Foteini Mourkioti, PhD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
377A Stemmler Hall
3450 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6081
377A Stemmler Hall
3450 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6081
Office: 215-898-8214
Fax: 215-573-2133
Lab: 215-573-3645
Fax: 215-573-2133
Lab: 215-573-3645
Email:
fmour@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
fmour@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Publications
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Mourkioti Lab
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
Penn Cardiovascular Institute
Penn Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Search PubMed for articles
Mourkioti Lab
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
Penn Cardiovascular Institute
Penn Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Patras, Faculty of Biology, Greece, 1998.
PhD (Genetics and Developmental Biology)
Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department Molecular Developmental Biology, Goettingen, Germany, 2002.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
University of Patras, Faculty of Biology, Greece, 1998.
PhD (Genetics and Developmental Biology)
Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department Molecular Developmental Biology, Goettingen, Germany, 2002.
Description of Research Expertise
Keywords: muscle stem cells, stem cell activation, muscle disorders, mechanobiology, aging, telomeres, NF-kB signaling, muscle regeneration, stem cell regulation, muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, mitochondria, oxidative stress, M2 macrophages, muscle atrophy, muscle wasting.Selected Publications
Park G, Grey JA, Mourkioti F, Han WM.: 3D Mechanical Confinement Directs Muscle Stem Cell Fate and Function. Advanced Biology 9(4), April 2025 Notes: This paper was chosen for the Cover Page of the journal for the month of April: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adbi.202570098.Ma N., Mourkioti F: Ex vivo two-photon imaging of whole-mount skeletal muscles to visualize stem cell behavior. STAR Protocols 5(1): 1-14, March 2024.
Das S, Hilman MC, Yang F, Mourkioti F, Yang W, Cullen DK.: Motor neurons and endothelial cells additively promote development and fusion of human iPSC-derived skeletal myocytes. Skeletal Muscle 7(14), March 2024.
Tichy ED, Lee JH, Li G, Estep KN, Johnson FB, Mourkioti F.: Impacts of radiation exposure, hindlimb unloading, and recovery on murine skeletal muscle cell telomere length. NPJ Microgravity 15(9): 76, September 2023 Notes: DOI : 10.1038/s41526-023-00303-1.
Bautista C.A., Srikumar A., Tichy E.D., Qian G., Jiang X., Qin L., Mourkioti F., Dyment N. CD206: CD206+ tendon resident macrophages and potential crosstalk with fibroblasts and the ECM during tendon growth and maturation. Front. Physiol., Sec. Skeletal Physiology 14, February 2023.
Ma N., Chen D., Lee, J.H., Kuri P., Hernandez E.B., Kocan B., Mahmood H., Tichy E.D., Rompolas P., Mourkioti F.: Piezo1 regulates the regenerative capacity of skeletal muscles via orchestration of stem cell morphological states. Science Advances. Science, 8(11): 1-14, March 2022.
Stanley A, Tichy ED, Kocan J, Roberts DW, Shore EM and Mourkioti F.: Dynamics of skeletal muscle-resident stem cells during myogenesis in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva NPJ Regenerative Medicine-Nature 7(1), January 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41536-021-00201-8.
Tichy ED, Mourkioti F. : Telomere length assessments of muscle stem cells in rodent and human skeletal muscle sections. STAR Protoc 2(4), September 2021 Notes: d10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100830.
Tichy ED, Ma N., Sidibe D., Loro E., Kocan J., Chen DZ., Khurana TS., Hasty P., Mourkioti F.: Persistent NF-κB activation in muscle stem cells induces proliferation-independent telomere shortening Cell Reports. Cell Press, 35(6), May 2021.
Lutian Yao, Elisia D. Tichy, Leilei Zhong, Sarthak Mohanty, Luqiang Wang, Emily Ai, Shuying Yang, Foteini Mourkioti1*, Ling Qin *: Gli1 defines a subset of fibroadipogenic progenitors that promote skeletal muscle regeneration with less fat accumulation. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 36(6): 1159-1173, February 2021.