Selected recent publications:

• Ghaznavi, A.M.; Kokai, L.E.; Lovett, M.L.; Kaplan, D.L.; Marra, K.G.* "Silk Fibroin Conduits: A Cellular and Functional Assessment of Peripheral Nerve Repair," Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2011, 66(3):273-279.
• Cherubino, M.; Rubin, J.P.; Miljkovic, N.D.; Kelmendi-Doko, A.; Marra, K.G.* "Adipose-derived Stem Cells for Wound Healing Applications," Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2011, 66(2):210-215.
• Tan, H.; Rubin, J.P.; Marra, K.G.* “Injectable In Situ Forming Biodegradable Chitosan-hyaluronic Acid Based Hydrogels for Adipose Tissue Regeneration,” Organogenesis, 2010, 6(3):173-80.
• Choi (Kang), J.H.; Gimble, J.; Lee, K.; Marra, K.; Rubin, J.P.; Yoo, J.; Kaplan, D.L.* “Adipose Tissue Engineering for Soft Tissue Regeneration,” Tissue Eng. Part B, 2010, 16(4):413-426.
• Du, Y.; Roh, D.S.; Funderburgh , M.L.; Mann. M.M.; Marra, K.G.; Rubin, J.P.; Li, X.; Funderburgh J.L.* “Adipose-derived stem cells differentiate to keratocytes in vitro,” Mol. Vis. 2010, 16:2680-9. Brayfield, C.A.; Marra, K.G.; Rubin, J.P.* “Adipose Tissue Regeneration,” Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy, 2010, 5(2):116-121.
• Rubin, J.P.;* Marra, K.G. “Commentary. Cell-assisted lipotransfer (CAL),” Aesthet. Surg. J. 2010, 30(1):78-81.
• Tan, H.; Marra, K.G.* “Injectable, Biodegradable Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering,” Materials, 2010, 3:1746-1767.
• Brayfield, C.A.; Marra, K.G.; Rubin, J.P.* “Adipose Stem Cells for Soft Tissue Regeneration,” Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie, 2010, 42(2):124-128.
• Kokai, L.E.; Ghaznavi, A.M.; Marra, K.G.* “Incorporation of double-walled microspheres into polymer nerve guides for the sustained delivery of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor,” Biomaterials, 2010, 31(8):2313-2322.
• Tan, H.; DeFail, A.J.; Rubin, J.P.; Chu, C.R.; Marra, K.G.* “Novel Multi-arm PEG-based Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering,” J. Biomedical Materials Research, Part A, 2010, 92A(3): 979-987.
• Kokai, L.E.; Tan, H.; Jhunjhunwala, S.; Little, S.R.; Frank, J.; Marra, K.G.* “Protein Bioactivity and Polymer Orientation is Affected by Stabilizer Incorporation in Double-Walled Microspheres,” Journal of Controlled Release, 2010, 141:168-176.
• Brayfield CA, Marra KG, Rubin JP.  Adipose tissue regeneration.  Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy.  2010 Jun;5(2):116-21.
• Choi JH, Gimble JM, Lee K, Marra KG, Rubin JP, Yoo JJ, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Kaplan DL.  Adipose Tissue Engineering for Soft Tissue Regeneration.  Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews.  2010 Mar 24.  [Epub ahead of print]
• Kokai LE, Ghaznavi AM, Marra KG.  Incorporation of double-walled microspheres into polymer nerve guides for the sustained delivery of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.  Biomaterials.  2010 Mar;31(8):2313-22.  Epub 2009 Dec 7.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Kacey G. Marra
Phone: 412-383-8924
Email: marrak@upmc.edu
Website: http://kaceymarra.com