Publications

Targeted nitric oxide delivery preferentially induces glioma cell chemosensitivity via altered p53 and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase activity. 

Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 110(4): 1211-1220 (2013) ABS

Shahana Safdar, Courtney A. Payne, Nam H. Tu, Lakeshia J. Taite

Structural optimization of highly branched thermally responsive polymers as a means of controlling transition temperature. 

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 51(9): 2068-2078 (2013) ABS 

Kai Chang, Nathan C. Rubright, Patti D. Lowery, Lakeshia J. Taite

Synergistic activity of 𝛼v𝛽3 integrins and the elastin binding protein enhance cell-matrix interactions on bioactive hydrogel surfaces. Biomacromolecules, 13(5): 1420-1428 (2012) ABS

Dhaval Patel, Susan E. Vandromme, Michael E. Reid, Lakeshia J. Taite

Targeted diazeniumdiolates: localized nitric oxide release from glioma-specific peptides and proteins. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 422(1-2): 264-270 (2012) ABS

Shahana Safdar, Lakeshia J. Taite

Engineering a sharp physiological transition state for poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) through structural control. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 50(5): 976-985 (2012) ABS

Kai Chang, Zachary T. Dicke, Lakeshia J. Taite

Mathematical modeling of hyperbranched water soluble polymers with applications in drug delivery. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, 5(9-10): 373-384 (2011) ABS

Amin Zargar*, Kai Chang*, Lakeshia J. Taite, F. Joseph Schork (*These authors contributed equally to this manuscript.)

Self-assembly of elastin-based peptides into the ECM: the importance of integrins and the elastin binding protein in elastic fiber assembly. Biomacromolecules, 12(2): 432-440 (2011) ABS Dhaval Patel, Rohan Menon, Lakeshia J. Taite

The expansion of human ES and iPS cells on porous membranes and proliferating human adipose-derived feeder cells. Biomaterials, 31(31): 8012-8021 (2011) ABS

Seung-Taeh Hwang, Sun-Woong Kang, Suk-Jun Lee, Tae-Hee Lee, Wonhee Suh, Sung Han Shim, Dong-Ryul Lee, Lakeshia J. Taite, Kwang-Soo Kim, Soo-Hong Lee 

Sustained delivery of nitric oxide from poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels enhances endothelialization in a rat carotid balloon injury model. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2(2): 113-123 (2011) ABS Lakeshia J. Taite, Jennifer L. West

Nitric oxide-releasing polyurethane-PEG copolymer containing the YIGSR peptide promotes endothelialization with decreased platelet adhesion. 

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 84(1):108-116 (2008) ABS

Lakeshia J. Taite, Peter Yang, Ho-Wook Jun, Jennifer L. West 

Bioactive hydrogel substrates: probing leukocyte receptor-ligand interactions in parallel plate flow chamber studies. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 34(11): 1705-1711 (2006) ABS

Lakeshia J. Taite, Maude L. Rowland, Katie A. Ruffino, Brian R. Smith, Michael B. Lawrence, Jennifer L. West

Poly(ethylene glycol)-lysine dendrimers for targeted delivery of nitric oxide. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 17(10): 1159-1172 (2006) ABS 

Lakeshia J. Taite, Jennifer L. West

Photolithographic patterning of polyethylene glycol hydrogels. 

Biomaterials, 27(12): 2519-2524 (2006) ABS

Mariah S. Hahn, Lakeshia J. Taite, James J. Moon, Maude C. Rowland, Katie A. Ruffino, Jennifer L. West 

Nitric oxide releasing polyurethanes. Biomacromolecules 6(2): 838-844 (2005) ABS

Ho-Wook Jun*,Lakeshia J. Taite*,Jennifer L. West (*These authors contributed equally to this manuscript.)

Comparison of an empirical and a theoretical linear solvation energy relationship applied to the characterization of solute distribution in a poly(ethylene) glycol-salt aqueous biphasic system. 

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 44(2): 549-558 (2004) ABS

Jonathan G. Huddleston, Heather D. Willauer, Marcel T. Burney, Lakeshia J. Tate, Ashley D. Carruth, Robin D. Rogers