Selected recent publications:

• Park TS, Gavina M, Chen C-, Sun B, Teng P-, Huard J, Deasy BM, Zimmerlin L, Péault B. Placental perivascular cells for human muscle regeneration. Stem Cells and Development [Internet]. 2011;20(3):451-63. 
• Leloup L, Shao H, Bae YH, Deasy B, Stolz D, Roy P, Wells A. M-calpain activation is regulated by its membrane localization and by its binding to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. J Biol Chem [Internet]. 2010;285(43):33549-66.
• Deasy BM, Chirieleison SM, Witt AM, Peyton MJ, Bissell TA. Tracking stem cell function with computers via live cell imaging: Identifying donor variability in human stem cells. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics [Internet]. 2010;20(2):127-35.
• Ambrosio F, Ferrari RJ, Distefano G, Plassmeyer JM, Carvell GE, Deasy BM, Boninger ML, Fitzgerald GK, Huard J. The synergistic effect of treadmill running on stem-cell transplantation to heal injured skeletal muscle. Tissue Engineering - Part A [Internet]. 2010;16(3):839-49.
• Deasy BM, Schugar RC, Chirieleison SM, Wescoe KE, Schmidt BT, Askew Y, Nance JJ, Evron JM, Peault B. High harvest yield, high expansion, and phenotype stability of CD146 mesenchymal stromal cells from whole primitive human umbilical cord tissue. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology [Internet]. 2009;2009
• Kim JH, Deasy BM, Seo HY, Studer RK, Vo NV, Georgescu HI, Sowa GA, Kang JD. Differentiation of intervertebral notochordal cells through live automated cell imaging system in vitro. Spine [Internet]. 2009;34(23):2486-93.
• Ding Z, Gau D, Deasy B, Wells A, Roy P. Both actin and polyproline interactions of profilin-1 are required for migration, invasion and capillary morphogenesis of vascular endothelial cells. Exp Cell Res [Internet]. 2009;315(17):2963-73.
• Deasy BM, Feduska JM, Payne TR, Li Y, Ambrosio F, Huard J. Effect of VEGF on the regenerative capacity of muscle stem cells in dystrophic skeletal muscle. Molecular Therapy [Internet]. 2009;17(10):1788-98.
• Urish KL, Vella JB, Okada M, Deasy BM, Tobita K, Keller BB, Cao B, Piganelli JD, Huard J. Antioxidant levels represent a major determinant in the regenerative capacity of muscle stem cells. Mol Biol Cell [Internet]. 2009;20(1):509-20.
• Wescoe KE, Schugar RC, Chu CR, Deasy BM. The role of the biochemical and biophysical environment in chondrogenic stem cell differentiation assays and cartilage tissue engineering. Cell Biochem Biophys [Internet]. 2008;52(2):85-102.
• Wescoe KE, Schugar RC, Chu CR, Deasy BM. The role of the biochemical and biophysical environment in chondrogenic stem cell differentiation assays and cartilage tissue engineering. Cell Biochem Biophys [Internet]. 2008:1-18.
• Crisan M, Yap S, Casteilla L, Chen C-, Corselli M, Park TS, Andriolo G, Sun B, Zheng B, Zhang L, Norotte C, Teng P-, Traas J, Schugar R, Deasy BM, Badylak S, Buhring H-, Giacobino J-, Lazzari L, Huard J, Péault B. A perivascular origin for mesenchymal stem cells in multiple human organs. Cell Stem Cell [Internet]. 2008;3(3):301-13.
• Crisan M, Deasy B, Gavina M, Zheng B, Huard J, Lazzari L, Péault B. Purification and Long-Term Culture of Multipotent Progenitor Cells Affiliated with the Walls of Human Blood Vessels: Myoendothelial Cells and Pericytes; 2008. 295 p.
• Deasy BM, Schugar RC, Huard J. Sex differences in muscle-derived stem cells and skeletal muscle. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr [Internet]. 2008;18(2):173-88.
• Schmidt BT, Feduska JM, Witt AM, Deasy BM. Robotic cell culture system for stem cell assays. Ind Robot [Internet]. 2008;35(2):116-24.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Dr. Bridget M. Deasy
Phone: (412) 692-3223
Email: deasybm@upmc.ed