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Richbourg N, Wechsler ME, Rodriguez-Cruz JJ, Peppas NA. Modeling Multifaceted, Modular Hydrogel Design. Nat. Rev. Bioeng. Accepted (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00167-4.

Ismaeel A, Fletcher E, Miserlis D, Wechsler ME, Papoutsi E, Haynatzki G, Smith RS, Bohannon WT, Koutakis P. Skeletal Muscle MiR-210 Expression is Associated with Mitochondrial Function in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients. Transl Res 246, 66-77 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.03.003.

Ring A, Ismaeel A, Wechsler ME, Fletcher E, Papoutsi E, Miserlis D, Koutakis P. MicroRNAs in Peripheral Artery Disease: Potential Biomarkers And Pathophysiological Mechanisms. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis, (2022). doi: 10.1177/17539447221096940.

Liu W, WangY, Wang J, Lanier OL, Wechsler ME, Peppas NA, Gu Z. Macroencapsulation Devices for Cell Therapy. Engineering, (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2021.10.021.

Rao VV, Wechsler ME, Cravens E, Wojda SJ, Caldwell AS, Kirkpatrick BE, Donahue SW, Anseth KS. Granular PEG Hydrogels Mediate Osteoporotic MSC Clustering via N-cadherin Influencing the Pro-Resorptive Bias of their Secretory Profile. Acta Biomater 147, 77-87 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.04.023.

Peters JT, Wechsler ME, and Peppas NA. Advanced Biomedical Hydrogels: Molecular Architecture and its Impact on Medical Applications. Regen Biomat 8, (2021). doi: 10.1093/rb/rbab060.

Wechsler ME, Dang HKHJ, Simmonds SP, Bahrami K, Wyse J, Dahlhauser SD, Reuther JF, VandeWalle AN, Anslyn EV, and Peppas NA. Electrostatic and Covalent Assemblies of Anionic Hydrogel-Coated Gold Nanoshells for Detection of Dry Eye Biomarkers in Human Tears. Nano Lett 21, 8734-8740 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02941.

Jain S, Venkataraman A, Wechsler ME, Peppas NA. Messenger RNA-based Vaccines: Past, Present, and Future Directions from a Nanotechnology Perspective. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 179, 114000 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114000.

Ashok B, Peppas NA, Wechsler ME. Lipid- and Polymer-Based Nanoparticle Systems for the Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 65, 102728 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102728.

Murphy AC, Wechsler ME, Peppas NA. Recent Advancements in Biosensing Approaches for Screening and Diagnostic Applications. Curr Opin Biomed 19, 100318 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102728.

Wechsler ME*, Rao VV*, Borelli AN, Anseth KS. Engineering the MSC Secretome: A Hydrogel Focused Approach. Adv Healthc Mater 10, e2001948 (2021). doi: 10.1002/adhm.202001948.

Macdougall LJ*, Wechsler ME*, Culver HR, Benke EH, Broerman A, Bowman CN, Anseth KS. Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Nanogels for the Stabilization of High Isoelectric Point Proteins. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 7, 4282-4292 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01690.

Mitchell MJ, Billingsley MM, Haley RM, Wechsler ME, Peppas NA, and Langer RS. Engineering Precision Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery. Nature Rev Drug Discov 20, 101-124 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41573-020-0090-8.

Wechsler ME, Dang HKHJ, Dahlhauser SD, Simmonds SP, Reuther JF, Wyse JM, VandeWalle AN, Anslyn EV, and Peppas NA. Nanogel Receptors for High Isoelectric Point Protein Detection: Influence of Electrostatic and Covalent Polymer-Protein Interactions. Chem Comm 56, 6141-6144 (2020). doi: 10.1039/d0cc02200d.

Wechsler ME, Shevchuk M, and Peppas NA. Developing a Multidisciplinary Approach for Engineering Stem Cell Organoids. Annals of Biomed 48, 1895-1904 (2020). doi: 10.1007/s10439-019-02391-1.

Wechsler ME, Vela-Ramirez JE, and Peppas NA. 110th Anniversary: Nanoparticle Mediated Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease: Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier. Ind Eng Chem Res 58, 15079-15087 (2019). doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02196.

Wechsler ME, Stephenson RE, Murphy AC, Oldenkamp HF, Singh A, and Peppas NA. Engineered Microscale Hydrogels for Drug Delivery, Cell Therapy, and Sequencing. Biomed Microdevices 21, 31 (2019). doi: 10.1007/s10544-019-0358-0.

Culver HR*, Wechsler ME*, and Peppas NA. Label-Free Detection of Tear Biomarkers Using Hydrogel-Coated Gold Nanoshells in a Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biosensor. ACS Nano 12, 9342-9354 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b04348.

Culver HR, Sharma I, Wechsler ME, Anslyn EV, and Peppas NA. Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Nanogels for Use as Differential Protein Receptors in a Turbidimetric Sensor Array. Analyst 142, 3183-3193 (2017). doi: 10.1039/c7an00787f.

Clegg JR, Wechsler ME, and Peppas NA. Vision for Functionally Decorated and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in Regenerative Engineering. Regen Eng Transl Med 3, 166-167 (2017). doi: 10.1007/s40883-017-0028-9.

Neves MI, Wechsler ME, Gomes ME, Reis RL, Granja PL, and Peppas NA. Molecularly Imprinted Intelligent Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications. Tissue Eng Part B Reviews 23, 27-43 (2017). doi: 10.1089/ten.TEB.2016.0202.

Wechsler ME, Hermann BP, and Bizios R. Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation at the Cell Population and Single-Cell Levels under Alternating Electric Current. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 22, 155-164 (2016). doi: 10.1089/ten.TEC.2015.0324.

Benavidez TE, Wechsler ME, Farrer MM, Bizios R, and Garcia CD. Electrochemically-Preadsorbed Collagen Promotes Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 22, 69-75 (2016). doi: 10.1089/ten.tec.2015.0315.

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