By Professor Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina

Journal articles

Roberts JJ; Farrugia BL; Green RA; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Martens PJ, 2016, 'In situ formation of poly(vinyl alcohol)–heparin hydrogels for mild encapsulation and prolonged release of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor', Journal of Tissue Engineering, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041731416677132

Ghezzi CE; Wang L; Behlau I; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wang S; Goldstein MH; Liu J; Marchant JK; Rosenblatt MI; Kaplan DL, 2016, 'Degradation of silk films in multipocket corneal stromal rabbit models', Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials, 14, pp. e266 - e276, http://dx.doi.org/10.5301/jabfm.5000274

Lord M; Chuang C; Rnjak‐Kovacina J; Cheng B; Lyons G; Whitelock J, 2016, 'Bioengineering Proteoglycan‐based Matrices For Blood Contacting Applications', The FASEB Journal, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.622.2

Filipe E; Santos M; Hung J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Ng M; Wise S, 2016, 'Bioengineering Synthetic Silk Conduits for Arterial Revascularisation', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 25, pp. S32 - S32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.072

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wray LS; Burke KA; Torregrosa T; Golinski JM; Huang W; Kaplan DL, 2015, 'Lyophilized Silk Sponges: A Versatile Biomaterial Platform for Soft Tissue Engineering', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 1, pp. 260 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ab500149p

Chen Y; Lin Y; Davis KM; Wang Q; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Li C; Isberg RR; Kumamoto CA; Mecsas J; Kaplan DL, 2015, 'Robust bioengineered 3D functional human intestinal epithelium', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13708

Zhang W; Wray LS; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Xu L; Zou D; Wang S; Zhang M; Dong J; Li G; Kaplan DL; Jiang X, 2015, 'Vascularization of hollow channel-modified porous silk scaffolds with endothelial cells for tissue regeneration', Biomaterials, 56, pp. 68 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.03.053

Ghezzi CE; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan DL, 2015, 'Corneal Tissue Engineering: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives', Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews, 21, pp. 278 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2014.0397

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Desrochers TM; Burke KA; Kaplan DL, 2015, 'The effect of sterilization on silk fibroin biomaterial properties', Macromolecular Bioscience, 15, pp. 861 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500013

Lord MS; Farrugia BL; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Whitelock JM, 2015, 'Current serological possibilities for the diagnosis of arthritis with special focus on proteins and proteoglycans from the extracellular matrix', Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 15, pp. 77 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14737159.2015.979158

Partlow BP; Hanna CW; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Moreau JE; Applegate MB; Burke KA; Marelli B; Mitropoulos AN; Omenetto FG; Kaplan DL, 2014, 'Highly tunable elastomeric silk biomaterials', Advanced Functional Materials, 24, pp. 4615 - 4624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201400526

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wray LS; Golinski JM; Kaplan DL, 2014, 'Arrayed hollow channels in silk-based scaffolds provide functional outcomes for engineering critically sized tissue constructs', Advanced Functional Materials, 24, pp. 2188 - 2196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201302901

Wu J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Du Y; Funderburgh ML; Kaplan DL; Funderburgh JL, 2014, 'Corneal stromal bioequivalents secreted on patterned silk substrates', Biomaterials, 35, pp. 3744 - 3755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.12.078

Liu H; Wise SG; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan DL; Bilek MMM; Weiss AS; Fei J; Bao S, 2014, 'Biocompatibility of silk-tropoelastin protein polymers', Biomaterials, 35, pp. 5138 - 5147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.03.024

McNamara SL; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Schmidt DF; Lo TJ; Kaplan DL, 2014, 'Silk as a biocohesive sacrificial binder in the fabrication of hydroxyapatite load bearing scaffolds', Biomaterials, 35, pp. 6941 - 6953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.05.013

Wise SG; Yeo GC; Hiob MA; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan DL; Ng MKC; Weiss AS, 2014, 'Tropoelastin: A versatile, bioactive assembly module', Acta Biomaterialia, 10, pp. 1532 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.003

Liu H; Bao S; Wise SG; Weiss AS; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan DL; Bilek MMM; Fei J, 2014, 'Biocompatibility of silk-tropoelastin protein polymers', Biomaterials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.03.024

Wu J; Funderburgh JL; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan DL; Du Y; Funderburgh ML, 2014, 'Corneal stromal bioequivalents secreted on patterned silk substrates', Biomaterials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.12.078

McNamara SL; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lo TJ; Kaplan DL; Schmidt DF, 2014, 'Silk as a biocohesive sacrificial binder in the fabrication of hydroxyapatite load bearing scaffolds', Biomaterials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.05.013

Ghezzi CE; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Weiss AS; Kaplan DL, 2013, 'Multifunctional silk-tropoelastin biomaterial systems', Israel Journal of Chemistry, 53, pp. 777 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201300082

