Nerve Repair/Neuroengineering
Michigan has been at the forefront of neurotechnology since the 1970s. Today a cluster of innovative, accomplished faculty is driving the field forward, working side-by-side with clinicians in the U-M Medical School to focus on translational applications to improve the lives of patients.
Researchers
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Carlos AguilarEngineering -
Mohammed AkaabouneLSA -
Steven BuchmanMedicine -
Paul CedernaMedicine -
Catherine CollinsLSA -
Keith DuncanMedicine -
Sean EdwardsDentistry
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Eva FeldmanMedicine -
Jianping FuEngineering -
Roman GigerMedicine -
Dan GoldmanMedicine -
Lori IsomMedicine -
Shigeki IwaseMedicine -
Stephen KempMedicine
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Jinsang KimEngineering
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Joerg LahannEngineering -
Lisa LarkinMedicine -
Paul LeeMedicine
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Jack ParentMedicine -
Rajesh RaoMedicine -
Lonnie SheaEngineering -
Gary D. SmithMedicine
Select Publications
Aguilar CA et al. Transcriptional and Chromatin Dynamics of Muscle Regeneration After Severe Trauma. Stem Cell Reports. 2016.
Aguilar CA et al. Multiscale analysis of a regenerative therapy for treatment of volumetric muscle loss injury. Cell Death Discov. 2018.
Aguilar CA et al. Tuning Macrophage Phenotype to Mitigate Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis. J Immunology. 2020.
Aguilar CA et al. Dissecting murine muscle stem cell aging through integrative genomic analysis. Cell Rep. 2020.
Aguilar CA et al. Resolvin D1 supports skeletal myofiber regeneration via actions on myeloid and muscle stem cells. JCI Insight. 2020.
Akaaboune M et al. Rapid and reversible effects of activity on acetylcholine receptor density at the neuromuscular junction in vivo. Science. 1999.
Akaaboune M et al. Neurotransmitter Receptor Dynamics Studied in vivo by Reversible Photo-Unbinding of Fluorescent Ligands. Neuron. 2002.
Akaaboune M et al. Neuregulin/ErbB regulate neuromuscular junction development by phosphorylation of α-dystrobrevin. J Cell Biol. 2011.
Akaaboune M et al. AChRs Are Essential for the Targeting of Rapsyn to the Postsynaptic Membrane of NMJs in Living Mice. J Neurosci. 2016.
Akaaboune M et al. The disassembly of the neuromuscular synapse in high-fat diet-induced obese male mice. Mol Metab. 2020.
Buchman SR et al. Radioprotection With Amifostine Enhances Bone Strength and Regeneration and Bony Union in a Rat Model of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis. Ann Plast Surg. 2018.
Buchman SR et al. Topical Deferoxamine Alleviates Skin Injury and Normalizes Atomic Force Microscopy Patterns Following Radiation in a Murine Breast Reconstruction Model. Ann Plast Surg. 2018.
Buchman SR et al. Nonvascularized Bone Graft Reconstruction of the Irradiated Murine Mandible: An Analogue of Clinical Head and Neck Cancer Treatment. J Craniofac Surg. 2019.
Buchman SR et al. The Role of Deferoxamine in Irradiated Breast Reconstruction: A Study of Oncologic Safety. Plast Reconstr Sur. 2019.
Buchman SR et al. Implantable hyaluronic acid-deferoxamine conjugate prevents nonunions through stimulation of neovascularization. NPJ Regen Med. 2019.
Cederna PS et al. Chronic Recording of Hand Prosthesis Control Signals Via a Regenerative Peripheral In a Rhesus Macaque. J Neural Eng. 2016.
Cederna PS et al. The Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface for Neuroma Management. JAMA Surg. 2018.
Cederna PS et al. Prosthetic Rehabilitation and Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Following Upper Limb Loss. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019.
Cederna PS et al. Prophylactic Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces (RPNIs) to Prevent Postamputation Pain. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019.
Cederna PS et al. A Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface Allows Real-Time Control of an Artificial Hand In Upper Limb Amputees. Sci Transl Med. 2020.
Collins CA et al. Mitochondrial fission, integrity and clearance require separable functions of Vps13D in Drosophila neurons. bioRxiv. 2020.
