Selected Publications
Zhao M, Perry JM, Marshall H, Venkatraman A, Qian P, He XC, Ahamed J, Li L. Megakaryocytes maintain homeostatic quiescence and promote post-injury regeneration of hematopoietic stem cells. Nat Med 20: 1321-1326, 2014. [Abstract]
Yang F, Dong A, Ahamed J, Sunkara M, Smyth SS. Granule cargo release from bone marrow-derived cells sustains cardiac hypertrophy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 307: H1529-1538, 2014. [Abstract]
Wang W, Vootukuri S, Meyer A, Ahamed J, Coller BS. Association between shear stress and platelet-derived transforming growth factor-beta1 release and activation in animal models of aortic valve stenosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 34: 1924-1932, 2014. [Abstract]
Palmerini T, Tomasi L, Barozzi C, Della Riva D, Mariani A, Taglieri N, Leone O, Ceccarelli C, De Servi S, Branzi A, Genereux P, Stone GW, Ahamed J. Detection of tissue factor antigen and coagulation activity in coronary artery thrombi isolated from patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. PLoS One 8: e81501, 2013. [Abstract]
Brophy TM, Coller BS, Ahamed J. Identification of the thiol isomerase-binding peptide, mastoparan, as a novel inhibitor of shear-induced transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) activation. J Biol Chem 288: 10628-10639, 2013. [Abstract]
Meyer A, Wang W, Qu J, Croft L, Degen JL, Coller BS, Ahamed J. Platelet TGF-beta1 contributions to plasma TGF-beta1, cardiac fibrosis, and systolic dysfunction in a mouse model of pressure overload. Blood 119: 1064-1074, 2012.
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