Selected recent publications:

• Polk AA, Maul TM, McKeel DT, Snyder TA, Lehocky CA, Pitt B, Stolz DB, Federspiel WJ, Wagner WR.  A biohybrid artificial lung prototype with active mixing of endothelialized microporous hollow fibers.  Biotechnology and Bioengineering.  2010 Jun 15;106(3):490-500.
• Remlinger NT, Czajka CA, Juhas ME, Vorp DA, Stolz DB, Badylak SF, Gilbert S, Gilbert TW.  Hydrated xenogeneic decellularized tracheal matrix as a scaffold for tracheal reconstruction.  Biomaterials.  2010 May;31(13):3520-6.  Epub 2010 Feb 7.
• Yoshida J, Ozaki KS, Nalesnik MA, Ueki S, Castillo-Rama M, Faleo G, Ezzelarab M, Nakao A, Ekser B, Echeverri GJ, Ross MA, Stolz DB, Murase N.  Ex vivo application of carbon monoxide in UW solution prevents transplant-induced renal ischemia/reperfusion injury in pigs.  American Journal of Transplantation.  2010 Apr;10(4):763-72.  Epub 2010 Feb 25.
• Yamaguchi Y, Yasuoka H, Stolz DB, Feghali-Bostwick CA.  Decreased caveolin-1 levels contribute to fibrosis and deposition of extracellular IGFBP-5.  Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.  2010 Mar 25.  [Epub ahead of print]
• Houghton AM, Rzymkiewicz DM, Ji H, Gregory AD, Egea EE, Metz HE, Stolz DB, Land SR, Marconcini LA, Kliment CR, Jenkins KM, Beaulieu KA, Mouded M, Frank SJ, Wong KK, Shapiro SD.  Neutrophil elastase-mediated degradation of IRS-1 accelerates lung tumor growth.  Nature Medicine.  2010 Feb;16(2):219-23.  Epub 2010 Jan 17.
• Gao W, Kang JH, Liao Y, Ding WX, Gambotto AA, Watkins SC, Liu YJ, Stolz DB, Yin XM.  Biochemical isolation and characterization of the tubulovesicular LC3-positive autophagosomal compartment.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2010 Jan 8;285(2):1371-83.  Epub 2009 Nov 12.
• Ikeda A, Ueki S, Nakao A, Tomiyama K, Ross MA, Stolz DB, Geller DA, Murase N.  Liver graft exposure to carbon monoxide during cold storage protects sinusoidal endothelial cells and ameliorates reperfusion injury in rats.  Liver Transplantation.  2009 Nov;15(11):1458-68.
• Dai C, Stolz DB, Kiss LP, Monga SP, Holzman LB, Liu Y.  Wnt/beta-catenin signaling promotes podocyte dysfunction and albuminuria.  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  2009 Sep;20(9):1997-2008.  Epub 2009 Jul 23.
• Li Y, Tan X, Dai C, Stolz DB, Wang D, Liu Y.  Inhibition of integrin-linked kinase attenuates renal interstitial fibrosis.  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  2009 Sep;20(9):1907-18.  Epub 2009 Jun 18.
• Izumi M, Pazin BJ, Minervini CF, Gerlach J, Ross MA, Stolz DB, Turner ME, Thompson RL, Miki T.  Quantitative comparison of stem cell marker-positive cells in fetal and term human amnion.  Journal of Reproductive Immunology.  2009 Jul;81(1):39-43.  Epub 2009 Jun 5.
• Ding WX, Ni HM, Gao W, Chen X, Kang JH, Stolz DB, Liu J, Yin XM.  Oncogenic transformation confers a selective susceptibility to the combined suppression of the proteasome and autophagy.  Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.  2009 Jul;8(7):2036-45.  Epub 2009 Jul 7.
• Straub AC, Klei LR, Stolz DB, Barchowsky A.  Arsenic requires sphingosine-1-phosphate type 1 receptors to induce angiogenic genes and endothelial cell remodeling.  American Journal of Pathology.  2009 May;174(5):1949-58.  Epub 2009 Apr 6.
• Tumne A, Prasad VS, Chen Y, Stolz DB, Saha K, Ratner DM, Ding M, Watkins SC, Gupta P.  Noncytotoxic suppression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcription by exosomes secreted from CD8+ T cells.  Journal of Virology.  2009 May;83(9):4354-64.  Epub 2009 Feb 4.
