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Barnes, C., Boland, E.D., Pawlowski, K.J., Simpson, D.G., Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin. Electrospun Fibrinogen Hemostatic Bandages. J. of Chemical Education, In Preparation.

 

Boland, E.D.; Barnes, C.; Coleman III, B.D.; Wnek, G.E.; Bowlin, G.L. “Preliminary Mechanical Evaluation of Electrospun Polydioxanone for Tissue Engineering Applications.” In Preparation.

 

Boland, E.D., Pawlowski, K.J., Simpson, D.G., Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning: A Revitalized Polymer Processing Technique." J. of Chemical Education, In Preparation.

 

Shields, K.J.; Beckman, M.J.; Bowlin, G.L. and J.S. Wayne. "Mechanical Properties and Cellular Proliferation of Electrospun Collagen Type II." Tissue Engineering, In Review.

 

Telemeco,T.; Bowlin, G.L.; Vida, M.; Cohen, N.; Wnek, G.E. and D.G. Simpson. "Electrospinning Applications: A Preliminary Study in Muscle Fabrication." Tissue Engineering, In Review.

 

Boland, E.D. and G.L. Bowlin. "Automated Electrostatic Processing Device for Tissue Engineering Applications." Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, In Review.

 

Telemeco, T.; Kelly, B.; Bowlin, G.L. and D.G. Simpson. "Strain and Substrate Specific Regulation of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the Cultured Cardiac Fibroblast." Am. J. Physiology, In Revision.

 

Boland, E.D., Telemeco,T.; Simpson, D.G., Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin. "Utilizing Acid Pretreatment and Electrospinning to Improve Biocompatibility of Poly(glycolic acid) for Tissue Engineering." J. Biomed. Mat. Res., In Press.

 

Boland, E.D.; Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin. "Poly(Gylcolic Acid)In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. G.E. Wnek and G.L. Bowlin, Eds., Marcel Dekker, N.Y., In Press.

 

Boland, E.D.; Espy, P. and G.L. Bowlin. "Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. G.E. Wnek and G.L. Bowlin, Eds., Marcel Dekker, N.Y., In Press.

 

Telemeco, T.; Ellis, R.; Bowman, J.; Bowlin, G.L. and D.G. Simpson.  Matrix Metalloproteinases in Bioengineering Interventions. In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. G.E. Wnek and G.L. Bowlin, Eds., Marcel Dekker, N.Y., In Press.

 

Keen, C.; Bowlin, G.L. and D.G. Simpson. Tissue Engineering Skeletal Muscle.In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. G.E. Wnek and G.L. Bowlin, Eds., Marcel Dekker, N.Y., In Press.

 

Pawlowski, K.J., Rittgers, S.E.; Schmidt, S.P. and G.L. Bowlin.  "Endothelial Cell Seeding of Polymeric Vascular Grafts. Frontiers in Biosciences, 9, 1412-1421, May 1, 2004. (Invited Paper)

 

Boland, E.D., Matthews, J.A.; Pawlowski, K.J., Simpson, D.G., Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin.  "Electrospinning Collagens and Elastin for Vascular Tissue Engineering. Frontiers in Biosciences, 9, 1422-1432, May 1, 2004. (Invited Paper)

 

Sanders, E.H.; Kloefkorn, R.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "Two-Phase Electrospinning from a Single Electrified Jet: Microencapsulation of Aqueous Reservoirs in Poly(Ethylene-co-Vinyl Acetate) Fibers." Macromolecules, 36, 3803-5, 2003.

 

Yao, L.; Haas, T.W.; Guiseppi-Elie, A.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "Electrospinning and Stabilization of Fully Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol) Fibers." Chemistry of Materials, 15, 1860-64, 2003.

 

Wnek, G.E.; Carr, M.E.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning of Nanofiber Fibrinogen Structures." Nano Letters, 3(2): 213-16, 2003.

 

Matthews, J.A.; Boland, E.D.; Wnek, G.E.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning of Collagen Type II: A Feasibility Study." J. Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 18, 125-34, 2003.

 

G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning of Collagen: Finally the "Ideal" Tissue Engineering Scaffolds?" International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology Circulator - ISACB Essay, Fall/Winter 2002, 7-8, 2002.

 

G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning Collagen Scaffolds." Science and Medicine, 8: 292-93, November/December 2002.

 

Kenawy, E.; Layman, J.; Matthews, J.A.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "Electrospinning of Poly(Ethylene-co-Vinyl Alcohol) Fibers." Biomaterials, 24: 907-13, 2003.

 

Fields, C.; Cassano, A.; Allen, C.; Meyer, A.; Rittgers, S.E.; Szycher, M.; Pawlowski, K.J.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Endothelial Cell Seeding of a 4-mm I.D. Polyurethane Vascular Graft." J. Biomaterials Applications, 17(1): 45-70, 2002.

 

Boland, E.D.; Wnek, G.E.; Simpson, D.G.; Pawlowski, K.J. and G.L. Bowlin. "Tailoring Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Using Electrostatic Processing Techniques: A Study of Poly(Glycolic Acid)." J. Macromol. Sci., 38: 1231-43, 2001. 

 

Matthews, J.A.; Simpson, D.G.; Wnek, G.E.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning of Collagen Nanofibers." Biomacromolecules, 3 (2): 232-238, 2002.

 

Kenawy, E.; Mansfield, K.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "New Drug Delivery System: Control Release of Tetracycline Hydrochloride as a Model Drug from Electrospun Fibers of Poly(lactic acid) and Poly(ethylene vinyl acetate)." J. Control Release, 81(1,2): 57-64, 2002.

 

Fields, C.; Cassano, A.; Allen, C.; Sims, R.; Bulgrin, J.; Meyer, A.; Makhoul, R.G.; Rittgers, S.E.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Evaluation of Electrostatically Endothelial Cell Seeded Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Grafts in a Canine Femoral Artery Model." J. Biomaterials Applications, 17(2): 135-154, 2002.

 

Fields, C.; Cassano, A.; Allen, C.; Meyer, A.; Rittgers, S.E.; Makhoul, R.G. and G.L. Bowlin. "The Persistence of Electrostatically Seeded Endothelial Cells Lining a Small Diameter Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Vascular Graft." J. Biomaterials Applications, 16: 157-73, 2001.

 

Stitzel, J.D.; Pawlowski, K.J.; Wnek, G.E.; Simpson, D.G.; Bowlin, G.L.. "Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation on a Novel Biomimicking, Biodegradable Vascular Graft Scaffold." J. Biomaterials Applications, 15: 1-12, 2001.

 

Bowlin, G.L.; Rittgers, S.E.; Schmidt, S.P.; Alexander, T.; Sheffer, D.B.; and Milsted, A. "Optimization of an Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Transplantation Technique Using 4 mm I.D. e-PTFE Vascular Prostheses." Cell Transplantation, 9: 337-48, 2000.

 

Bowlin, G.L.; Rittgers, S.E.; Milsted, A.; and Schmidt, S.P. "In Vitro Evaluation of Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Transplantation onto 4 mm I.D. e-PTFE Grafts." J. Vasc. Surg., 27: 504-11, 1998.

 

Bowlin, G.L. and S.E. Rittgers. "Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Seeding of Small Diameter (< 6 mm) Vascular Prostheses: Feasibility Study." Cell Transplantation 6: 623-9, 1997.

 

Bowlin, G.L. and S.E. Rittgers. "A Prototype Apparatus and Procedure for Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Transplantation within Small Diameter (< 6 mm) Vascular Prostheses." Cell Transplantation 6: 631-7, 1997.

 

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