Transforming Growth Factor Beta Signaling Is Essential for the Autonomous Formation of Cartilage-Like Tissue by Expanded Chondrocytes

Adel Tekari, Reto Luginbuehl, Willy Hofstetter, +1

PLoS ONE

Tissue EngineeringEngineeringBone RepairTgf-β Receptor 1Biomedical Engineering +22

Angiopoietin-1 receptor Tie2 distinguishes multipotent differentiation capability in bovine coccygeal nucleus pulposus cells

Adel Tekari, Samantha Chan, Daisuke Sakai, +2

Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Successful fishing for nucleus pulposus progenitor cells of the intervertebral disc across species

Daisuke Sakai, Jordy Schol, Frances C. Bach, +12

JOR Spine

Genipin-Enhanced Fibrin Hydrogel and Novel Silk for Intervertebral Disc Repair in a Loaded Bovine Organ Culture Model

Daniela Angelika Frauchiger, Rahel Deborah May, Adel Tekari, +4

Journal of Functional Biomaterials

Tissue EngineeringEngineeringIntervertebral DiscBiomaterials DesignBiofabrication +18

Chondrocytes expressing intracellular collagen type II enter the cell cycle and co‐express collagen type I in monolayer culture

Adel Tekari, Reto Luginbuehl, Willy Hofstetter, +1

Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells is hindered by the presence of intervertebral disc cells

Samantha Chan, Adel Tekari, Lorin M. Benneker, +2

Arthritis Research & Therapy

Intervertebral Disc CellsIntervertebral DiscBone Morphogenic ProteinMedicineMesenchymal Stem Cell +3

The BMP2 variant L51P restores the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells in the presence of intervertebral disc cells

Adel Tekari, RD May, DA Frauchiger, +3

European Cells and Materials

SclerostinBone RepairOsteoporosisOrthopaedic SurgeryIvd Cells +14

Efficient Nonviral Transfection of Primary Intervertebral Disc Cells by Electroporation for Tissue Engineering Application

Rahel Deborah May, Adel Tekari, Daniela Angelika Frauchiger, +3

Tissue Engineering Part C Methods

Evaluation of the Genetic Association and mRNA Expression of the <i>COL1A1</i> , <i>BMP2</i> , and <i>BMP4</i> Genes in the Development of Otosclerosis

Kirtal Hansdah, Neha Singh, Amal Bouzid, +9

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Inhibition of the extracellular signal‐regulated kinase pathway reduces the inflammatory component in nucleus pulposus cells

Adel Tekari, Alessandro Marazza, Katherine B. Crump, +2

Journal of Orthopaedic Research®