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Dr. Lisa E. Freed, M.D., Ph.D.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (in reverse chronological order, representative of 80 papers, 11 book chapters, 124 abstracts, 6 patents/patent applications)

Ye, X., Lu, L., Kolewe, M.E., Hearon, K., Fisher, K.M., Coppeta, J., Freed, L.E. (2014). Scalable Unit for Building Cardiac Tissue. Advanced Materials, Sep 19, 2014 E-Pub ahead of print, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201403074.

Park, H., Larson, B.L., Kolewe, M.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2014). Biomimetic Scaffold Combined with Electrical Stimulation and Growth Factor Promotes Tissue Engineered Cardiac Development. Experimental Cell Research, 321(2) 297-306. PMC3946629.

Ye, X., Lu, L., Kolewe, ME, Park, H, Larson, BL, Kim, E, Freed, LE (2013). A Biodegradable Microvessel Scaffold as a Framework to Enable Vascular Support of Engineered Tissues  Biomaterials, 34(38): 10007-10015, PMC3899884.

Kolewe, ME, Park, H, Gray, C, Ye, X, Langer, R, Freed, L.E. (2013) 3D Structural Patterns in Scalable Elastomeric Polymer Scaffolds Guide Engineered Tissue Architecture. Advanced Materials, 25(32): 4459-4465, PMC3954574, (inside cover of issue).

Neal, R.A., Jean, A., Park, H., Wu, P.B., Hsiao, J., Engelmayr, G.C., Jr., Langer, R., and Freed, L.E. (2013): Three-dimensional elastomeric scaffolds designed with cardiac-mimetic structural and mechanical features. Tissue Eng Part A. 19(5-6):793-807. PMC3566675.

Park, H., Larson, B.L., Guillemette, M.D., Jain, S.R., Hua, C., Engelmayr, G.C., Jr., and Freed, L.E. 2011. The significance of pore microarchitecture in a multi-layered elastomeric scaffold for contractile cardiac muscle constructs. Biomaterials. 32:1856-64. 21144580. PMC3030129.

Freed, L.E., Engelmayr, G.C., Borenstein, J.T., Moutos, F.T., Guilak, F. (2009): Advanced material strategies for tissue engineering scaffolds. Advanced Materials 21(32-33): 3410-3418 (inside cover of issue). PMC3003664.

Cheng, M.Y., Moretti, M., Engelmayr, G.C., Freed, L.E. (2009): Insulin-like growth factor-I and slow, bi-directional perfusion enhance the formation of tissue-engineered cardiac grafts. Tissue Engineering, 15(3): 645-653. PMC2810276

Engelmayr, G.C., Cheng, M., Bettinger, C.J., Borenstein, J.T., Langer, R., Freed, L.E. (2008): Accordion-like honeycombs for tissue engineering of cardiac anisotropy. Nature Materials, 7: 1003-1010 (cover of issue, with commentary on pp. 932-933). PMC2613200.

Radisic M., Park, H., Martens, T.P., Salazar-Lazaro, J.E., Geng, W., Wang, Y., Langer, R., Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2008): Pre-treatment of synthetic elastomeric scaffolds by cardiac fibroblasts improves engineered heart tissue. J Biomedical Materials Research-A 86: 713-724.PMC2775086.

Nichol, J. W., Engelmayr, G. C., Cheng, M., and Freed, L. E. (2008): Co-culture induces alignment in engineered cardiac constructs via MMP-2 expression. Biochemical Biophysical Research Comm 373: 360-365. PMC2577781. 

Augst, A., Marolt, D., Freed, L.E. , Vepari, C., Meinel, L., Farley, M., Fajardo, R., Patel, N., Gray, M.L., Kaplan, D.L., Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2008): Effects of chondrogenic and osteogenic regulatory factors on composite constructs grown using human bone marrow stem cells, silk scaffolds and bioreactors. J of the Royal Society Interface 5: 929-939. PMC2607468.

Freed, L.E., Guilak, F. (2007): “Engineering functional tissues.” In: Principles of Tissue Engineering 3rd edition, Ch.11 (R.P. Lanza, R. Langer and J. Vacanti, eds., Academic Press). Ch. 11, pp. 137-153.

Moutos, F.T., Freed, L.E., Guilak, F. (2007): A biomimetic three-dimensional woven composite scaffold for functional tissue engineering of cartilage. Nature Materials 6:162-167 (cover of issue, with commentary pp. 89-90).

