Immunoengineering
Through the application of engineering princples, immunoengineering seeks to understand and controlably modulate the body’s immune response to diseases and injury towards tissue regeneration and functional recovery.
Researchers
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Eugene ChenMedicine -
Stephen KempMedicine -
Laurie McCauleyDentistry -
Geeta MehtaEngineering -
James MoonPharmacy -
Deepak NagrathEngineering -
Indika RajapakseMedicine -
Lonnie SheaEngineering -
Megan WeivodaDentistry
Select Publications
Chen YE et al. Patient-specific cardiovascular progenitor cells derived from integration-free induced pluripotent stem cells for vascular tissue regeneration. Biomaterials. 2015.
Chen YE et al. Cell-free 3D scaffold with two-stage delivery of miRNA-26a to regenerate critical-sized bone defects. Nat Commun. 2016.
Chen YE et al. RS-1 enhances CRISPR/Cas9- and TALEN-mediated knock-in efficiency. Nat Commun. 2016.
Chen YE et al. Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts Into Smooth Muscle-Like Cells With Defined Transcription Factors. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018.
Chen YE et al. In Vitro Lineage-Specific Differentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Response to SMAD3 Deficiency: Implications for SMAD3-Related Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020.
McCauley LK et al. Local pulsatile PTH delivery regenerates bone defects via enhanced bone remodeling in a cell-free scaffold. Biomaterials. 2017.
McCauley LK et al. Macrophages and skeletal health. Pharmacol Ther. 2017.
McCauley LK et al. Apoptosis-induced CXCL5 accelerates inflammation and growth of prostate tumor metastases in bone. J Clin Invest. 2018.
McCauley LK et al. Inflammatory bone loss associated with MFG-E8 deficiency is rescued by teriparatide. FASEB J. 2018.
McCauley LK et al. Clodronate-loaded liposome treatment has site-specific skeletal effects. J Dent Res. 2019.
Mehta G et al. Personalized Medicine–Based Approach to Model Patterns of Chemoresistance and Tumor Recurrence Using Ovarian Cancer Stem Cell Spheroids. Clin Cancer Res. 2017.
Mehta G et al. Integrated cancer tissue engineering models for precision medicine. PLoS One. 2019.
Mehta G et al. Engineered 3D Model of Cancer Stem Cell Enrichment and Chemoresistance. Neoplasia. 2019.
Mehta G et al. Ovarian cancer stem cells and macrophages reciprocally interact through the WNT pathway to promote pro-tumoral and malignant phenotypes in 3D engineered microenvironments. J Immunother Cancer. 2019.
Mehta G et al. Compressive Stimulation Enhances Ovarian Cancer Proliferation, Invasion, Chemoresistance, and Mechanotransduction via CDC42 in a 3D Bioreactor. Cancers (Basel). 2020.
Moon JJ et al. Designer vaccine nanodiscs for personalized cancer immunotherapy. Nat Mater. 2017.
Moon JJ et al. Engineering strategies for personalized cancer immunotherapy: a paradigm shift. Nat Biomed Eng. 2019.
Moon JJ et al. Hyaluronic acid-bilirubin nanomedicine for targeted modulation of dysregulated intestinal barrier, microbiome, and immune responses in colitis. Nat Mater. 2020.
Moon JJ et al. Multilamellar Vaccine Particle Elicits Potent Immune Activation with Protein Antigens and Protects Mice against Ebola Virus Infection. ACS Nano. 2019.
Moon JJ et al. Cancer nanomedicine for combination cancer immunotherapy. Nat Rev Mater. 2019.
Nagrath D et al. Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer. Nature. 2017.
Nagrath D et al. Generation of Human Fatty Livers Using Custom-Engineered Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells with Modifiable SIRT1 Metabolism. Cell Metab. 2019.
Nagrath D et al. Tumour-reprogrammed stromal BCAT1 fuels branched-chain ketoacid dependency in stromal-rich PDAC tumours. Nat Metab. 2020.
Rajapakse I et al. On Emerging Nuclear order. J Cell Biol. 2011.
Rajapakse I et al. Dynamics and control of state-dependent networks for probing genomic organization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011.
Rajapakse I et al. Functional organization of the human 4D Nucleome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.
Rajapakse I et al. Emergence of function from coordinated cells in a tissue. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.
Rajapakse I et al. An Algorithm for Cellular Reprogramming. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.
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.
Weivoda MM et al. Osteoclast TGF-ß receptor signaling induces Wnt1 secretion and couples bone resorption to bone formation. J Bone Miner Res. 2016.
Weivoda MM et al. Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age. Elife. 2015.
Weivoda MM et al. Targeting cellular senescence prevents age-related bone loss in mice. Nat Med. 2017.
Weivoda MM et al. Senolytics improve physical function and increase lifespan in old age. Nat Med. 2018.
Weivoda MM et al. Identification of osteoclast-osteoblast coupling factors in humans reveals links between bone and energy metabolism. Nat Commun. 2020.