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Stella Kourembanas is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily covers the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specialized focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Immunology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments

They have published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Circulation
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • CHEST Journal
  • Pediatric Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia" (2020), published in Pediatric Research
  • "Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived small extracellular vesicles restore lung architecture and improve exercise capacity in a model of neonatal hyperoxia-induced lung injury" (2020), published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Perinatal Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Stabilization Preserves Lung Alveolar and Vascular Growth in Experimental Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia" (2020), published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Urine Proteomics for Noninvasive Monitoring of Biomarkers in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia" (2022), published in Neonatology
  • "Echocardiographic markers of pulmonary hemodynamics and right ventricular hypertrophy in rat models of pulmonary hypertension" (2020), published in Pulmonary Circulation

Frequent co-authors in their research include S. Alex Mitsialis, Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez, Gareth R. Willis, Monica Reis, and Xianlan Liu. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers focused on related aspects of respiratory medicine and pulmonary health.

Best Publications

  • Hypoxia Regulates Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Expression in Endothelial Cells Identification of a 5′ Enhancer

    Yuxiang Liu;Shanna R. Cox;Toshisuke Morita;Stella Kourembanas

  • SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL-DERIVED CARBON MONOXIDE IS A REGULATOR OF VASCULAR CGMP

    Toshisuke Morita;Mark A. Perrella;Mu-En Lee;Stella Kourembanas

  • Hypoxia induces endothelin gene expression and secretion in cultured human endothelium.

    S Kourembanas;P A Marsden;L P McQuillan;D V Faller

  • Exosomes Mediate the Cytoprotective Action of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

    Changjin Lee;S. Alex Mitsialis;Muhammad Aslam;Sally H. Vitali

  • Exosomes: Vehicles of Intercellular Signaling, Biomarkers, and Vectors of Cell Therapy

    Stella Kourembanas

  • Nitric oxide regulates the expression of vasoconstrictors and growth factors by vascular endothelium under both normoxia and hypoxia.

    S Kourembanas;L P McQuillan;G K Leung;D V Faller

  • Hypoxia inhibits expression of eNOS via transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms

    Lynda P. McQuillan;Gordon K. Leung;Philip A. Marsden;Sandra K. Kostyk

  • Oxygen tension regulates the expression of the platelet-derived growth factor-B chain gene in human endothelial cells.

    S Kourembanas;R L Hannan;D V Faller

  • Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Attenuate Lung Injury in a Murine Model of Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease

    Muhammad Aslam;Rajiv Baveja;Olin D. Liang;Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez

  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Exosomes Ameliorate Experimental Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Restore Lung Function through Macrophage Immunomodulation

    Gareth R. Willis;Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez;Jamie Anastas;Sally H. Vitali

  • Endothelial cell expression of vasoconstrictors and growth factors is regulated by smooth muscle cell-derived carbon monoxide.

    Toshisuke Morita;Stella Kourembanas

  • Hypoxia induces severe right ventricular dilatation and infarction in heme oxygenase-1 null mice.

    Shaw-Fang Yet;Mark A. Perrella;Matthew D. Layne;Chung-Ming Hsieh

  • Carbon Monoxide Controls the Proliferation of Hypoxic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Toshisuke Morita;S. Alex Mitsialis;Hideo Koike;Yuxiang Liu

  • Targeted expression of heme oxygenase-1 prevents the pulmonary inflammatory and vascular responses to hypoxia

    Tohru Minamino;Helen Christou;Chung Ming Hsieh;Yuxiang Liu

  • Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide suppress the hypoxic induction of vascular endothelial growth factor gene via the 5' enhancer

    Yuxiang Liu;Helen Christou;Toshisuke Morita;Erik Laughner

  • Prevention of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension by enhancement of endogenous heme oxygenase-1 in the rat.

    Helen Christou;Toshisuke Morita;Chung-Ming Hsieh;Hideo Koike

  • Systemic Administration of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Extracellular Vesicles Ameliorates Aspergillus Hyphal Extract-Induced Allergic Airway Inflammation in Immunocompetent Mice

    Fernanda F. Cruz;Fernanda F. Cruz;Zachary D. Borg;Meagan Goodwin;Dino Sokocevic

  • Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated reversal of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated pulmonary hypertension

    Georg Hansmann;Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez;Muhammad Aslam;Sally H. Vitali

  • Increased vascular endothelial growth factor production in the lungs of rats with hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension

    Helen Christou;Atsushi Yoshida;Victoria Arthur;Toshisuke Morita

  • Bronchioalveolar stem cells increase after mesenchymal stromal cell treatment in a mouse model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    Kristen A. Tropea;Eva Leder;Muhammad Aslam;Allison N. Lau

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Perrella
Mark A. Perrella Brigham and Women's Hospital
David L. Wessel
David L. Wessel George Washington University
Elizabeth N. Allred
Elizabeth N. Allred Boston Children's Hospital
Chung-Ming Hsieh
Chung-Ming Hsieh MSD (United States)
Douglas V. Faller
Douglas V. Faller Takeda (Japan)
Mu-En Lee
Mu-En Lee Harvard University
David S. Phelps
David S. Phelps Pennsylvania State University
Philip A. Marsden
Philip A. Marsden University of Toronto
Mukesh K. Jain
Mukesh K. Jain Brown University
Graça Almeida-Porada
Graça Almeida-Porada Wake Forest University

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