Cheng, M. Y., Park, H., Engelmayr, G. C., Moretti, M., and Freed, L. E. (2007): Effects of regulatory factors on engineered cardiac tissue in vitro. Tissue Engineering 13: 2709-2719

Freed, L.E., Guilak, F., Guo, X.E., Gray, M.L., Tranquillo, R., Holmes, J., Radisic, M., Sefton, M., Kaplan, D., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2006): Advanced tools: scaffolds, bioreactors, and signaling, Tissue Engineering 12: 3285- 3305 (cover of issue)

Marolt, D., Augst, A., Freed, L.E., Vepari, C., Fajardo, R., Patel, N., Gray, M., Farley, M., Kaplan, D., Vunjak-Novakovic, G.  (2006): Bone and cartilage tissue constructs grown using human bone marrow stromal cells, silk scaffolds, and rotating bioreactors. Biomaterials 27(36):6138-6149

Radisic, M, Park, H, Chen, F, Wang, Y, Dennis, R, Langer, R, Freed, LE , Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2006): Biomimetic approach to cardiac tissue engineering: oxygen carriers and channeled scaffolds. Tissue Engineering, 12(8): 1-15 (cover of issue)

Boublik J., Park, H., Radisic, M., Tognana, E., Chen, F., Pei , M., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2005): Mechanical properties and remodeling of hybrid cardiac constructs made from heart cells, fibrin, and a biodegradable elastomeric knitted fabric. Tissue Engineering 11 (7-8): 1122-1132

Tognana, E., Padera, R.F., Chen, F., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2005): Development and remodeling of engineered cartilage-explant composites in vitro and in vivo. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 13(10): 896-905

Tognana, E., Chen, F., Padera, R.F., Leddy, H.A., Christensen, S.E., Guilak, F., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2005): Adjacent tissue (cartilage, bone) affect the functional integration of engineered calf cartilage in vitro. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 13(2): 129-138

Schäfer, D., Seidel, J.O, Martin, I., Jundt, G., Heberer, M., Grodzinsky, A.L., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2004): Engineering and characterization of functional osteochondral repair tissue. Orthopäde 33: 721–726

Radisic, M., Park, H. Shin, H., Consi, T., Schoen, F.J., Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. Novakovic G. (2004): Functional assembly of engineered myocardium by electrical stimulation of cardiac myocytes cultured on scaffolds. Proc. National Acad of Sciences USA 101: 18129-18134.

Radisic, M., Yang, L, Boublik, J, Cohen, R.J., Langer, R., Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2004): Medium perfusion enables engineering of compact and contractile cardiac tissue. Am J Physiology (Heart & Circulatory Physiol.) 286: H507-516.

Bursac, N., Papadaki, M., White, J.A., Eisenberg S.R., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2003): Cultivation in rotating bioreactors promotes maintenance of cardiac myocyte electrophysiology and molecular properties, Tissue Engineering, 9(6): 1243-1253

Freed, L.E., Rupnick, M.A., Schaefer, D., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2003): “Engineering functional cartilage and cardiac tissue: in vitro culture parameters”. In: Functional Tissue Engineering: the Role of Biomechanics (F. Guilak, D. Butler, D. Mooney, S. Goldstein, eds, Springer Verlag) Ch. 27, pp. 360-376.

Seidel, J.O., Pei, M., Gray, M.L., Langer, R, Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2004): Long term culture of tissue engineered cartilage in a perfused chamber with mechanical stimulation. Biorheology 41: 445-458

Freed, L.E . and G. Vunjak-Novakovic, (2002) “Cell-Polymer-Bioreactor Systems”. In: Methods of Tissue Engineering (A. Atala and R.P. Lanza, eds. Academic Press) Ch. 6, pp. 99-114.

Freed, L.E. and G. Vunjak-Novakovic (2002) “Spaceflight bioreactor studies of cells and tissues”. In: Cell Biology and Biotechnology in Space ( A. Cogoli, ed., Elsevier Science) Advances in Space Biology and Medicine Ch. 8, pp. 177-195.

Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Searby, N.D. de Luis, J., Freed, L.E. (2002): Microgravity studies of cells and tissues. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 974: 504-517

Schaefer, D., Martin, I., Jundt, G., Seidel, J., Heberer, M., Grodzinsky, A.J, Bergin, I., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2002): Tissue engineered composites for the repair of large osteochondral defects. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 46: 2524-2534

Pei, M., Solchaga, L.A., Seidel, J., Zeng, L, Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Caplan, A.I., Freed, L.E. (2002): Bioreactors mediate the effectiveness of tissue engineering scaffolds, FASEB J. 16: 1691-1694

Papadaki, M., Bursac, N., Langer, R., Merok, J., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2001): Tissue engineering of functional cardiac muscle: molecular, structural and electrophysiological studies, Am J Physiology (Heart & Circulatory Physiol.) 280: H168–H178, 2001 (cover of issue)

Martin, I., Shastri, V.P., Padera, R.F., Yang, J., McKay, A.J., Langer, R., Vunjak Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (2001): Selective differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells cultured on three dimensional polymer foams J. Biomedical Materials Research  55: 229-235

Gooch, K.J., Blunk, T., Courter, D.L., Sieminski, A.L., Bursac, P.M., Vunjak-Novakovic, G, Freed, L.E. (2001): IGF-I and mechanical environment interact to modulate engineered cartilage development, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 286: 909-915

Schaefer, D., Martin, I., Shastri, P., Padera, R.F., Langer, R., Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2000): In vitro generation of osteochondral composites.  Biomaterials  21: 2599-2606

Freed, L.E . and Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2000). “Tissue Engineering of Cartilage”. In: The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, (J.D. Bronzino, ed., CRC Press) Vol. II, pp. 124-1 – 124-26.

