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Fogarty NL, Johnson T, Kwok B, Lin A, Tsinman TK, Jiang X, Koyama E, Han L, Baxter JR, Mauck RL, Dyment NA. Reduction in postnatal weight-bearing does not alter the trajectory of murine meniscus growth and maturation. J Orthop Res. 2024 Apr;42(4):894-904. doi: 10.1002/jor.25711. Epub 2023 Oct 19. PubMed PMID: 37804210; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10978302.
Collins JM, Lang A, Parisi C, Moharrer Y, Nijsure MP, Thomas Kim JH, Ahmed S, Szeto GL, Qin L, Gottardi R, Dyment NA, Nowlan NC, Boerckel JD. YAP and TAZ couple osteoblast precursor mobilization to angiogenesis and mechanoregulation in murine bone development. Dev Cell. 2024 Jan 22;59(2):211-227.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.11.029. Epub 2023 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 38141609; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10843704.
Chatterjee M, Evans MK, Bell R, Nguyen PK, Kamalitdinov TB, Korntner S, Kuo CK, Dyment NA, Andarawis-Puri N. Histological and immunohistochemical guide to tendon tissue. J Orthop Res. 2023 Oct;41(10):2114-2132. doi: 10.1002/jor.25645. Epub 2023 Jul 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 37321983.
Leahy TP, Fung AK, Weiss SN, Dyment NA, Soslowsky LJ. Investigating the temporal roles of decorin and biglycan in tendon healing. J Orthop Res. 2023 Oct;41(10):2238-2249. doi: 10.1002/jor.25590. Epub 2023 May 13. PubMed PMID: 37132501; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10525000.
Tsinman TK, Huang Y, Ahmed S, Levillain AL, Evans MK, Jiang X, Nowlan NC, Dyment NA, Mauck RL. Lack of skeletal muscle contraction disrupts fibrous tissue morphogenesis in the developing murine knee. J Orthop Res. 2023 Oct;41(10):2305-2314. doi: 10.1002/jor.25659. Epub 2023 Jul 26. PubMed PMID: 37408453; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10528502.
Little D, Amadio PC, Awad HA, Cone SG, Dyment NA, Fisher MB, Huang AH, Koch DW, Kuntz AF, Madi R, McGilvray K, Schnabel LV, Shetye SS, Thomopoulos S, Zhao C, Soslowsky LJ. Preclinical tendon and ligament models: Beyond the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement) to 5W1H (why, who, what, where, when, how). J Orthop Res. 2023 Oct;41(10):2133-2162. doi: 10.1002/jor.25678. Epub 2023 Aug 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 37573480; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10561191.
Dyment NA, Kuntz AF, Soslowsky LJ. Special issue: Guiding the future of tendon research. J Orthop Res. 2023 Oct;41(10):2081. doi: 10.1002/jor.25672. PubMed PMID: 37723919.
Kwok B, Chandrasekaran P, Wang C, He L, Mauck RL, Dyment NA, Koyama E, Han L. Rapid specialization and stiffening of the primitive matrix in developing articular cartilage and meniscus. Acta Biomater. 2023 Sep 15;168:235-251. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.06.047. Epub 2023 Jul 4. PubMed PMID: 37414114; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10529006.
Kamalitdinov TB, Fujino K, Keith Lang S, Jiang X, Madi R, Evans MK, Zgonis MH, Kuntz AF, Dyment NA. Targeting the hedgehog signaling pathway to improve tendon-to-bone integration. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2023 Sep;31(9):1202-1213. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.04.013. Epub 2023 May 3. PubMed PMID: 37146960; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10524548.
Jones DL, Hallström GF, Jiang X, Locke RC, Evans MK, Bonnevie ED, Srikumar A, Leahy TP, Nijsure MP, Boerckel JD, Mauck RL, Dyment NA. Mechanoepigenetic regulation of extracellular matrix homeostasis via Yap and Taz. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 May 30;120(22):e2211947120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2211947120. Epub 2023 May 22. PubMed PMID: 37216538; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10235980.
