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• Ghovvati, M., Jain, S., Cheng, G.Z., Kaneko, N., Boys, J.A., Imahori, T., De Maeseneer, T., Haghniaz, R., Cameron, R.B., Weiss, A.S. and Annabi, N. (2025) Rapid closure and hemostasis of ruptured soft tissues using a modified human tropoelastin-based sealant in preclinical models. Science Translational Medicine. 17, eadr6458.
  
• Liu, L., Spessot, E., Lim, K., Wang, Z., Mithieux, S.M., Maniglio, D., Motta, A. and Weiss, A.S. (2025) Bioprinting vascularized skin analogs: a stepwise approach. Burns and Trauma, in press.
  
• Wang, Z., Mithieux, S.M., Blum, K.M., Yi, T., Matsuzaki, Y., Pham, N.T.H., Hawkett, B.S., Shinoka, T., Breuer, C.K. and Weiss, A.S. (2025) Regional differences in graft degradation and regeneration contribute to dilation. Tissue Eng. A., in press.
  
• Annabi, N., Cosgriff-Hernandez, E. and Weiss, A.S. (2024) Perspectives on recent developments and directions in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Tissue Eng. A. 30, 721-725.
• Lee, S.S., Al Halawani, A., Teo, J.D., Weiss, A.S.* and Yeo, G.C.* (2024) The matrix protein tropoelastin prolongs mesenchymal stromal cell vitality and delays senescence during replicative ageing. Advanced Science 11, 2402168.
  
• Wang, Z., Paterson, H., Partel, L., Wise, I., Adams, M., Cistulli, D., Ng, D., Qasabian, R., O'Sullivan, J., Lal, S., Weiss, A.S., Bannon, P. and Hume, R.D. (2024) Preventing sheep carotid artery spasm for vascular graft surgery and computed tomography angiography. Tissue Eng. C. 30, 335-342.
  
• Wang, Z., Shi, H., Silveira, P.A., Mithieux, S.M., Wong, W.C., Liu, L., Pham, N.T.H., Hawkett, B.S., Wang, Y. and Weiss, A.S. (2024) Tropoelastin modulates systemic and local tissue responses to enhance wound healing. Acta Biomater. 184, 56-67.
  
• Wang, Z., Zhang, M., Liu, L., Mithieux, S.M. and Weiss, A.S. (2024) Polyglycerol sebacate-based elastomeric materials for arterial regeneration. J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 112, 574-585.
• Zhang, A., Wong, J.K.U., Redzikultsava, K., Baldry, M., Alavi, S.K.H., Wang, Z., van Koten, E. Weiss, A., Bilek, M., Yeo, G.C. and Akhavan, B. (2023) A cost-effective and enhanced mesenchymal stem cell expansion platform with internal plasma-activated biofunctional interfaces. Materials Today Bio 22, 100727, 1-16.
  
• ​Lee, S.Y., Vũ, T.T., Weiss, A.S. and Yeo, G.C. (2023) Stress-induced senescence in mesenchymal stem cells: triggers, hallmarks, and current rejuvenation approaches. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 102, 151331, 1-16.
  
• Hume, R.D., Kanagalingam, S., Deshmukh, T., Chen, S., Mithieux, S.M., Rashid, F., Roohani, I., Lu, J., Doan, T., Graham, D., Clayton, Z.E., Slaughter, E., Kizana, E., Stempien-Otero, A.S., Brown, P., Thomas, L., Weiss, A.S. and Chong, J.J.H. (2023) Tropoelastin improves post-infarct cardiac function. Circ Res. 132, 72–86.
• Zhang, M., Wang, Z., Zhang, A., Liu, L., Mithieux, S.M., Bilek, M.M. and Weiss, A.S. (2023) Development of tropoelastin-functionalized anisotropic PCL scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue engineering. Regen. Biomat. 10, rbac087, 1-9.
• Yang, C., Weiss, A.S. and Tarakanova, A. (2023) Changes in elastin structure and extensibility induced by hypercalcemia and hyperglycemia. Acta Biomaterialia . 163, 131-145.
• Wang, Z., Mithieux, S.M., Vindin, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, M., Liu, L., Zbinden, J., Blum, K.M., Yi, T., Matsuzaki, Y., Oveissi, F., Akdemir, R., Lockley, K.M., Zhang, L., Ma, K., Guan, J., Waterhouse, A., Pham, N.T.H., Hawkett, B.S., Shinoka, T., Breuer, C.K. and Weiss, A.S. (2022) Rapid regeneration of a neoartery with elastic lamellae. Adv. Mat. 2205614.
• Al Halawani, A., Mithieux, S.M., Yeo, G.C., Beheshti, E.H. and Weiss, A.S. (2022) Extracellular vesicles: interplay with the extracellular matrix and modulated cell responses. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23, 3389, 1-11.
• Roohani, I., Yeo, G.C., Mithieux, S.M. and Weiss, A.S. (2022) Emerging concepts in bone repair and the premise of soft materials. Curr. Opin. Biotech 74, 220-229.
• Vindin, H.J., Oliver, B.G.G. and Weiss, A.S. (2022) Elastin in healthy and diseased lung. Curr. Opin. Biotech 74, 15-20.

​Regeneration of damaged tissue, US11,084,867

​In vivo synthesis of elastic fiber AU 2020204197

Scalable three-dimensional elastic construct manufacturing, US11,077,226

​Regeneration of damaged tissue, AU2019204972

​Tropoelastin for use in inducing formation of bone, EP3344280

​Formation of bone, US10,736,942​​​​​

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