Collins CA et al. Protein turnover of the Wallenda/DLK kinase regulates a retrograde response to axonal injury. J Cell Biol. 2010.
Collins CA et al. The Highwire ubiquitin ligase promotes axonal degeneration by tuning levels of Nmnat protein. PLoS Biol. 2012.
Collins CA et al. An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for cAMP elicited axonal regeneration involves direct activation of the dual leucine zipper kinase DLK. eLife. 2016.
Collins CA et al. Restraint of presynaptic protein levels by Wnd/DLK signaling mediates synaptic defects associated with the kinesin-3 motor Unc-104. Elife. 2017.
Duncan RK et al. The intrinsic electrophysiological properties of neurons derived from mouse embryonic stem cells overexpressing neurogenin-1. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010.
Duncan RK et al. Combining topographical and genetic cues to promote neuronal fate specification in stem cells. Biomacromolecules. 2012.
Duncan RK et al. Survival of human embryonic stem cells implanted in the guinea pig auditory epithelium. Sci Rep. 2017.
Duncan RK et al. Nanofibrous scaffolds for the guidance of stem cell-derived neurons for auditory nerve regeneration. PLoS One. 2017.
Duncan RK et al. From Otic Induction to Hair Cell Production: Pax2-EGFP Cell Line Illuminates Key Stages of Development in Mouse Inner Ear Organoid Model. Stem Cell Dev. 2018.
Feldman EL et al. Human neural stem cell transplantation into the corpus callosum of Alzheimer’s mice. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2017.
Feldman EL et al. Long-term Phase 1/2 intraspinal stem cell transplantation outcomes in ALS. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018.
Feldman EL et al. Human neural stem cell transplantation improves cognition in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease. Sci Rep. 2018.
Feldman EL et al. Stem cell treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a critical overview of early phase trials. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2019.
Feldman EL et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of human neural stem cells in rodent and primate brain. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2020.
Fu J et al. Self-organized amniogenesis by human pluripotent stem cells in a biomimetic implantation-like niche. Nat Mater. 2017.
Fu J et al. A pluripotent stem cell-based model for post-implantation human amniotic sac development. Nat Commun. 2017.
Fu J et al. Mechanics-guided embryonic patterning of neuroectoderm tissue from human pluripotent stem cells. Nat Mater. 2018.
Fu J et al. Controlled modeling of human epiblast and amnion development using stem cells. Nature. 2019.
Fu J et al. Dorsal-ventral patterned neural cyst from human pluripotent stem cells in a biomimetic neurogenic niche. Sci Adv. 2019.
Giger RJ et al. Neuroinflammation triggered by ß-glucan/dectin-1 signaling enables CNS axon regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.
Giger RJ et al. A new neutrophil subset promotes CNS neuron survival and axon regeneration. Nat Immunol. 2020.
Giger RJ et al. Analysis of the immune response to sciatic nerve injury identified efferocytosis as a key mechanism of nerve debridement. bioRxiv. 2020.
Goldman D et al. A role for alpha1 tubulin-expressing Müller glia in regeneration of the injured zebrafish retina. J Neurosci. 2006.
Goldman D et al. Ascl1a regulates Müller glia dedifferentiation and retina regeneration via a Lin-28-dependent, let-7 miRNA signaling pathway. Nat Cell Biol. 2010.
Goldman D et al. HB-EGF is necessary and sufficient for Müller glia dedifferentiation and retina regeneration. Dev Cell. 2012.
Goldman D et al. Analysis of DNA methylation reveals a partial reprogramming of the Müller glia genome during retina regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013.
Goldman D et al. Tgfb3 collaborates with PP2A and Notch signaling pathways to inhibit retina regeneration. Elife. 2020.
Green GE et al. A 3D-printed Lateral Skull Base Implant for Repair of Tegmen Defects. Otol Neurotol. 2020.
Isom LL et al. SCN1B-linked early infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2019.
Isom LL et al. Voltage-gated sodium channel ß1 subunits are post-translationally modified by tyrosine phosphorylation, S-palmitoylation, and regulated intramembrane proteolysis. J Biol Chem. 2020.
Isom LL et al. Antisense oligonucleotides increase Scn1a expression and reduce seizures and SUDEP incidence in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome. Sci Transl Med. 2020.
