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Ernestina Schipani, MD, PhD

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  • William Wikoff Smith Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

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Sartawi Z, Waeber C, Schipani E, Ryan KB. Development of electrospun polymer scaffolds for the localized and controlled delivery of siponimod for the management of critical bone defects , Int J Pharm, 590: 2020,119956


Yao Q, Parvez-Khan M, Schipani E. In vivo survival strategies for cellular adaptation to hypoxia: HIF1α-dependent suppression of mitochondrial oxygen consumption and decrease of intracellular hypoxia are critical for survival of hypoxic chondrocytes , Bone, 140: 2020,115572


Noda H, Guo J, Khatri A, Dean T, Reyes M, Armanini M, Brooks DJ, Martins JS, Schipani E, Bouxsein ML, Demay MB, Potts JT Jr, Jüppner H, Gardella TJ An Inverse Agonist Ligand of the PTH Receptor Partially Rescues Skeletal Defects in a Mouse Model of Jansen's Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia. , J Bone Miner Res, 35(3): 2020,540-9


Garcia-Galiano D, Cara AL, Tata Z, Allen SJ, Myers MG Jr, Schipani E, Elias CF. ERα signaling in GHRH/Kiss1 dual phenotype neurons plays sex-specific roles in growth and puberty , J Neurosci, Neurosci: 2020


Yao Q, Khan MP, Merceron C, LaGory EL, Tata Z, Mangiavini L, Hu J, Vemulapalli K, Chandel NS, Giaccia AJ, Schipani E Suppressing Mitochondrial Respiration Is Critical for Hypoxia Tolerance in the Fetal Growth Plate. , Dev Cell, 49(5): 2019,748-763.e7


Merceron C, Ranganathan K, Wang E, Tata Z, Makkapati S, Khan MP, Mangiavini L, Yao AQ, Castellini L, Levi B, Giaccia AJ, Schipani E Hypoxia-inducible factor 2α is a negative regulator of osteoblastogenesis and bone mass accrual. , Bone research, 7: 2019,7


Colaianni G, Lippo L, Sanesi L, Brunetti G, Celi M, Cirulli N, Passeri G, Reseland J, Schipani E, Faienza MF, Tarantino U, Colucci S, Grano M Deletion of the Transcription Factor PGC-1α in Mice Negatively Regulates Bone Mass. , Calcif Tissue Int, 103(6): 2018,638-52


Liu Q, Wang J, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Saunders L, Schipani E, Chen Q, Ma PX Suppressing mesenchymal stem cell hypertrophy and endochondral ossification in 3D cartilage regeneration with nanofibrous poly(l-lactic acid) scaffold and matrilin-3. , Acta biomaterialia, 76: 2018,29-38


Faienza MF, Brunetti G, Sanesi L, Colaianni G, Celi M, Piacente L, D'Amato G, Schipani E, Colucci S, Grano M High irisin levels are associated with better glycemic control and bone health in children with Type 1 diabetes. , Diabetes Res Clin Pract., 141: 2018,10-17


Brunetti G, Faienza MF, Colaianni G, Gigante I, Oranger A, Pignataro P, Ingravallo G, Di Benedetto A, Bortolotti S, Di Comite M, Storlino G, Lippo L, Ward-Kavanagh L, Mori G, Reseland JE, Passeri G, Schipani E, Tamada K, Ware CF, Colucci S, Grano M Impairment of Bone Remodeling in LIGHT/TNFSF14-Deficient Mice. , J Bone Miner Res, 33(4): 2018,704-19


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