Freed, L.E . and Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2000). “Tissue Engineering Bioreactors”. In: Principles of Tissue Engineering, 2 nd edition (R.P. Lanza, R. Langer and J. Vacanti, eds., Academic Press) Ch. 13, pp. 143-156.

Bursac N., Papadaki M., Cohen R.J., Schoen F.J., Eisenberg S., Carrier R., Vunjak-Novakovic G., Freed, L.E. (1999): Cardiac muscle tissue engineering: toward an in vitro model for electrophysiological studies, Am. J Physiol (Heart & Circulatory Physiology 46) 277: H433-H444

Freed L.E., Pellis N., Searby N., de Luis J., Preda C., Bordonaro J., Vunjak-Novakovic G. (1999) Microgravity Cultivation of Cells and Tissues. Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin 12: 57-66.

Martin, I., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Yang, J., Langer, R., Freed, L.E. (1999): Mammalian chondrocytes expanded in the presence of fibroblast growth factor-2 maintain the ability to differentiate and regenerate three-dimensional cartilaginous tissue. Experimental Cell Research 253: 681 - 688

Obradovic B, Carrier R.L., Vunjak-Novakovic G.V., Freed, L.E. (1999): Gas exchange is essential for bioreactor cultivation of tissue engineered cartilage, Biotechnology&  Bioengineering, 63:197-205

Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Martin, I., Obradovic, B., Treppo S., Grodzinsky, A.J., Langer R., Freed, L.E. (1999): Bioreactor cultivation conditions modulate the composition and mechanical properties of tissue engineered cartilage. Journal of Orthopedic Research 17, 130-138

Martin, I, Padera, R.F., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E. (1998): In vitro differentiation of chick embryo bone marrow stromal cells into cartilaginous and bone-like tissues, J. Orthopaedic Research 16: 181-189

Freed, L.E., Hollander, A.P., Martin, I., Barry, J.R., Martin, I., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (1998): Chondrogenesis in a cell-polymer-bioreactor system, Experimental Cell Research 240: 58-65

Vunjak-Novakovic G., Obradovic B., Bursac P., Martin, I., Langer R., Freed L.E. (1998): Dynamic seeding of polymer scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering, Biotechnology Progress 14: 193-202.

Freed, L.E., Langer, R., Martin, I., Pellis, N., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (1997): Tissue engineering of cartilage in space, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 94: 13885-13890 (with commentary, pp. 13380-13382)

Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G (1997). Microgravity Tissue Engineering, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology 33: 381-385.

Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Freed, L.E., Biron R., Langer, R. (1996). Effects of mixing on tissue engineered cartilage, Journal of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 42 (3) 850-860.

Langer, R., Vacanti, J.P., Vacanti, C., Atala, A., Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (1995): Tissue engineering: biomedical applications, Tissue Engineering 1: 151-161.

Freed L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G (1995). Cultivation of Cell-Polymer Constructs in Simulated Microgravity, Biotechnology and Bioengineering 46: 306-313.

Freed, L.E., Grande, D.A., Emmanual, J., Marquis, J.C., Lingbin, Z., Langer, R. (1994): Joint resurfacing using allograft chondrocytes and synthetic biodegradable polymer scaffolds, J. Biomedical Materials Research, 28: 891-899.

Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Biron, R.J., Eagles, D., Lesnoy, D., Barlow, S.K., Langer, R. (1994): Biodegradable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering, Nature Biotechnology 12: 689-693.

Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic G., Langer, R. (1993) Cultivation of cell-polymer cartilage implants in bioreactors, J. Cell Biochemistry 51, 257-264

Freed, L.E., G. Vunjak-Novakovic, P.A. Drinker and R. Langer. (1993): A bioreactor based on suspended particles of immobilized enzyme, Ann. Biomedical Engineering 21, 57-65

Freed, L.E., Marquis, J., Nohria, A., Mikos, A.G., Emmanual, J., Langer, R. (1993): Neocartilage formation in vitro and in vivo using cells cultured on synthetic biodegradable polymers, J Biomedical Materials Research 27:11-23 (cover of issue)

Freed, L.E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Bernstein, H., Cooney C.L., Langer, R. The Kinetics of Immobilized Heparinase in Human Blood, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 21, 67-76, 1993

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G. Vunjak-Novakovic, P.A. Drinker and R. Langer. (1993): A Bioreactor Based on Suspended Particles of Immobilized Enzyme, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 21, 57-65

Freed, L.E.,
Endemann, G., Tomera, J.F., Gavino, V.C., Brunengraber, H. (1988): Lipogenesis from Ketone Bodies in Perfused Livers of Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats, Diabetes 37: 50-55

Kopito, R., Weinstock, S., Freed, L.E., Murray, D., Brunengraber, H. (1982): Metabolism of Plasma Mevalonate in Rats and Humans, Journal of Lipid Research 23: 577-583

Freed, L.E., Freed, C., O'Donnell, R. (1982): Small Signal Gain Saturation Intensity of I & II Vibrational Band Transitions in Sealed-off CO2 Lasers, Journal of Quantum Electronics, 18: 1229-1236