Abhay Pandit University of Galway
Rocky S. Tuan
Rocky S. Tuan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Judith A. Hoyland
Judith A. Hoyland University of Manchester

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