Recent Publications

• Developing small-diameter vascular grafts with human amniotic membrane: long-term evaluation of transplantation outcomes in a small animal model.

  (Wang B, Wang X, Kenneth A, Drena A, Pacheco A, Kalvin L, Ibrahim ES, Rossi PJ, Thatcher K, Lincoln J.) Biofabrication. 2023 Jan 30;15(2) PMID: 36626826 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147095444 01/11/2023

• Structural and biomechanical characterizations of acellular porcine mitral valve scaffolds: anterior leaflets, posterior leaflets, and chordae tendineae

  (Wang B, Sierad LN, Mercuri JJ, Simionescu A, Simionescu DT, Williams LN, Vela R, Bajona P, Peltz M, Ramaswamy S, Hong Y, Liao J.) Engineered Regeneration. December 2022;3(4):374-386 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136561608 12/01/2022

• Acellular Myocardial Scaffolds and Slices Fabrication, and Method for Applying Mechanical and Electrical Simulation to Tissue Construct.

  (Wang B, Shah M, Williams LN, de Jongh Curry AL, Hong Y, Zhang G, Liao J.) Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2485:55-70 PMID: 35618898 PMCID: PMC9811994 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130878782 05/27/2022

• A comparative study on fabrication techniques of gelable bone matrix derived from porcine tibia.

  (Li W, Wang F, Barnett C, Wang B.) J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2021 Dec;109(12):2131-2141 PMID: 33964121 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105323755 05/09/2021

• An Evaluation of Wound Healing Efficacy of a Film Dressing Made from Polymer-integrated Amnion Membrane.

  (Wang B, Li W, Harrison J.) Organogenesis. 2020 Oct 01;16(4):126-136 PMID: 33164697 PMCID: PMC7714469 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85095741438 11/10/2020

• Development of an extracellular matrix-enriched gelatin sponge for liver wound dressing.

  (Wang B, Johnson A, Li W.) J Biomed Mater Res A. 2020 Oct;108(10):2057-2068 PMID: 32319725 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086331120 04/23/2020

• Polymer-integrated amnion scaffold significantly improves cleft palate repair.

  (Li W, Fu Y, Jiang B, Lo AY, Ameer GA, Barnett C, Wang B.) Acta Biomater. 2019 Jul 01;92:104-114 PMID: 31102764 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065781805 05/19/2019

• Decellularization in heart valve tissue engineering

  (Copeland KM, Wang B, Shi X, Simionescu DT, Hong Y, Bajona P, Sacks MS, Liao J.) Advances in Heart Valve Biomechanics: Valvular Physiology, Mechanobiology, and Bioengineering. 8 April 2019:289-317 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084810503 04/08/2019

• Development of an extracellular matrix-enriched gelatin sponge for liver wound dressing

  (Wang B, Li W.) Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium. 2019;40:124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065438399 01/01/2019

• Enhanced hepatogenic differentiation of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells on liver ECM hydrogel.

  (Wang B, Li W, Dean D, Mishra MK, Wekesa KS.) J Biomed Mater Res A. 2018 Mar;106(3):829-838 PMID: 29067792 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85040997122 10/27/2017

• Functional Maturation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Hepatocytes in Extracellular Matrix-A Comparative Analysis of Bioartificial Liver Microenvironments.

  (Wang B, Jakus AE, Baptista PM, Soker S, Soto-Gutierrez A, Abecassis MM, Shah RN, Wertheim JA.) Stem Cells Transl Med. 2016 Sep;5(9):1257-67 PMID: 27421950 PMCID: PMC4996436 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84983452219 07/17/2016

• Experimental Cell Therapy for Liver Dysfunction

  (Wang B, Wertheim JA.) Translating Regenerative Medicine to the Clinic. 2016:309-313 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85007618915 01/01/2016

• Dual-Purpose Bioreactors to Monitor Noninvasive Physical and Biochemical Markers of Kidney and Liver Scaffold Recellularization.

  (Uzarski JS, Bijonowski BM, Wang B, Ward HH, Wandinger-Ness A, Miller WM, Wertheim JA.) Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2015 Oct;21(10):1032-43 PMID: 25929317 PMCID: PMC4593971 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84941251546 05/02/2015

• Investigating the Potential of Amnion-Based Scaffolds as a Barrier Membrane for Guided Bone Regeneration.