Reddel CJ; Cultrone D; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Weiss AS; Burgess JK, 2013, 'Tropoelastin modulates TGF-β1-induced expression of VEGF and CTGF in airway smooth muscle cells', Matrix Biology, 32, pp. 407 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2013.04.003

Seib FP; Jones GT; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lin Y; Kaplan DL, 2013, 'pH-Dependent Anticancer Drug Release from Silk Nanoparticles', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2, pp. 1606 - 1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201300034

Shang K; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lin Y; Hayden RS; Tao H; Kaplan DL, 2013, 'Accelerated In Vitro Degradation of Optically Clear Low β-Sheet Silk Films by Enzyme-Mediated Pretreatment', Translational Vision Science & Technology, 2, pp. 2 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.2.3.2

Wray LS; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Mandal BB; Schmidt DF; Gil ES; Kaplan DL, 2012, 'A silk-based scaffold platform with tunable architecture for engineering critically-sized tissue constructs', Biomaterials, 33, pp. 9214 - 9224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.017

Rnjak-kovacina J; Wise SG; Li Z; Maitz PK; Young C; Wang Y; Weiss AS, 2012, 'Electrospun synthetic human elastin:collagen composite scaffolds for dermal tissue engineering', ACTA Biomaterialia, 8, pp. 3714 - 3722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2012.06.032

Rnjak J; Annabi N; Dehghani F; Weiss AS, 2011, 'Elastin-based dermal substitutes', 24th European Conference on Biomaterials Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Weiss AS, 2011, 'Increasing the pore size of electrospun scaffolds', Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews, 17, pp. 365 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2011.0235

Rnjak J; Wise SG; Mithieux SM; Weiss AS, 2011, 'Severe burn injuries and the role of Elastin in the design of dermal substitutes', Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews, 17, pp. 81 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0452

Rnjak-kovacina J; Wise SG; Li Z; Maitz PK; Young C; Wang Y; Weiss A, 2011, 'Tailoring the porosity and pore size of electrospun synthetic human elastin scaffolds for dermal tissue engineering', Biomaterials, 32, pp. 6729 - 6736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.065

Almine JF; Bax DV; Mithieux SM; Nivison‐Smith L; Rnjak J; Waterhouse A; Wise SG; Weiss AS, 2010, 'ChemInform Abstract: Elastin‐Based Materials', ChemInform, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201051252

Hu X; Wang X; Rnjak J; Weiss AS; Kaplan DL, 2010, 'Biomaterials derived from silk-tropoelastin protein systems', Biomaterials, 31, pp. 8121 - 8131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.07.044

Almine JF; Bax DV; Mithieux SM; Smith LN; Rnjak J; Waterhouse A; Wise SG; Weiss AS, 2010, 'Elastin-based materials', Chemical Society Reviews, 39, pp. 3371 - 3379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b919452p

Nivison-Smith L; Rnjak J; Weiss AS, 2010, 'Synthetic human elastin microfibers: Stable cross-linked tropoelastin and cell interactive constructs for tissue engineering applications', Acta Biomaterialia, 6, pp. 354 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2009.08.011

Rnjak J; Li Z; Maitz PKM; Wise SG; Weiss AS, 2009, 'Primary human dermal fibroblast interactions with open weave three-dimensional scaffolds prepared from synthetic human elastin', Biomaterials, 30, pp. 6469 - 6477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.08.017

Conference Papers

Joukhdar H; Och Z; Lim K; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2024, 'Imparting Multi-scalar Architectural Control Into Silk Materials Via Ice-templating', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, WA, Seattle, pp. S385 - S385, presented at 7th TERMIS World Congress, WA, Seattle, 25 June 2024 - 28 June 2024

Karimi F; Farbehi N; Haghighattalab M; Lau K; Kordanovski M; Lim K; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2024, 'Photocrosslinked Silk Fibroin Microgels And Microgel Scaffolds For Biomedical Applications', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, WA, Seattle, pp. S27 - S28, presented at 7th TERMIS World Congress, WA, Seattle, 25 June 2024 - 28 June 2024

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Hien T; Karimi F; Joukhdar H; Cui X; Lim K, 2022, 'Biofabrication approaches enabled by covalent crosslinking of silk', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, pp. 206 - 206, presented at Tissue-Engineering-and-Regenerative-Medicine-International-Society-Asia-Pacific-Chapter Conference (TERMIS-AP), SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, 05 October 2022 - 08 October 2022, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000899413100193&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Joukhdar H; Och Z; Hien T; Hebenton S; Lim K; Lord M; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2022, 'Development of a simple multi-functional unidirectional freezing platform to engineer aligned scaffolds for tissue engineering', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, pp. 714 - 714, presented at Tissue-Engineering-and-Regenerative-Medicine-International-Society-Asia-Pacific-Chapter Conference (TERMIS-AP), SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, 05 October 2022 - 08 October 2022, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000899413100671&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Longoni A; Major G; Atienza-Roca P; Wise L; Hooper G; Kieser D; Woodfield T; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Lim K, 2022, 'Gelatin incorporation in VEGF-loaded PVA-Tyramine hydrogels to enhance cellular interaction and vascular infiltration', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, pp. 642 - 642, presented at Tissue-Engineering-and-Regenerative-Medicine-International-Society-Asia-Pacific-Chapter Conference (TERMIS-AP), SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, 05 October 2022 - 08 October 2022