Bautista CA, Srikumar A, Tichy ED, Qian G, Jiang X, Qin L, Mourkioti F, Dyment NA. CD206+ tendon resident macrophages and their potential crosstalk with fibroblasts and the ECM during tendon growth and maturation. Front Physiol. 2023;14:1122348. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1122348. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 36909235; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9992419.
Zhong L, Lu J, Fang J, Yao L, Yu W, Gui T, Duffy M, Holdreith N, Bautista CA, Huang X, Bandyopadhyay S, Tan K, Chen C, Choi Y, Jiang JX, Yang S, Tong W, Dyment N, Qin L. Csf1 from marrow adipogenic precursors is required for osteoclast formation and hematopoiesis in bone. Elife. 2023 Feb 13;12. doi: 10.7554/eLife.82112. PubMed PMID: 36779854; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10005765.
Fung A, Sun M, Soslowsky LJ, Birk DE. Targeted conditional collagen XII deletion alters tendon function. Matrix Biol Plus. 2022 Dec;16:100123. doi: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2022.100123. eCollection 2022 Dec. PubMed PMID: 36311462; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9597098.
Zlotnick HM, Jiang X, Mauck RL, Dyment NA. Multiplexed tape-stabilized cryohistology of mineralized large animal specimens. J Biol Methods. 2022;9(4):e166. doi: 10.14440/jbm.2022.389. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36992919; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10040302.
Leiphart RJ, Weiss SN, DiStefano MS, Mavridis AA, Adams SA, Dyment NA, Soslowsky LJ. Collagen V deficiency during murine tendon healing results in distinct healing outcomes based on knockdown severity. J Biomech. 2022 Nov;144:111315. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111315. Epub 2022 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 36201909; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10108665.
Wang W, Azar T, Tseng WJ, Pei S, Zhou Y, Jiang X, Dyment N, Liu XS. Distinct Responses of Modeling- and Remodeling-Based Bone Formation to the Discontinuation of Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone Treatment in Ovariectomized Rats. J Bone Miner Res. 2022 Nov;37(11):2215-2225. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4704. Epub 2022 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 36093591; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9712255.
Prabhath A, Vernekar VN, Esdaille CJ, Eisenberg E, Lebaschi A, Badon M, Seyedsalehi A, Dzidotor G, Tang X, Dyment N, Thomopoulos S, Kumbar SG, Deymier A, Weber E, Laurencin CT. Pegylated insulin-like growth factor-1 biotherapeutic delivery promotes rotator cuff regeneration in a rat model. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2022 Jul;110(7):1356-1371. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.37378. Epub 2022 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 35253991; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10324960.
Wang W, Tseng WJ, Zhao H, Azar T, Pei S, Jiang X, Dyment N, Liu XS. Activation, development, and attenuation of modeling- and remodeling-based bone formation in adult rats. Biomaterials. 2021 Sep;276:121015. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121015. Epub 2021 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 34273687; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8523222.
Tsinman TK, Jiang X, Han L, Koyama E, Mauck RL, Dyment NA. Intrinsic and growth-mediated cell and matrix specialization during murine meniscus tissue assembly. FASEB J. 2021 Aug;35(8):e21779. doi: 10.1096/fj.202100499R. PubMed PMID: 34314047; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8323983.
Chandrasekaran P, Kwok B, Han B, Adams SM, Wang C, Chery DR, Mauck RL, Dyment NA, Lu XL, Frank DB, Koyama E, Birk DE, Han L. Type V collagen regulates the structure and biomechanics of TMJ condylar cartilage: A fibrous-hyaline hybrid. Matrix Biol. 2021 Aug;102:1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2021.07.002. Epub 2021 Jul 24. PubMed PMID: 34314838; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8549065.
