Selected recent publications:

• Ker EDF, Chu B, Phillippi JA, Gharaibeh B, Huard J, Weiss LE, Campbell PG. Engineering spatial control of multiple differentiation fates within a stem cell population. Biomaterials [Internet]. 2011;32(13):3413-22.
• Xiang G, Yang Q, Wang B, Sekiya N, Mu X, Tang Y, Chen C-, Okada M, Cummins J, Gharaibeh B, Huard J. Lentivirus-mediated wnt11 gene transfer enhances cardiomyogenic differentiation of skeletal muscle-derived stem cells. Molecular Therapy [Internet]. 2011;19(4):790-6.
• He W, Nieponice A, Soletti L, Hong Y, Gharaibeh B, Crisan M, Usas A, Peault B, Huard J, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. Pericyte-based human tissue engineered vascular grafts. Biomaterials [Internet]. 2010;31(32):8235-44. 
• Bellayr IH, Gharaibeh B, Huard J, Li Y. Skeletal muscle-derived stem cells differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells and aid in liver regeneration. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology [Internet]. 2010;3(7):681-90.
• Clause KC, Tinney JP, Liu LJ, Gharaibeh B, Huard J, Kirk JA, Shroff SG, Fujimoto KL, Wagner WR, Ralphe JC, Keller BB, Tobita K. A three-dimensional gel bioreactor for assessment of cardiomyocyte induction in skeletal muscle-derived stem cells. Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods [Internet]. 2010;16(3):375-85.
• Huard J, Gharaibeh B, Usas A. Regenerative medicine based on muscle-derived stem cells. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics [Internet]. 2010;20(2):119-26.
• Nieponice A, Soletti L, Guan J, Hong Y, Gharaibeh B, Maul TM, Huard J, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. In vivo assessment of a tissue-engineered vascular graft combining a biodegradable elastomeric scaffold and muscle-derived stem cells in a rat model. Tissue Engineering - Part A [Internet]. 2010;16(4):1215-23.
• Matsumoto T, Cooper GM, Gharaibeh B, Meszaros LB, Li G, Usas A, Fu FH, Huard J. Cartilage repair in a rat model of osteoarthritis through intraarticular transplantation of muscle-derived stem cells expressing bone morphogenetic protein 4 and soluble flt-1. Arthritis Rheum [Internet]. 2009;60(5):1390-405.
• Matsumoto T, Cooper GM, Gharaibeh B, Meszaros LB, Li G, Usas A, Fu FH, Huard J. Blocking VEGF as a potential approach to improve cartilage healing after osteoarthritis. Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions [Internet]. 2008;8(4):316-7.
• Gharaibeh B, Lu A, Tebbets J, Zheng B, Feduska J, Crisan M, Péault B, Cummins J, Huard J. Isolation of a slowly adhering cell fraction containing stem cells from murine skeletal muscle by the preplate technique. Nature Protocols [Internet]. 2008;3(9):1501-9.
• 11. Pollett JB, Corsi KA, Weiss KR, Cooper GM, Barry DA, Gharaibeh B, Huard J. Malignant transformation of multipotent muscle-derived cells by concurrent differentiation signals. Stem Cells [Internet]. 2007;25(9):2302-11.
• Zheng B, Cao B, Crisan M, Sun B, Li G, Logar A, Yap S, Pollett JB, Drowley L, Cassino T, Gharaibeh B, Deasy BM, Huard J, Péault B. Prospective identification of myogenic endothelial cells in human skeletal muscle. Nat Biotechnol [Internet]. 2007;25(9):1025-34.
• Deasy BM, Lu A, Tebbets JC, Feduska JM, Schugar RC, Pollett JB, Sun B, Urish KL, Gharaibeh BM, Cao B, Rubin RT, Huard J. A role for cell sex in stem cell-mediated skeletal muscle regeneration: Female cells have higher muscle regeneration efficiency. J Cell Biol [Internet]. 2007;177(1):73-86.
• Oshima H, Payne TR, Urish KL, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B, Tobita K, Keller BB, Cummins JH, Huard J. Differential myocardial infarct repair with muscle stem cells compared to myoblasts. Molecular Therapy [Internet]. 2005;12(6):1130-41.
• Payne TR, Oshima H, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B, Cummins J, Huard J. Regeneration of dystrophin-expressing myocytes in the mdx heart by skeletal muscle stem cells. Gene Ther [Internet]. 2005;12(16):1264-74

CONTACT INFORMATION

Burhan Gharaibeh, PhD
Phone: (412) 692-5967
Email: burhan.gharaibeh@chp.edu