Braxton T; Lim K; Alcala-Orozco C; Joukhdar H; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Woodfield T; Jiang L-H; Wood D; Brockett C; Yang X, 2022, 'Investigation of the potential for osteochondral tissue regeneration via a novel biphasic 3D printed silk reinforced scaffold', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, pp. 685 - 685, presented at Tissue-Engineering-and-Regenerative-Medicine-International-Society-Asia-Pacific-Chapter Conference (TERMIS-AP), SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, 05 October 2022 - 08 October 2022, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000899413100642&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Vettori L; Joukhdar H; Anh HT; Sarmast HMS; Filipe E; Cox T; Kabakova I; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Gentile C, 2022, 'Silk fibroin as a bioink for cardiovascular applications', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, pp. 264 - 264, presented at Tissue-Engineering-and-Regenerative-Medicine-International-Society-Asia-Pacific-Chapter Conference (TERMIS-AP), SOUTH KOREA, Jeju, 05 October 2022 - 08 October 2022, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000899413100250&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Passipieri J; Stroppel WL; Mintz E; Baker HB; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan DL; Christ GJ, 2016, 'Further Development of Silk Biomaterials for a Tissue Engineered Muscle Repair (TEMR) Platform: Enhanced Cellular Coverage and Unidirectional Orientation of Muscle Progenitor Cells Following Bioreactor Pre-Conditioning', San Diego, pp. S87 - S87, presented at TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, San Diego, 11 December 2016 - 14 December 2016

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wray LS; Zhang W; Jiang X; Kaplan DL, 2015, 'Vascularization of Bioengineered Tissues: Additive Effects of Physical and Biological Cues', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, MA, Boston, pp. S114 - S115, presented at 4th TERMIS World Congress, MA, Boston, 08 September 2015 - 11 September 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360205201050&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Knothe Tate ML; Pereira A; Kaplan D; Rnjak-Kovacina J, 2015, 'Computationally-Driven Design of Novel Drug Delivery Patches', presented at Frontiers in Medical Devices Conference: Innovations in Modeling and Simulation - Using Modeling and Simulation at Different Stages in the Total Product Life Cycle, 18 May 2015 - 20 May 2015, http://bmes.org/meddevicesconference

Stoppel W; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Black L; Kaplan D, 2014, 'Silk-ECM Composite Scaffolds with Anisotropic Architecture for Cardiac Tissue Engineering', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, DC, Washington, pp. S20 - S20, presented at TERMIS-AM Conference, DC, Washington, 13 December 2014 - 16 December 2014

Wu J; Du Y; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Kaplan D; Funderburgh J, 2013, 'Corneal Stromal Bioequivalents Secreted on Patterned Silk Substrata by Corneal Fibroblasts and Stem Cells', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC

Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wray LS; Mandal BB; Gil ES; Weiss AS; Kaplan DL, 2012, 'Versatile biomaterial scaffold platform for critically-sized tissue constructs', in JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 387 - 387, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000308313003231&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts

Ziaee F; Du E; Li J; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Thordarson P; Nordon R, 2022, 'DEVELOPING FULLY DEFINED SELF-ASSEMBLY PEPTIDE HYDROGELS FOR HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL CULTURE', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, Vol. 28, pp. S537 - S537, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000821187303022&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Braxton T; Lim K; Alcala-Orozco C; Joukhdar H; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Woodfield T; Jiang L-H; Jia X; Yang X, 2021, 'A NOVEL SILK REINFORCED BIPHASIC 3D PRINTED PEGT/PBT SCAFFOLD FOR OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUE ENGINEERING', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, NETHERLANDS, Maastricht, Vol. 28, pp. S227 - S227, presented at 6th World Congress of the Tissue-Engineering-and-Regenerative-Medicine-International-Society (TERMIS), NETHERLANDS, Maastricht, 15 November 2021 - 19 November 2021, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000821187301040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Filipe E; Santos M; Hung J; Tan RP; Chan AP; Michael PL; Ng MK; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Wise SG, 2017, 'Bioengineered Silk Conduits are Effective for Small Diameter Revascularisation', in Circulation, American Heart Association, VA, Pentagon City, Vol. 134, presented at Circulation, VA, Pentagon City, 02 April 2017 - 03 April 2017

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