Selected recent publications:

• 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.  2010 Apr;16(4):1215-23.
• Witteman BP, Foxwell TJ, Monsheimer S, Gelrud A, Eid GM, Nieponice A, O'Rourke RW, Hoppo T, Bouvy ND, Badylak SF, Jobe BA.  Transoral endoscopic inner layer esophagectomy: management of high-grade dysplasia and superficial cancer with organ preservation.  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.  2009 Dec;13(12):2104-12.  Epub 2009 Oct 14.
• Marascalco PJ, Blair HC, Nieponice A, Robinson LJ, Kameneva MV.  Intravenous injections of soluble drag-reducing polymers reduce foreign body reaction to implants.  ASAIO Journal.  2009 Sep-Oct;55(5):503-8.
• Boruch AV, Nieponice A, Qureshi IR, Gilbert TW, Badylak SF.  Constructive remodeling of biologic scaffolds is dependent on early exposure to physiologic bladder filling in a canine partial cystectomy model.  Journal of Surgical Research.  2010 Jun 15;161(2):217-25.  Epub 2009 Mar 20.
• Abuin G, Nieponice A, Barceló A, Rojas-Granados A, Leu PH, Arteaga-Martínez M.  Anatomical reasons for the discrepancies in atrioventricular block after inferior myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular involvement.  Texas Heart Institute Journal.  2009;36(1):8-11.
• Hong Y, Ye SH, Nieponice A, Soletti L, Vorp DA, Wagner WR.  A small diameter, fibrous vascular conduit generated from a poly(ester urethane)urea and phospholipid polymer blend.  Biomaterials.  2009 May;30(13):2457-67.  Epub 2009 Feb 1.
• Nieponice A, McGrath K, Qureshi I, Beckman EJ, Luketich JD, Gilbert TW, Badylak SF.  An extracellular matrix scaffold for esophageal stricture prevention after circumferential EMR.  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.  2009 Feb;69(2):289-96.  Epub 2008 Jul 26.
• VanEpps JS, Londono R, Nieponice A, Vorp DA.  Design and validation of a system to simulate coronary flexure dynamics on arterial segments perfused ex vivo.  Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology.  2009 Feb;8(1):57-66.  Epub 2008 Feb 23.
• Nieponice A, Soletti L, Guan J, Deasy BM, Huard J, Wagner WR, Vorp DA.  Development of a tissue-engineered vascular graft combining a biodegradable scaffold, muscle-derived stem cells and a rotational vacuum seeding technique.  Biomaterials.  2008 Mar;29(7):825-33.  Epub 2007 Nov 26.
• Gilbert TW, Nieponice A, Spievack AR, Holcomb J, Gilbert S, Badylak SF.  Repair of the thoracic wall with an extracellular matrix scaffold in a canine model.  Journal of Surgical Research.  2008 Jun 1;147(1):61-7.  Epub 2007 Oct 22.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Alejandro Nieponice
Phone: (412) 624-5500
Email: nieponicea@upmc.edu