Wei Y, Sun H, Gui T, Yao L, Zhong L, Yu W, Heo SJ, Han L, Dyment NA, Liu XS, Zhang Y, Koyama E, Long F, Zgonis MH, Mauck RL, Ahn J, Qin L. The critical role of Hedgehog-responsive mesenchymal progenitors in meniscus development and injury repair. Elife. 2021 Jun 4;10. doi: 10.7554/eLife.62917. PubMed PMID: 34085927; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8177886.
Park NR, Shetye SS, Bogush I, Keene DR, Tufa S, Hudson DM, Archer M, Qin L, Soslowsky LJ, Dyment NA, Joeng KS. Reticulocalbin 3 is involved in postnatal tendon development by regulating collagen fibrillogenesis and cellular maturation. Sci Rep. 2021 May 25;11(1):10868. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90258-8. PubMed PMID: 34035379; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8149630.
Cosgrove BD, Loebel C, Driscoll TP, Tsinman TK, Dai EN, Heo SJ, Dyment NA, Burdick JA, Mauck RL. Nuclear envelope wrinkling predicts mesenchymal progenitor cell mechano-response in 2D and 3D microenvironments. Biomaterials. 2021 Mar;270:120662. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120662. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 33540172; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7936657.
Yu W, Zhong L, Yao L, Wei Y, Gui T, Li Z, Kim H, Holdreith N, Jiang X, Tong W, Dyment N, Liu XS, Yang S, Choi Y, Ahn J, Qin L. Bone marrow adipogenic lineage precursors promote osteoclastogenesis in bone remodeling and pathologic bone loss. J Clin Invest. 2021 Jan 19;131(2). doi: 10.1172/JCI140214. PubMed PMID: 33206630; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7810488.
Leiphart RJ, Shetye SS, Weiss SN, Dyment NA, Soslowsky LJ. Induced Knockdown of Decorin, Alone and in Tandem With Biglycan Knockdown, Directly Increases Aged Murine Patellar Tendon Viscoelastic Properties. J Biomech Eng. 2020 Nov 1;142(11). doi: 10.1115/1.4048030. PubMed PMID: 32766748; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7580841.
Dyment NA, Barrett JG, Awad HA, Bautista CA, Banes AJ, Butler DL. A brief history of tendon and ligament bioreactors: Impact and future prospects. J Orthop Res. 2020 Nov;38(11):2318-2330. doi: 10.1002/jor.24784. Epub 2020 Jul 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 32579266; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7722018.
Novais EJ, Tran VA, Miao J, Slaver K, Sinensky A, Dyment NA, Addya S, Szeri F, van de Wetering K, Shapiro IM, Risbud MV. Comparison of inbred mouse strains shows diverse phenotypic outcomes of intervertebral disc aging. Aging Cell. 2020 May;19(5):e13148. doi: 10.1111/acel.13148. Epub 2020 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 32319726; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7253061.
Zhong L, Yao L, Tower RJ, Wei Y, Miao Z, Park J, Shrestha R, Wang L, Yu W, Holdreith N, Huang X, Zhang Y, Tong W, Gong Y, Ahn J, Susztak K, Dyment N, Li M, Long F, Chen C, Seale P, Qin L. Single cell transcriptomics identifies a unique adipose lineage cell population that regulates bone marrow environment. Elife. 2020 Apr 14;9. doi: 10.7554/eLife.54695. PubMed PMID: 32286228; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7220380.
O'Keefe RJ, Tuan RS, Lane NE, Awad HA, Barry F, Bunnell BA, Colnot C, Drake MT, Drissi H, Dyment NA, Fortier LA, Guldberg RE, Kandel R, Little DG, Marshall MF, Mao JJ, Nakamura N, Proffen BL, Rodeo SA, Rosen V, Thomopoulos S, Schwarz EM, Serra R. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research-Orthopaedic Research Society Joint Task Force Report on Cell-Based Therapies - Secondary Publication. J Orthop Res. 2020 Mar;38(3):485-502. doi: 10.1002/jor.24485. Epub 2020 Jan 29. PubMed PMID: 31994782.
