Nicanor Moldovan's profile
What I do
Research in tissue regeneration and engineering; inflammation-driven neovascularization; reactive oxygen species biology; cell biomechanics; modeling
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Interests
1) structure-function relationship, evolution, exaptation, functional mimicry, cell behavior, (trans)differentiation, dysfunction (disease), structural robustness (healing), organogenesis; 2) bio-engineering; 3) cell therapy.
Projects
1. Post-infarcted heart: Fate and roles of c-kit+ bone marrow derived progenitor cells.
2. Early neovascularization: Tunneling of extracellular matrix by inflammatory cells and cell column formation in oxygen redistribution in ischemic tissues.
3. Microvascular biomechanics: contribution of capillaries to formation of coronary flow reserve.
4. Tissue engineering: stem cells-based stimulation and in vivo monitoring of peri-implant angiogenesis.
5. Biomechanical injury and cell repair: impact on efficency of stem cell therapy
Publications
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Nicanor I. Moldovan, Editor (Springer, 2003). Novel Angiogenic Mechanisms: Role of Circulating Progenitor Endothelial Cells (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contact
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- nicanor.moldovan [ at ] osumc.edu
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