Recent Publications

Pattillo, CB; Venegas, B; Donelson, FJ; Del Valle, L; Knight, LC; Chong, PL & Kiani, MF (2009) Radiation-guided targeting of combretastatin encapsulated immunoliposomes to mammary tumors. Pharm. Res., 26(5):1093-1100. [View Publication ]

Rosano, JM; Tousi, N; Scott, RC; Krynska, B; Rizzo, V; Prabhakarpandian, B; Pant, K; Sundaram, S & Kiani, MF (2009) A physiologically realistic in vitro model of microvascular networks. Biomed Microdevices, 11:1051-1057. [View Publication ]

Scott, RC; Rosano, JM; Ivanov, Z; Wang, B; Chong, PL; Issekutz, AC; Crabbe, DL; Kiani, MF (2009) Targeting VEGF-encapsulated immunoliposomes to MI heart improves vascularity and cardiac function. FASEB J., 23(10): 3361-3367. [View Publication ]

Scott, RC; Crabbe, D; Krynska, B; Ansari, R & Kiani, MF (2008) Aiming for the heart: targeted delivery of drugs to diseased cardiac tissue. Expert Opin.Drug Deliv., 5(4):459-470 (invited review). [View Publication ]

Prabhakarpandian, B; Pant, K; Scott, R; Patillo, CB; Irimia, D; Kiani, MF & Sundaram, S (2008) Synthetic microvascular networks for quantitative analysis of particle adhesion. Biomed. Microdevices, 10(4):585-595. [View Publication ]

Knappe, D; Otvos, L; De Pascali, F; Cassone, M; Scolaro, L; Abbadessa, G; Carrillo-Infante, C; Kiani, MF; Donelson, F; Hoffmann, R; Surmacz, E (2008) Drug development-targeted screening of leptin agonist glycopeptides. Int. J. Pept. Res. Ther., 14(3): 247-254. [View Publication ]

Siddiqui, K; Del Valle, L; Morellet, N; Cui, J ; Ghafouri, M ; Mukerjee, R; Urbanska, K; Fan, S; Pattillo, CB; Deshmane, SL; Kiani, MF; Ansari, R; Khalili, K; Roques, BP; Reiss, K; Bouaziz, S; Amini, S; Srinivasan, A & Sawaya, BE (2008) Molecular mimicry in inducing DNA damage between HIV-1 Vpr and the anti-cancer agent, Cisplatin. Oncogene, 27(1):32-43. [View Publication ]

Wang, B; Scott, RC; Pattillo, CB; Prabhakarpandian, B; Sundaram, S & Kiani, MF (2008) Modeling oxygenation and selective delivery of drug carriers post-myocardial infarction. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 614:333-343.

Ansari, R; Gaber, MW; Wang, B; Pattillo, CB; Miyamoto, C & Kiani, MF (2007) Anti-TNF-α treatment abrogates radiation induced changes in vascular density and tissue oxygenation. Radiat. Res., 167(1):80–86. [View Publication ]

Scott, RC; Wang, B; Nallamothu, R; Pattillo, CB; Perez-Liz, G; Issekutz, A; Del Valle, L; Wood, GC & Kiani, MF (2007) Targeted delivery of antibody conjugated liposomal drug carriers to rat myocardial infarction. Biotechnol. Bioeng.,96(4):795-802 (selected as a “Spotlight Article”). [View Publication ]

Wang, B; Scott, RC; Pattillo, CB; Prabhakarpandian, B; Sundaram, S & Kiani, MF (2007) Microvascular transport model predicts oxygenation changes in the infarcted heart after treatment. Am. J. Physiol., 293(6):H3732-H3739. [View Publication ]

Nallamothu, R; Wood, GC; Pattillo, CB; Scott, RC; Kiani, MF; Moore, BM & Thoma LA (2006) A tumor vasculature targeted liposome delivery system for combretastatin A4: Design, characterization, and in vitro evaluation. AAPS Pharm. Sci. Tech., 7(2):E32. DOI: 10.1208/pt070232. [View Publication ]

