Martin C. Peters

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Undergraduate Institution: University of Missouri, Columbia

Undergraduate Degree: BS chemical engineering 

Expected Degree and Graduation Date: PhD May 2001 

Personal Information:

I come from Columbia Missouri. 

Research Interests:

I do research on blood vessels. I really like blood.

Publications:

• Peters M.C., Polverini P.J., Mooney D.J. Engineering vascular networks. (submitted).

• Lee K-Y., Peters M.C., Mooney D.J. Advanced Materials (in press). Lee K-Y., Peters M.C., Anderson K.W., Mooney D.J. Controlled growth factor release from synthetic extracellular matrices. Nature 2000; 408: 998-1000.

• Richardson T.P., Peters M.C., Mooney D.J. Gas foam processing of polymers for tissue engineering applications. In: Methods of Tissue Engineering. Atala A., Lanza R. eds. Published by Academic Press, San Diego, (in press).

• Nor J.E., Peters M.C., Christensen J., Sutorik M.M., Mooney D.J., Polverini P.J. SCID mouse model of human angiogenesis: engineering functional human microvessels in mice. Journal of Laboratory Investigation (in press).

• Nor J.E., Christensen J., Liu J., Peters M., Mooney D.J., Strieter R.M., Polverini P.J., Upregulation of Bcl-2 in endothelial cells induces IL-8 expression and enhances tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth. Cancer Research (in press).

• Murphy W.L., Peters M.C., Kohn D.H., Mooney D.J., Sustained release of vascular endothelial growth factor from mineralized poly(lactide-co-glycolide) scaffolds for tissue engineering. Biomaterials 2000;21(24):2521-2527.

• Peters M.C., Mooney D.J., Growth factor delivery from tissue engineering matrices: Inducing angiogenesis to enhance transplanted cell engraftment. In: Controlled Drug Delivery: Designing Technologies for the Future. Park K., Mrsny R.J. eds. Published by the American Chemical Society, Washington, 2000: 157-167.

• Sheridan M., Shea L.D., Peters M.C., Mooney D.J., Bioadsorbable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering capable of sustained growth factor delivery. Journal of Controlled Release 2000 64:91-102.

• Peters M.C., Shea L.D., Mooney D.J., Protein and plasmid delivery from tissue engineering matrices. Polymer Preprints 1999 40(1):273-274.

• Peters M.C., Mooney D.J., Synthetic extracellular matrices to guide tissue formation, In: Tissue Engineering for Therapeutic Use 2. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Tissue Engineering for Therapeutic Use, Ikada Y., Enomoto S. eds. Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1998: 55-65.

• Peters M.C., Isenberg B.C., Rowley J.A., Mooney D.J., Release from alginate enhances the biological activity of vascular endothelial growth factor. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 1998 9(12):1267-1278.

• Eiselt P., Kim B.-S., Chacko B., Isenberg B., Peters M.C., Greene K.G., Roland W.D., Burg K.J.L., Halberstadt C.R., Holder W.D., Mooney D.J., Development of technologies aiding large-tissue engineering. Biotechnology Progress, 1998 14: 134-140.

• Peters M.C., Mooney D.J., Synthetic Extracellular Matrices for Cell Transplantation, In: Porous Materials for Tissue Engineering in the series Materials Science Forum. Liu D.M., Dixit V. eds. Published by Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, 1997 250: 43-52.