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Swindall AF, Bellis SL. 2011. Sialylation of the Fas death receptor by ST6Gal-I provides protection against Fas-mediated apoptosis in colon carcinoma cells. J Biol Chem. PMID:21550977

Bellis SL.
2011. Advantages of RGD peptides for directing cell association with biomaterials. Biomaterials. 32(18):4205-10. PMID:21515168


Zhang X, Xu Y, Thomas V, Bellis SL, Vohra YK. 2011. Engineering an antiplatelet adhesion layer on an electrospun scaffold using porcine endothelial progenitor cells. J Biomed Mater Res A. 97(2):145-51.  PMID:21370444


Phipps MC, Clem WC, Catledge SA, Xu Y, Hennessy KM, Thomas V, Jablonsky MJ, Chowdhury S, Stanishevsky AV, Vohra YK, Bellis SL. 2011. Mesenchymal stem cell responses to bone-mimetic electrospun matrices composed of polycaprolactone, collagen I and nanoparticulate hydroxyapatite. PLoS One. 6(2):e16813. PMID:21346817


Zhuo Y, Bellis SL. 2011. Emerging role of alpha2,6-sialic acid as a negative regulator of galectin binding and function. J Biol Chem. 286(8):5935-41. PMID:21173156


Culpepper BK, Phipps MC, Bonvallet PP, Bellis SL. 2010. Enhancement of peptide coupling to hydroxyapatite and implant osseointegration through collagen mimetic peptide modified with a polyglutamate domain. Biomaterials. 31(36):9586-94. PMID:21035181


Zhang X, Thomas V, Xu Y, Bellis SL, Vohra YK. 2010. An in vitro regenerated functional human endothelium on a nanofibrous electrospun scaffold. Biomaterials. 31(15):4376-81. PMID: 20199808


Anderson JM, Kushwaha M, Tambralli A, Bellis SL, Camata RP, Jun HW. 2009. Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells directed by extracellular matrix-mimicking ligands in a biomimetic self-assembled peptide amphiphile nanomatrix. Biomacromolecules. 10(10):2935-44. PMID: 19746964


Hennessy, KM, Pollot, BE, Clem, WC, Phipps, MC, Sawyer, AA, Culpepper, BK and Bellis, SL  (2009) The effect of collagen I mimetic peptides on mesenchymal stem cell adhesion and differentiation, and on bone formation at hydroxyapatite surfaces. Biomaterials, 30, 1898-1909. PMID: 19157536


Shaikh FM, Seales EC, Clem WC, Hennessy KM, Zhuo Y, Bellis SL. 2008. Tumor cell migration and invasion are regulated by expression of variant integrin glycoforms. Exp Cell Res. 314(16):2941-50. PMID: 18703050


Zhuo Y, Chammas R, Bellis SL. 2008. Sialylation of beta1 integrins blocks cell adhesion to galectin-3 and protects cells against galectin-3-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 283(32):22177-85. PMID: 18676377


Woodard-Grice AV, McBrayer AC, Wakefield JK, Zhuo Y, Bellis SL. 2008. Proteolytic shedding of ST6Gal-I by BACE1 regulates the glycosylation and function of alpha4beta1 integrins. J Biol Chem. 283(39):26364-73. PMID: 18650447


Hennessy, KM, Clem, WC, Phipps, MC, Sawyer, AA, Shaikh, FM and Bellis, SL. (2008) The effect of RGD peptides on osseointegration of hydroxyapatite implants.  Biomaterials 29, 3075-3083. PMID: 18440064


Seales, E.C., Shaikh, F.M., Woodard-Grice, A.V., Aggarwal, P., McBrayer, A.C., Hennessy, K.M., and Bellis, S.L. (2005) A PKC/ras/ERK signaling pathway activates myeloid fibronectin receptors by altering b1 integrin sialylation.  J Biol Chem, 280, 37610-37615. PMID: 16157583