selected scholarly activity
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chapters
- 4.4 Adaptive Immune Responses to Biomaterials ☆. 44-56. 2017
- Fibrotic Response to Biomaterials and all Associated Sequence of Fibrosis. 189-237. 2015
- Adaptive immune responses to biomaterials. 37-47. 2011
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conferences
- There is more to inflammation than macrophages. Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress. 428. 2004
- Some critical problems associated with the tissue engineering of vital organs: Strategies for vascularisation and immune acceptance. Third Smith and Nephew International Symposium - Translating Tissue Engineering into Products. 67. 2002
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journal articles
- Capsaicin reduces PLGA‐induced fibrosis by promoting M2 macrophages and suppressing overall inflammatory Response. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 106:2424-2432. 2018
- An investigation of scavenger receptor A mediated leukocyte binding to polyanionic and uncharged polymer hydrogels. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 103:1605-1612. 2015
- Transient inhibition of connective tissue infiltration and collagen deposition into porous poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) discs. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 101:3599-3606. 2013
- The recognition of biomaterials: Pattern recognition of medical polymers and their adsorbed biomolecules. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 101A:2740-2752. 2013
- Single-colour flow cytometric assay to determine NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity and viability against non-adherent human tumor cells. Biotechnology Letters. 34:447-453. 2012
- Suppression of the MHC class I-mediated alloimmune response in human cells using a single-step retroviral transduction protocol to express KSHV’s stealth protein MIR2. University of Toronto Medical Journal. 89:27-32. 2011
- Retroviral expression of MIR2 decreases both surface MHC class I and the alloimmune CTL response. Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. 5:520-528. 2011
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Characterization of viability and proliferation of alginate‐poly‐
L ‐lysine–alginate encapsulated myoblasts using flow cytometry. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials. 94B:296-304. 2010 - Effect of alginate on innate immune activation of macrophages. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 90A:411-418. 2009
- Biomaterials, Fibrosis, and the Use of Drug Delivery Systems in Future Antifibrotic Strategies. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 37:259-281. 2009
- Assays on the Influence of Biomaterials on Allogeneic Rejection in Tissue Engineering. Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews. 14:407-417. 2008
- Biomaterials as vaccine adjuvants. Biotechnology Progress. 24:807-814. 2008
- Dendrimer‐grafted cell adhesion peptide–modified PDMS. Biotechnology Progress. 24:938-944. 2008
- Effects of biomaterial-induced inflammation on fibrosis and rejection. Seminars in Immunology. 20:130-136. 2008
- Suppressed Splenocyte Proliferation Following a Xenogeneic Skin Graft due to Implanted Biomaterials. Transplantation. 82:415-421. 2006
- In Vivo Recognition by the Host Adaptive Immune System of Microencapsulated Xenogeneic Cells. Transplantation. 78:1454-1462. 2004
- Iron-Superoxide Dismutase Expression in Transgenic Alfalfa Increases Winter Survival without a Detectable Increase in Photosynthetic Oxidative Stress Tolerance. Plant Physiology. 122:1427-1438. 2000
- Prevention of ice propagation by permeability barriers in bud axes of Vitis vinifera. Botany. 78:3-9. 2000
- Carbohydrate Composition and Freezing Tolerance of Canes and Buds in Vitis vinifera. Journal of Plant Physiology. 155:101-106. 1999
- Winter Survival of Transgenic Alfalfa Overexpressing Superoxide Dismutase1. Plant Physiology. 119:839-848. 1999