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Laboratory for Neural Engineering
2024
Lu P., Graham L., Tran AN., Villarta A., Koffler J., Tuszynski MH. A facilitatory role of astrocytes in axonal regeneration after acute and chronic spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology 2024 Sep:379:114889.
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Huie JR, Torres-Espin A, Sacramento J, Keller AV, Joiner WM, North R, Reinkensmeyer DJ, Rosenzweig ES, Koffler J, Tuszynski MH, Sparrey CJ, Nielson JL, Bresnahan JC, Grethe JS, Ferguson AR. An infrastructure for qualified data sharing and team science in late-stage translational spinal cord injury research. Exp Neurol, 383, 114995.
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2023
Serafin A., Carsi M., Oliveira JM, Koffler J, Collins MN.3D printable electroconductive gelatin-hyaluronic acid materials containing polypyrrole nanoparticles for electroactive tissue engineering. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 6, 109 (2023).
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2022
Serafin A., Rubio MC, Carsi M., Ortiz-Serna P., Sanchis MJ, Garg AK, Oliveira JM, Koffler J, Collins MN. Electroconductive PEDOT Nanoparticle Integrated Scaffolds for Spinal Cord Tissue Repair. Biomaterials Research (2022) 26:63.
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2019
Koffler J*, Zhu W , Qu X, Platoshyn O, Dulin J, Brock J, Graham L, Lu P , Sakamoto J, Marsala M , Chen S, Tuszynski MH. Biomimetic 3D printed spinal cord scaffolds for spinal cord injury. Nature Medicine, 2019, Jan. 14. * Corresponding author as well.
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2018
Pawelec KM*, Koffler J*, Shahriari D, Galvan A, Tuszynski MH, Sakamoto J. Microstructure and in vivo Characterization of Multi-channel Nerve Guidance Scaffolds. Biomed Mater. 2018 Feb 7. * co-first authors.
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2017
Shahriari D, Koffler J, Tuszynski MH, Campana WM, Sakamoto JS. Hierarchically Ordered Porous and High-Volume Polycaprolactone Microchannel Scaffolds Enhanced Axon Growth in Transected Spinal Cords. Tissue Eng Part A. 2017 May;23(9-10):415-425.
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2016
Brock JH, Graham L., Staufenberg E., Collyer E., Koffler J., MH Tuszynski. Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Transplants Fail to Improve Motor Outcomes in a Severe Model of Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Jun 15;33(12):1103-14.
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Shahriari D, Koffler J, Lynam DA, Tuszynski MH, Sakamoto JS. Characterizing the degradation of alginate hydrogel for use in multilumen scaffolds for spinal cord repair. J Biomed Mater Res A 2016 Mar;104(3):611-619.
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2015
Lynam DA, Shahriari D., Felger KJ, Angart PA, Koffler J., Tuszynski MH, Chan C., Walton P., Sakamoto J. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Release from Layer-by-Layer Coated Agarose Nerve Guidance Scaffolds. Acta Biomater. 2015 May;18:128-31.
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2014
Shandalov Y.*, Egozi D.*, Koffler J., Dado-Rosenfeld D., Ben-Shimol D., Shor E., Kabala A., Levenberg S., An engineered muscle flap for reconstruction of large soft tissue defects, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 2014 April 7. * Co-first authors.
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Koffler J., Samara R. Rosenzweig E. Invited chapter: Using Templated Agarose Scaffolds to Promote Axon Regeneration Through Sites of Spinal Cord Injury. Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1162:157-65.
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2012
Kaufman-Francis K, Koffler J, Weinberg N, Dor Y, Levenberg S, Engineered Vascular Beds Provide Key Signals to Pancreatic Hormone-Producing Cells. (2012) PLoS ONE 7(7): e40741.
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2011
Lesman A., Koffler J., Atlas A., Blinder Y., Kam Z., Levenberg S. Engineering Vessel-Like Networks Within Multicellular Fibrin-Based Constructs. Biomaterials. 2011 Nov;32(31):7856-69.
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Koffler J., Kaufman-Francis K., Shandalov Y., Egozi D., Amiad-Pavlov D., Landesberg A., Levenberg S. Improved vascular organization enhances functional integration of engineered skeletal muscle grafts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Sep 6;108(36):14789-94.
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2010
Rivkin I., Choen K., Koffler J., Melikhov D., Peer D., Margalit R. Paclitaxel-clusters coated with hyaluronan as selective tumor-targeted nanovectors. Biomaterials 31 (2010) 7106e-7114.