Kamalitdinov TB, Fujino K, Shetye SS, Jiang X, Ye Y, Rodriguez AB, Kuntz AF, Zgonis MH, Dyment NA. Amplifying Bone Marrow Progenitors Expressing α-Smooth Muscle Actin Produce Zonal Insertion Sites During Tendon-to-Bone Repair. J Orthop Res. 2020 Jan;38(1):105-116. doi: 10.1002/jor.24395. Epub 2019 Jul 11. PubMed PMID: 31228280; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6917878.
Hagiwara Y, Dyrna F, Kuntz AF, Adams DJ, Dyment NA. Cells from a GDF5 origin produce zonal tendon-to-bone attachments following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020 Jan;1460(1):57-67. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14250. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PubMed PMID: 31596513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6992521.
Dyrna F, Zakko P, Pauzenberger L, McCarthy MB, Mazzocca AD, Dyment NA. Human Subacromial Bursal Cells Display Superior Engraftment Versus Bone Marrow Stromal Cells in Murine Tendon Repair. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Dec;46(14):3511-3520. doi: 10.1177/0363546518802842. Epub 2018 Nov 12. PubMed PMID: 30419176; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6541409.
Smilowitz HM, Meyers A, Rahman K, Dyment NA, Sasso D, Xue C, Oliver DL, Lichtler A, Deng X, Ridwan SM, Tarmu LJ, Wu Q, Salner AL, Bulsara KR, Slatkin DN, Hainfeld JF. Intravenously-injected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) access intracerebral F98 rat gliomas better than AuNPs infused directly into the tumor site by convection enhanced delivery. Int J Nanomedicine. 2018;13:3937-3948. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S154555. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30013346; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6038872.
Smilowitz HM, Tarmu LJ, Sanders MM, Taylor JA 3rd, Choudhary D, Xue C, Dyment NA, Sasso D, Deng X, Hainfeld JF. Biodistribution of gold nanoparticles in BBN-induced muscle-invasive bladder cancer in mice. Int J Nanomedicine. 2017;12:7937-7946. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S140977. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 29138560; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5667800.
Basuli D, Tesfay L, Deng Z, Paul B, Yamamoto Y, Ning G, Xian W, McKeon F, Lynch M, Crum CP, Hegde P, Brewer M, Wang X, Miller LD, Dyment N, Torti FM, Torti SV. Iron addiction: a novel therapeutic target in ovarian cancer. Oncogene. 2017 Jul 20;36(29):4089-4099. doi: 10.1038/onc.2017.11. Epub 2017 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 28319068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5540148.
Decker RS, Um HB, Dyment NA, Cottingham N, Usami Y, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Kronenberg MS, Maye P, Rowe DW, Koyama E, Pacifici M. Cell origin, volume and arrangement are drivers of articular cartilage formation, morphogenesis and response to injury in mouse limbs. Dev Biol. 2017 Jun 1;426(1):56-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.04.006. Epub 2017 Apr 21. PubMed PMID: 28438606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6046638.
Vidovic I, Banerjee A, Fatahi R, Matthews BG, Dyment NA, Kalajzic I, Mina M. αSMA-Expressing Perivascular Cells Represent Dental Pulp Progenitors In Vivo. J Dent Res. 2017 Mar;96(3):323-330. doi: 10.1177/0022034516678208. Epub 2016 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 27834664; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5298392.
Siu SY, Dyment NA, Rowe DW, Sundberg JP, Uitto J, Li Q. Variable patterns of ectopic mineralization in Enpp1asj-2J mice, a model for generalized arterial calcification of infancy. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec 20;7(51):83837-83842. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13335. PubMed PMID: 27863377; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5341293.
Matic I, Matthews BG, Wang X, Dyment NA, Worthley DL, Rowe DW, Grcevic D, Kalajzic I. Quiescent Bone Lining Cells Are a Major Source of Osteoblasts During Adulthood. Stem Cells. 2016 Dec;34(12):2930-2942. doi: 10.1002/stem.2474. Epub 2016 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 27507737; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5450652.