Isom LL et al. Variant-specific changes in persistent or resurgent Na+ current in SCN8A-EIEE13 iPSC-derived neurons. Brain. 2020.
Isom LL et al. Excitatory and inhibitory neuron defects in a mouse model of Scn1b-linked EIEE52. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020.
Iwase S et al. The X-linked mental retardation gene SMCX/JARID1C defines a family of histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase. Cell. 2007.
Iwase S et al. ATRX ADD domain links an atypical histone methylation recognition mechanism to human mental-retardation syndrome. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011.
Iwase S et al. Sequencing of first-strand cDNA library reveals full-length transcriptomes. Nat Commun. 2015.
Iwase S et al. RAI1 Regulates Activity-Dependent Nascent Transcription and Synaptic Scaling. Cell Rep. 2020.
Lahann J et al. Cooperative Switching in Large‐Area Assemblies of Magnetic Janus Particles. Adv Funct Mater. 2020.
Lahann J et al. 3D Jet Writing: Functional Microtissues Based on Tessellated Scaffold Architectures. Adv Mater. 2018.
Lahann J et al. Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films. Science. 2018.
Lahann J et al. Engineered Fibrillar Fibronectin Networks as Three Dimensional Tissue Scaffolds. Adv Mater. 2019.
Lahann J et al. Multifunctional Synthetic Protein Nanoparticles via Reactive Electrojetting. Macromol Rapid Commun. 2020.
Parent JM et al. Critical roles of ɑII spectrin in brain development and epileptic encephalopathy. J Clin Invest. 2018.
Parent JM et al. Modeling genetic epilepsies in a dish. Dev Dyn. 2020.
Parent JM et al. Altered synaptic drive onto birthdated dentate granule cells in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosci. 2019.
Parent JM et al. Multimodal analysis of STRADA function in brain Development. Front Cell Neurosci. 2020.
Parent JM et al. Variant-Specific Changes in Persistent or Resurgent Sodium Current in SCN8A-Related Epilepsy Patient-Derived Neurons. Brain. 2020.
Rao RC et al. Efficient serum-free derivation of oligodendrocyte precursors from neural stem cell-enriched cultures. Stem Cells. 2009.
Rao RC et al. Dynamic patterns of histone lysine methylation in the developing retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010.
Rao RC et al. Postnatal onset of retinal degeneration by loss of embryonic Ezh2 repression of Six1. Sci Rep. 2016.
Rao RC et al. Stem Cells for Retinal Disease: A Perspective on the Promise and Perils. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017.
Rao RC et al. p53 Integrates Temporal WDR5 Inputs during Neuroectoderm and Mesoderm Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Rep. 2020.
Shea LD et al. Microporous scaffolds support assembly and differentiation of pancreatic progenitors into ß-cell clusters. Acta Biomater. 2019.
Shea LD et al. Intravascular innate immune cells reprogrammed via intravenous nanoparticles to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019.
Shea LD et al. Metastatic Conditioning of Myeloid Cells at a Subcutaneous Synthetic Niche Reflects Disease Progression and Predicts Therapeutic Outcomes. Cancer Res. 2020.
Shea LD et al. Polycistronic Delivery of IL-10 and NT-3 Promotes Oligodendrocyte Myelination and Functional Recovery in a Mouse Spinal Cord Injury Model. Tissue Eng Part A. 2020.
Shea LD et al. Engineered immunological niches to monitor disease activity and treatment efficacy in relapsing multiple sclerosis. Nat Commun. 2020.
Smith GD et al. Deficient cMyBP-C protein expression during cardiomyocyte differentiation underlies human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cellular phenotypes in disease specific human ES cell derived cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2016.
Smith GD et al. Targeted reactivation of FMR1 transcription in fragile X syndrome embryonic stem cells. Front Mol Neurosci. 2018.
Smith GD et al. Antisense oligonucleotide therapy rescues aggresome formation in a novel spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 human embryonic stem cell line. Stem Cell Res. 2019.
Smith GD et al. Histone acetyltransferase MOF regulates fatty acid oxidation and cellular metabolism in cell fate determination. Cell Stem Cell. 2020.
Smith GD et al. Developmental potential of aneuploid human embryos cultured beyond implantation. Nat Commun. 2020.