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20120
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1212

Overview

Maksim V. Plikus is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. The research focus encompasses multiple areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study reflect a diverse range of biological and medical disciplines:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Urology
  • Dermatology
  • Cell Biology
  • Rehabilitation

Research topics cover several significant areas related to cell biology, dermatology, and regenerative medicine:

  • Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research

Selected recent papers authored by Maksim V. Plikus include:

  • "Fibroblasts: Origins, definitions, and functions in health and disease," 2021, published in Cell

Other highly cited works connected to collaborative areas include:

  • "Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "CellChat for systematic analysis of cell-cell communication from single-cell transcriptomics," 2024, Nature Protocols
  • "Activating an adaptive immune response from a hydrogel scaffold imparts regenerative wound healing," 2020, Nature Materials

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, signifying a network of ongoing partnerships in their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Raúl Ramos
  • Qing Nie
  • Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez
  • Zhengquan Yu
  • Cong Lv

Publication venues where Maksim V. Plikus has contributed extensively are largely focused on dermatology and molecular biology, highlighting a sustained research presence in both journals and preprint platforms:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology (25 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • Developmental Cell (5 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)
  • Cell (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat.

    Suoqin Jin;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Lihua Zhang;Ivan Chang

  • Cyclic dermal BMP signalling regulates stem cell activation during hair regeneration

    Maksim V. Plikus;Julie Ann Mayer;Damon de la Cruz;Ruth E. Baker

  • Fibroblasts: Origins, definitions, and functions in health and disease.

    Maksim V. Plikus;Xiaojie Wang;Sarthak Sinha;Elvira Forte

  • Regeneration of fat cells from myofibroblasts during wound healing

    Maksim V. Plikus;Maksim V. Plikus;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Mayumi Ito;Yun Rose Li

  • Activating an adaptive immune response from a hydrogel scaffold imparts regenerative wound healing

    Donald R. Griffin;Donald R. Griffin;Maani M. Archang;Chen-Hsiang Kuan;Westbrook M. Weaver

  • Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myeloid-derived adipocyte progenitors in murine skin wounds.

    Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Priya H. Dedhia;Suoqin Jin;Rolando Ruiz-Vega

  • Dermal adipocytes protect against invasive Staphylococcus aureus skin infection

    Ling-juan Zhang;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Tissa Hata;Sagar P. Bapat

  • Anatomical, Physiological, and Functional Diversity of Adipose Tissue

    Rachel K. Zwick;Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez;Valerie Horsley;Maksim V. Plikus

  • Pharmacological activation of REV-ERBs is lethal in cancer and oncogene-induced senescence.

    Gabriele Sulli;Amy Rommel;Xiaojie Wang;Matthew J. Kolar

  • Fgf9 from dermal γδ T cells induces hair follicle neogenesis after wounding

    Ohsang Kwon;Ohsang Kwon;Zhikun Zhang;Michelle Spata

  • A Guide to Studying Human Hair Follicle Cycling In Vivo

    Ji Won Oh;Jennifer Kloepper;Ewan A. Langan;Yongsoo Kim

  • An Integrated Gene Regulatory Network Controls Stem Cell Proliferation in Teeth

    Xiu-Ping Wang;Marika Suomalainen;Szabolcs Béla Felszeghy;Laura C. Zelarayan

  • Epithelial Stem Cells and Implications for Wound Repair

    Maksim V. Plikus;Elsa Treffeisen;Anne Wang

  • Evo-Devo of Amniote Integuments and Appendages

    Ping Wu;Lianhai Hou;Maksim Plikus;Michael Warren Hughes

  • Organ-level quorum sensing directs regeneration in hair stem cell populations

    Chih Chiang Chen;Lei Wang;Maksim V. Plikus;Ting Xin Jiang

  • Self-Organizing and Stochastic Behaviors During the Regeneration of Hair Stem Cells

    Maksim V. Plikus;Ruth E. Baker;Chih Chiang Chen;Chih Chiang Chen;Clyde Fare

  • Hedgehog stimulates hair follicle neogenesis by creating inductive dermis during murine skin wound healing

    Chae Ho Lim;Qi Sun;Karan Ratti;Soung Hoon Lee

  • Morphoregulation of teeth: modulating the number, size, shape and differentiation by tuning Bmp activity.

    Maksim V. Plikus;Maggie Zeichner-David;Julie-Ann Mayer;Julia Reyna

  • MicroRNA-31 Reduces Inflammatory Signaling and Promotes Regeneration in Colon Epithelium, and Delivery of Mimics in Microspheres Reduces Colitis in Mice.

    Yuhua Tian;Jiuzhi Xu;Yuan Li;Ran Zhao

  • 'Cyclic alopecia' in Msx2 mutants: defects in hair cycling and hair shaft differentiation.

    Liang Ma;Jian Liu;Tobey Wu;Maksim Plikus

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheng-Ming Chuong
Cheng-Ming Chuong University of Southern California
Bogi Andersen
Bogi Andersen University of California, Irvine
George Cotsarelis
George Cotsarelis University of Pennsylvania
Ralf Paus
Ralf Paus University of Miami
Ting-Xin Jiang
Ting-Xin Jiang University of Southern California
Randall B. Widelitz
Randall B. Widelitz University of Southern California
Christopher J. Lengner
Christopher J. Lengner University of Pennsylvania
Sarah E. Millar
Sarah E. Millar University of Pennsylvania
Yingzi Cong
Yingzi Cong The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Philip K. Maini
Philip K. Maini University of Oxford

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