Arble JR, Lalley AL, Dyment NA, Joshi P, Shin DG, Gooch C, Grawe B, Rowe D, Shearn JT. The LG/J murine strain exhibits near-normal tendon biomechanical properties following a full-length central patellar tendon defect. Connect Tissue Res. 2016 Nov;57(6):496-506. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2016.1213247. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 27552106; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10552235.
Yoshida R, Alaee F, Dyrna F, Kronenberg MS, Maye P, Kalajzic I, Rowe DW, Mazzocca AD, Dyment NA. Murine supraspinatus tendon injury model to identify the cellular origins of rotator cuff healing. Connect Tissue Res. 2016 Nov;57(6):507-515. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2016.1189910. Epub 2016 May 16. PubMed PMID: 27184388; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5149426.
Dyment NA, Jiang X, Chen L, Hong SH, Adams DJ, Ackert-Bicknell C, Shin DG, Rowe DW. High-Throughput, Multi-Image Cryohistology of Mineralized Tissues. J Vis Exp. 2016 Sep 14;(115). doi: 10.3791/54468. PubMed PMID: 27684089; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5092021.
Zhang J, Dyment NA, Rowe DW, Siu SY, Sundberg JP, Uitto J, Li Q. Ectopic mineralization of cartilage and collagen-rich tendons and ligaments in Enpp1asj-2J mice. Oncotarget. 2016 Mar 15;7(11):12000-9. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.7455. PubMed PMID: 26910915; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4914264.
Smilowitz HM, Micca PL, Sasso D, Wu Q, Dyment N, Xue C, Kuo L. Increasing radiation dose improves immunotherapy outcome and prolongation of tumor dormancy in a subgroup of mice treated for advanced intracerebral melanoma. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2016 Feb;65(2):127-39. doi: 10.1007/s00262-015-1772-7. Epub 2015 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 26660339; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11028885.
Utreja A, Dyment NA, Yadav S, Villa MM, Li Y, Jiang X, Nanda R, Rowe DW. Cell and matrix response of temporomandibular cartilage to mechanical loading. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2016 Feb;24(2):335-44. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.08.010. Epub 2015 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 26362410; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4757844.
Aravamudhan A, Ramos DM, Jenkins NA, Dyment NA, Sanders MM, Rowe DW, Kumbar SG. Collagen nanofibril self-assembly on a natural polymeric material for the osteoinduction of stem cells: In vitro and biocompatibility in vivo. RSC Advances. 2016; 6(84):80851-80866. doi: DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15363a.
Wall ME, Dyment NA, Bodle J, Volmer J, Loboa E, Cederlund A, Fox AM, Banes AJ. Cell Signaling in Tenocytes: Response to Load and Ligands in Health and Disease. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016;920:79-95. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-33943-6_7. Review. PubMed PMID: 27535250.
Lalley AL, Dyment NA, Kazemi N, Kenter K, Gooch C, Rowe DW, Butler DL, Shearn JT. Improved biomechanical and biological outcomes in the MRL/MpJ murine strain following a full-length patellar tendon injury. J Orthop Res. 2015 Nov;33(11):1693-703. doi: 10.1002/jor.22928. Epub 2015 May 25. PubMed PMID: 25982892; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5007538.
Dyment NA, Breidenbach AP, Schwartz AG, Russell RP, Aschbacher-Smith L, Liu H, Hagiwara Y, Jiang R, Thomopoulos S, Butler DL, Rowe DW. Gdf5 progenitors give rise to fibrocartilage cells that mineralize via hedgehog signaling to form the zonal enthesis. Dev Biol. 2015 Sep 1;405(1):96-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.06.020. Epub 2015 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 26141957; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4529782.
Dyment NA, Galloway JL. Regenerative biology of tendon: mechanisms for renewal and repair. Curr Mol Biol Rep. 2015 Sep;1(3):124-131. doi: 10.1007/s40610-015-0021-3. PubMed PMID: 26389023; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4570727.
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