Michael Young

Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).

1. Lavik, E. B. ,H. Klassen, K. Warfvinge, R. Langer, and M. J. Young. (2005) Fabrication of Degradable Polymer Scaffolds to Direct the Integration and Differentiation of Retinal Progenitors. Biomaterials, 26 (16):3187-96.

2. Zahir, T., Klassen, H. & Young, M.J. (2005) Effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor on differentiation of late retinal progenitor cells. Stem Cells 23, 424-432.

3. Warfvinge K, Kiilgaard JF, Lavik E, Scherfig E, Langer R, Klassen H,

4. Young MJ. (2005) Retinal progenitor cell xenografts to the pig retina: morphological integration and cytochemical differentiation. Arch. Ophthalmol, 123:1385-1393.

5. Schwartz, P, Nethercott, H., Kirov, I., Ziaeian, B., Young, M. and H. Klassen. 2005. Expression of neurodevelopmental markers by cultured porcine neural precursor cells. Stem Cells, 23: 1286-1294.

6. Tomita, M., Lavik, E., Zahir, T., Klassen, Langer, R., and Young, M. 2005. Retinal progenitor cell transplantation using biodegradable polymers. Stem Cells 23:1579-1588.

7. Burdick, J.A., M. Ward, E. Liang, M.J. Young, R. Langer. Stimulation of Neurite Outgrowth by Neurotrophins 2006. Delivered from Degradable Hydrogels. Biomaterials, 27:452-9.

8. Ford, MC, JP Bertram, S Hynes, M Michaud, Q Li, MJ Young, SS Segal, JA Madri & EB Lavik. A novel macroporous hydrogel for the co-culture of neural progenitor and endothelial cells to form functional vascular networks in vivo. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (in press)

9. Sakaguchi, D.S., S.J Van Hoffelen., S.D. Grozdanic, Y.H. Kwon, R.H. Kardon, and M.J. Young, Neural progenitor cell transplants into the developing andmature central nervous system. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2005. 1049: p. 118-34.

10. Young, M., Borrás, T., Walter, M., and Ritch, R. Tissue Bioengineering: Potential Applications to Glaucoma, Arch. Ophthalmol, 123:1725-1731.

11. Klassen, H., Young, M., Ritch, R., Richards, J., Borras, T., Levin, L. Retinal stem cell research. In Vitreoretinal Surgical Techniques, 2nd edition, Peyman, Meffert, and Conway, eds., in press.

12. Yau, J., Klassen, H., Zahir, T., and Young, M.J. Stem cells and retinal transplantation. In Retinal Degenerations: Biology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics, Tombran-Tink, J. and Barnstable, C., in press

13. Young, M.J. Stem cells in the mammalian eye: a new tool for retinal repair. 2005. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica. 113:845-857.

14. Ng, T.F., Klassen, H.,Hori, J., and M.J. Young. Retinal Transplantation. in Immune Response and the Eye, 2nd Edition. Edited by JY Niederkorn (Dallas TX) and H Kaplan (Louisville, KY). A volume in the series Chemical Immunology and Allergy. Karger AG (Basel). in press