  (Li W, Ma G, Brazile B, Li N, Dai W, Butler JR, Claude AA, Wertheim JA, Liao J, Wang B.) Langmuir. 2015 Aug 11;31(31):8642-53 PMID: 26158559 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84938703785 07/15/2015

• On the bending properties of porcine mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonary valve leaflets.

  (Brazile B, Wang B, Wang G, Bertucci R, Prabhu R, Patnaik SS, Butler JR, Claude A, Brinkman-Ferguson E, Williams LN, Liao J.) J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2015;25(1-2):41-53 PMID: 25955006 PMCID: PMC6721960 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84932081848 05/09/2015

• Establishing Early Functional Perfusion and Structure in Tissue Engineered Cardiac Constructs.

  (Wang B, Patnaik SS, Brazile B, Butler JR, Claude A, Zhang G, Guan J, Hong Y, Liao J.) Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2015;43(5-6):455-71 PMID: 27480586 PMCID: PMC5166426 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85038129529 01/01/2015

• Soluble factors derived from human amniotic epithelial cells suppress collagen production in human hepatic stellate cells.

  (Hodge A, Lourensz D, Vaghjiani V, Nguyen H, Tchongue J, Wang B, Murthi P, Sievert W, Manuelpillai U.) Cytotherapy. 2014 Aug;16(8):1132-44 PMID: 24642017 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84903821108 03/20/2014

• Preparation of acellular myocardial scaffolds with well-preserved cardiomyocyte lacunae, and method for applying mechanical and electrical simulation to tissue construct.

  (Wang B, Williams LN, de Jongh Curry AL, Liao J.) Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1181:189-202 PMID: 25070338 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84925883854 07/30/2014

• Expressions of ABCG2, CD133, and podoplanin in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma.

  (Li W, Tamamura R, Wang B, Liu Q, Liu H, Liu T, Katase N, Xiao J, Nagatsuka H.) Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:132349 PMID: 24804195 PMCID: PMC3998002 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84900027452 05/08/2014

• Myocardial scaffold-based cardiac tissue engineering: application of coordinated mechanical and electrical stimulations.

  (Wang B, Wang G, To F, Butler JR, Claude A, McLaughlin RM, Williams LN, de Jongh Curry AL, Liao J.) Langmuir. 2013 Sep 03;29(35):11109-17 PMID: 23923967 PMCID: PMC3838927 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883478950 08/09/2013

• Effect of thermosensitive hydrogel injection on mechanical behavior of porcine myocardium

  (Wang B, Bertucci R, Li Z, Prabhu R, Williams L, Guan J, Liao J.) ASME 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC 2013. 2013;1 A SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84894670483 12/01/2013

• Mitigation of diabetes-related complications in implanted collagen and elastin scaffolds using matrix-binding polyphenol.

  (Chow JP, Simionescu DT, Warner H, Wang B, Patnaik SS, Liao J, Simionescu A.) Biomaterials. 2013 Jan;34(3):685-95 PMID: 23103157 PMCID: PMC3496025 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84868503719 10/30/2012

• Structural and biomechanical characterizations of porcine myocardial extracellular matrix.

  (Wang B, Tedder ME, Perez CE, Wang G, de Jongh Curry AL, To F, Elder SH, Williams LN, Simionescu DT, Liao J.) J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2012 Aug;23(8):1835-47 PMID: 22584822 PMCID: PMC3523096 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84864915724 05/16/2012

• Form Follows Function: Advances in Trilayered Structure Replication for Aortic Heart Valve Tissue Engineering.

  (Simionescu DT, Chen J, Jaeggli M, Wang B, Liao J.) J Healthc Eng. 2012 Jun;3(2):179-202 PMID: 23355946 PMCID: PMC3552623 01/29/2013

• Biomechanical characterization of sheep vaginal wall tissue: A potential application in human pelvic floor disorders

  (Patnaik SS, Weed B, Borazjani A, Bertucci R, Begonia M, Wang B, Williams L, Liao J.) ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC 2012. 2012:1193-1194 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882695414 12/01/2012