Mariusz Z. Ratajczak

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Best Publications

• Embryonic stem cell-derived microvesicles reprogram hematopoietic progenitors: evidence for horizontal transfer of mRNA and protein delivery.

  J Ratajczak;K Miekus;M Kucia;J Zhang

  1812
  Citations

• Membrane-derived microvesicles: important and underappreciated mediators of cell-to-cell communication.

  J Ratajczak;M Wysoczynski;F Hayek;A Janowska-Wieczorek

  1634
  Citations

• A population of very small embryonic-like (VSEL) CXCR4 + SSEA-1 + Oct-4 + stem cells identified in adult bone marrow

  M Kucia;R Reca;F R Campbell;E Zuba-Surma

  1028
  Citations

• Trafficking of Normal Stem Cells and Metastasis of Cancer Stem Cells Involve Similar Mechanisms: Pivotal Role of the SDF-1–CXCR4 Axis

  Magda Kucia;Ryan Reca;Katarzyna Miekus;Jens Wanzeck

  1026
  Citations

• CXCR4-SDF-1 signalling, locomotion, chemotaxis and adhesion.

  Magda Kucia;Kacper Jankowski;Ryan Reca;Marcin Wysoczynski

  938
  Citations

• Migration of bone marrow and cord blood mesenchymal stem cells in vitro is regulated by stromal-derived factor-1-CXCR4 and hepatocyte growth factor-c-met axes and involves matrix metalloproteinases.

  Bo‐Ra Son;Leah A. Marquez‐Curtis;Magda Kucia;Marcin Wysoczynski

  920
  Citations

• Microvesicles derived from activated platelets induce metastasis and angiogenesis in lung cancer.

  Anna Janowska-Wieczorek;Marcin Wysoczynski;Marcin Wysoczynski;Jacek Kijowski;Jacek Kijowski;Leah Marquez-Curtis;Leah Marquez-Curtis

  887
  Citations

• Numerous growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines are secreted by human CD34(+) cells, myeloblasts, erythroblasts, and megakaryoblasts and regulate normal hematopoiesis in an autocrine/paracrine manner.

  Marcin Majka;Marcin Majka;Anna Janowska-Wieczorek;Anna Janowska-Wieczorek;Janina Ratajczak;Janina Ratajczak;Karen Ehrenman;Karen Ehrenman

  753
  Citations

• Mobilization of CD34/CXCR4+, CD34/CD117+, c-met+ Stem Cells, and Mononuclear Cells Expressing Early Cardiac, Muscle, and Endothelial Markers Into Peripheral Blood in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

  Wojciech Wojakowski;Michał Tendera;Anna Michałowska;Marcin Majka

  663
  Citations

• STK-1, the human homolog of Flk-2/Flt-3, is selectively expressed in CD34+ human bone marrow cells and is involved in the proliferation of early progenitor/stem cells

  D Small;M Levenstein;E Kim;C Carow

  655
  Citations

• Intracoronary infusion of bone marrow-derived selected CD34+CXCR4+ cells and non-selected mononuclear cells in patients with acute STEMI and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction: results of randomized, multicentre Myocardial Regeneration by Intracoronary Infusion of Selected Population of Stem Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction (REGENT) Trial.

  Michał Tendera;Wojciech Wojakowski;Witold Rużyłło;Lidia Chojnowska

  651
  Citations

• Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase activity is regulated by BCR/ABL and is required for the growth of Philadelphia chromosome-positive cells

  Tomasz Skorski;Palanisamy Kanakaraj;Margaret Nieborowska-Skorska;Mariusz Z. Ratajczak

  601
  Citations

• The pleiotropic effects of the SDF-1-CXCR4 axis in organogenesis, regeneration and tumorigenesis.

  Mariusz Z Ratajczak;Ewa Zuba-Surma;Magda Kucia;Ryan Reca

  586
  Citations

• Tumour-derived microvesicles carry several surface determinants and mRNA of tumour cells and transfer some of these determinants to monocytes.

  Monika Baj-Krzyworzeka;Rafał Szatanek;Kazimierz Węglarczyk;Jarosław Baran

  481
  Citations

• Morphological and molecular characterization of novel population of CXCR4+ SSEA-4+ Oct-4+ very small embryonic-like cells purified from human cord blood: preliminary report

  M Kucia;M Halasa;M Wysoczynski;M Baskiewicz-Masiuk

  475
  Citations

• Cells Expressing Early Cardiac Markers Reside in the Bone Marrow and Are Mobilized Into the Peripheral Blood After Myocardial Infarction

  Magda Kucia;Buddhadeb Dawn;Greg Hunt;Yiru Guo

  465
  Citations

• Stem cell plasticity revisited: CXCR4-positive cells expressing mRNA for early muscle, liver and neural cells ‘hide out’ in the bone marrow

  M Z Ratajczak;M Kucia;M Kucia;R Reca;M Majka

  461
  Citations

• Platelet-derived microparticles bind to hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells and enhance their engraftment

  Anna Janowska-Wieczorek;Marcin Majka;Jacek Kijowski;Monika Baj-Krzyworzeka

  447
  Citations

• CXCR4-SDF-1 signaling is active in rhabdomyosarcoma cells and regulates locomotion, chemotaxis, and adhesion.

  Jolanta Libura;Justyna Drukala;Marcin Majka;Oana Tomescu

  445
  Citations

• Platelet-derived microparticles stimulate proliferation, survival, adhesion, and chemotaxis of hematopoietic cells.

  Monika Baj-Krzyworzeka;Marcin Majka;Domenico Pratico;Janina Ratajczak

  432
  Citations