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Paschalia Mountziaris, Ph.D.

Medical School

Undergraduate Institution: Princeton University

Year: Third-Year Medical Student

Graduate Program: Bioengineering (Rice University)

Mentor: Antonios G. Mikos, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Modulation of Pro-Inflammatory Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Signaling for Bone Regeneration

Publications:

Mountziaris PM, Tzouanas SN, Mikos AG. The Interplay of Bone-Like Extracellular Matrix and TNF-α Signaling on In Vitro Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 2011; In Press.
Mountziaris PM, Spicer PP, Kasper FK, Mikos AG. Harnessing and Modulating Inflammation in Strategies for Bone Regeneration. Tissue engineering Part B, Reviews. 2011.
Mountziaris PM, Sing DC, Chew SA, Tzouanas SN, Lehman ED, Kasper FK, Mikos AG. Controlled release of anti-inflammatory siRNA from biodegradable polymeric microparticles intended for intra-articular delivery to the temporomandibular joint. Pharmaceutical research. 2011;28(6):1370-84.
Mountziaris PM, Sing DC, Mikos AG, Kramer PR. Intra-articular microparticles for drug delivery to the TMJ. Journal of dental research. 2010;89(10):1039-44.

Mountziaris PM, Tzouanas S, Mikos AG. Dose effect of tumor necrosis factor-<alpha> on in vitro osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells on biodegradable polymeric microfiber scaffolds. Biomaterials. 2010. 31:1666-75.
Mountziaris PM, Kramer PR, Mikos AG. Emerging intra-articular drug delivery systems for the temporomandibular joint. Methods. 2009. 47(2):134-40.
Young S, Patel ZS, Kretlow JD, Murphy MB, Mountziaris PM, Baggett LS, Ueda H, Tabata Y, Jansen JA, Wong M, Mikos AG. Dose effect of dual delivery of VEGF and BMP-2 on bone regeneration in a rat critical size defect model. Tissue Eng Part A. 2009. 15(9):2347-62.
Mountziaris PM, Mikos AG. Modulation of the inflammatory response for enhanced bone tissue regeneration. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. 2008. 14(2):179-86.