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Overview

Mervin C. Yoder is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, genetics, biomedical engineering, and cell biology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, particularly those related to cellular and molecular mechanisms in health and disease. Key areas of study include angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, zebrafish biomedical research applications, mesenchymal stem cell research, 3D printing in biomedical research, pluripotent stem cells research, immune cells in cancer, and renal and related cancers.

They have contributed to several notable scientific publications. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Sox9 and Rbpj differentially regulate endothelial to mesenchymal transition and wound scarring in murine endovascular progenitors, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Origin, prospective identification, and function of circulating endothelial colony-forming cells in mice and humans, 2023, JCI Insight
  • Isolation of tissue-resident vascular endothelial stem cells from mouse liver, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • Identification of a physiologic vasculogenic fibroblast state to achieve tissue repair, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Novel Markers of Angiogenesis in the Setting of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Therapy
  • Circulation Research
  • Cell Stem Cell
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Collaborations form an important part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors have been:

  • Chang-Hyun Gil
  • Michael P. Murphy
  • Kimihiko Banno
  • David P. Basile
  • Chandan K. Sen

Their contributions detail various aspects of endothelial biology, regenerative medicine, and vascular research through both experimental and translational approaches. The range and focus of their publications reflect an integration of molecular pathways and cellular functions relevant to tissue repair, cancer biology, and degenerative diseases.

Best Publications

  • Identification of a novel hierarchy of endothelial progenitor cells using human peripheral and umbilical cord blood.

    David A. Ingram;Laura E. Mead;Hiromi Tanaka;Virginia Meade

  • Redefining endothelial progenitor cells via clonal analysis and hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell principals

    Mervin C. Yoder;Laura E. Mead;Daniel Prater;Theresa R. Krier

  • Assessing Identity, Phenotype, and Fate of Endothelial Progenitor Cells

    Karen K. Hirschi;David A. Ingram;Mervin C. Yoder

  • Vessel wall–derived endothelial cells rapidly proliferate because they contain a complete hierarchy of endothelial progenitor cells

    David A. Ingram;Laura E. Mead;Daniel B. Moore;Wayne Woodard

  • Endothelial progenitor cells: identity defined?

    Frank Timmermans;Jean Plum;Mervin C. Yöder;David A. Ingram

  • Human CD34+AC133+VEGFR-2+ cells are not endothelial progenitor cells but distinct, primitive hematopoietic progenitors

    Jamie Case;Laura E. Mead;Waylan K. Bessler;Daniel Prater

  • Growth characteristics and expansion of human umbilical cord blood and estimation of its potential for transplantation in adults.

    H E Broxmeyer;G Hangoc;S Cooper;R C Ribeiro

  • Consensus guidelines for the use and interpretation of angiogenesis assays

    Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska;Kari Alitalo;Elizabeth Allen;Andrey Anisimov

  • Biomechanical forces promote embryonic haematopoiesis

    Luigi Adamo;Olaia Naveiras;Olaia Naveiras;Pamela L. Wenzel;Pamela L. Wenzel;Shannon McKinney-Freeman;Shannon McKinney-Freeman

  • Unresolved questions, changing definitions, and novel paradigms for defining endothelial progenitor cells

    David A. Ingram;Noel M. Caplice;Noel M. Caplice;Mervin C. Yoder;Mervin C. Yoder

  • BMP10 is essential for maintaining cardiac growth during murine cardiogenesis.

    Hanying Chen;Shu Shi;Lourdes Acosta;Weiming Li

  • Yolk-sac hematopoiesis: The first blood cells of mouse and man

    James Palis;Mervin C Yoder

  • Characterization of Definitive Lymphohematopoietic Stem Cells in the Day 9 Murine Yolk Sac

    Mervin C Yoder;Kelly Hiatt;Parmesh Dutt;Pinku Mukherjee

  • Human Endothelial Progenitor Cells

    Mervin C. Yoder

  • Endothelial Progenitors: A Consensus Statement on Nomenclature.

    Reinhold J. Medina;Chad L. Barber;Florence Sabatier;Francoise Dignat-George

  • CD41 expression defines the onset of primitive and definitive hematopoiesis in the murine embryo

    Michael J. Ferkowicz;Mark Starr;Xiaodong Xie;Weiming Li

  • Murine embryonic stem cell differentiation is promoted by SOCS-3 and inhibited by the zinc finger transcription factor Klf4.

    Yanjun Li;Jeanette McClintick;Li Zhong;Howard J. Edenberg

  • The emergence of hematopoietic stem cells is initiated in the placental vasculature in the absence of circulation.

    Katrin E. Rhodes;Christos Gekas;Yanling Wang;Christopher T. Lux

  • Working hypothesis to redefine endothelial progenitor cells

    D. N. Prater;Jamie Case;David Ingram;Mervin Yoder

  • In vivo repopulating hematopoietic stem cells are present in the murine yolk sac at day 9.0 postcoitus

    Mervin C. Yoder;Kelly Hiatt;Pinku Mukherjee

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Ingram
David A. Ingram Indiana University
Arun Srivastava
Arun Srivastava University of Florida
Reuben Kapur
Reuben Kapur Indiana University
Hal E. Broxmeyer
Hal E. Broxmeyer Indiana University
Maria B. Grant
Maria B. Grant University of Alabama at Birmingham
Edward F. Srour
Edward F. Srour Indiana University
Steven D. Douglas
Steven D. Douglas Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mary C. Dinauer
Mary C. Dinauer Washington University in St. Louis
David A. Williams
David A. Williams Boston Children's Hospital

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