• Zhang SX, Miller JJ, Stolz DB, Serpero LD, Zhao W, Gozal D, Wang Y.  Type I epithelial cells are the main target of whole-body hypoxic preconditioning in the lung.  American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.  2009 Mar;40(3):332-9.  Epub 2008 Sep 5.
• Straub AC, Clark KA, Ross MA, Chandra AG, Li S, Gao X, Pagano PJ, Stolz DB, Barchowsky A.  Arsenic-stimulated liver sinusoidal capillarization in mice requires NADPH oxidase-generated superoxide.  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  2008 Dec;118(12):3980-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI35092.  Epub 2008 Nov 13.
• Tomiyama K, Ikeda A, Ueki S, Nakao A, Stolz DB, Koike Y, Afrazi A, Gandhi C, Tokita D, Geller DA, Murase N.  Inhibition of Kupffer cell-mediated early proinflammatory response with carbon monoxide in transplant-induced hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.  Hepatology.  2008 Nov;48(5):1608-20.
• Chen ZH, Kim HP, Sciurba FC, Lee SJ, Feghali-Bostwick C, Stolz DB, Dhir R, Landreneau RJ, Schuchert MJ, Yousem SA, Nakahira K, Pilewski JM, Lee JS, Zhang Y, Ryter SW, Choi AM.  Egr-1 regulates autophagy in cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  PLoS ONE.  2008 Oct 2;3(10):e3316.
• Odoux C, Fohrer H, Hoppo T, Guzik L, Stolz DB, Lewis DW, Gollin SM, Gamblin TC, Geller DA, Lagasse E.  A stochastic model for cancer stem cell origin in metastatic colon cancer.  Cancer Research.  2008 Sep 1;68(17):6932-41.
• Li-Korotky HS, Banks JM, Lo CY, Zeng FR, Stolz DB, Swarts JD, Doyle WJ.  Interaction of pneumococcal phase variation and middle ear pressure/gas composition: an in vitro model of simulated otitis media.  Microbial Pathogenises.  2008 Sep;45(3):201-6.  Epub 2008 Jun 3.
• Gao W, Ding WX, Stolz DB, Yin XM.  Induction of macroautophagy by exogenously introduced calcium.  Autophagy.  2008 Aug 16;4(6):754-61.  Epub 2008 May 30.
• Han J, Hou W, Goldstein LA, Lu C, Stolz DB, Yin XM, Rabinowich H.  Involvement of protective autophagy in TRAIL resistance of apoptosis-defective tumor cells.  Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2008 Jul 11;283(28):19665-77. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
• Odoux C, Fohrer H, Hoppo T, Guzik L, Stolz DB, Lewis DW, Gollin SM, Gamblin TC, Geller DA, Lagasse E.  A stochastic model for cancer stem cell origin in metastatic colon cancer.  Cancer Research.  2008 Sep 1;68(17):6932-41.
• Cosgrove BD, Cheng C, Pritchard JR, Stolz DB, Lauffenburger DA, Griffith LG.  An inducible autocrine cascade regulates rat hepatocyte proliferation and apoptosis responses to tumor necrosis factor-alpha.  Hepatology.  2008 Jul;48(1):276-88.
• Faleo G, Neto JS, Kohmoto J, Tomiyama K, Shimizu H, Takahashi T, Wang Y, Sugimoto R, Choi AM, Stolz DB, Carrieri G, McCurry KR, Murase N, Nakao A.  Carbon monoxide ameliorates renal cold ischemia-reperfusion injury with an upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor by activation of hypoxia-inducible factor.  Transplantation.  2008 Jun 27;85(12):1833-40.
• Tan X, Yuan Y, Zeng G, Apte U, Thompson MD, Cieply B, Stolz DB, Michalopoulos GK, Kaestner KH, Monga SP.  Beta-catenin deletion in hepatoblasts disrupts hepatic morphogenesis and survival during mouse development.  Hepatology.  2008 May;47(5):1667-79.
• Montecalvo A, Shufesky WJ, Stolz DB, Sullivan MG, Wang Z, Divito SJ, Papworth GD, Watkins SC, Robbins PD, Larregina AT, Morelli AE.  Exosomes as a short-range mechanism to spread alloantigen between dendritic cells during T cell allorecognition.  Journal of Immunology.  2008 Mar 1;180(5):3081-90.

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