Nallamothu, R; Wood, GC; Kiani, MF; Moore, BM; Horton, FP & Thoma LA (2006) A targeted liposome delivery system for combretastatin A4: formulation optimization through drug loading and in vitro release studies. PDA J. Pharm. Sci. Technol., 60(3):144-155. [View Publication ]

Yuan, H.; Gaber, MW; Boyd, K; Wilson, CM; Kiani, MF & Merchant, TE (2006) Effects of fractionated radiation on the brain vasculature in a murine model: Blood-brain barrier permeability, astrocyte proliferation, and ultrastructural changes. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 66(3):860-866. [View Publication ]

Kiani, MF (2006) Do I need to “believe” in the theory of evolution to be a good biomedical engineer? BMES Bull., 30(2):7-8. [View Publication ]

Pattillo, CB; Sari-Sarraf, F; Nallamothu, R; Moore, BM; Wood, GC & Kiani, MF (2005) Targeting of the antivascular drug combretastatin to irradiated tumors results in tumor growth delay. Pharm. Res., 22(7), 1117-1120. [View Publication ]

Wang, B; Ansari, R; Sun, Y; Postlethwaite, AE; Weber, KT & Kiani, MF (2005) The scar neovasculature after myocardial infarction in rats. Am. J. Physiol., 289(1):H108-H113. [View Publication ]

Yuan, H.; Goetz, DJ; Gaber, MW; Issekutz, AC; Merchant, TE & Kiani, MF (2005) Radiation-induced up-regulation of adhesion molecules in brain microvasculature and their modulation by dexamethasone. Radiat. Res., 163(5):544-551. [View Publication ]

Gaber, MW; Yuan, H; Killmar, JT; Naimark, MD; Kiani, MF &Merchant, TE (2004) An intravital microscopy study of radiation-induced changes in permeability and leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions in the microvessels of the rat pia matter and cremaster muscle. Brain Res. Protoc., 13(1):1-10. [View Publication ]

Sakhalkar, HS; Dalal, MK; Salem, A; Ansari, R; Kiani, MF; Hanes, JK; Shakesheff, M & Goetz, DJ (2003) Leukocyte inspired biodegradable particles that selectively and avidly adhere to inflamed endothelium in vitro and in vivo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100(26):15895-15900. [View Publication ]

Weber, KT; Gerling, IC, Kiani, MF, Guntaka, RV, Sun, Y; Ahokas, RA; Postlethwaite, AE & Warrington, KJ (2003) Aldosteronism in heart failure: a proinflammatory/fibrogenic cardiac phenotype. Search for biomarkers and potential drug targets. Curr. Drug Targets, 4(6):505-516. [View Publication ]

Gaber, MW; Sabek, OM; Fukatsu, K; Wilcox, HG; Kiani, MF & Merchant, TE (2003) The differences in ICAM-1 and TNF-α expression between high single fractions and fractionated irradiation in mouse brain. Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 79(5):359-366. [View Publication ]

Yuan, H.; Gaber, MW; McColgan, T; Naimark, MD; Kiani, MF & Merchant, TE (2003) Radiation-induced permeability and leukocyte adhesion in the rat blood-brain barrier: Modulation with anti-ICAM-1 antibodies. Brain Res., 969(1-2):59-69. [View Publication ]

Kiani, MF; Ansari, R & Gaber, MW (2003) Oxygen delivery in irradiated normal tissue. J. Radiat. Res., 44(1):15-21. [View Publication ]

Gaber, MW; Naimark, MD & Kiani, MF (2003) Dysfunctional microvascular conducted response in irradiated normal tissue. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 510:391-395.

Kiani, MF; Yuan, H; Chen, X; Smith, L; Gaber, MW & Goetz, DJ (2002) Targeting microparticles to select tissue via radiation-induced upregulation of endothelial cell adhesion molecules. Pharm. Res., 19(9), 1317-1322. [View Publication ]

Sun, Y; Kiani, MF; Postlethwaite, AE & Weber, KT (2002) Infarct scar as living tissue. Basic Res. Cardiol., 97:343-347 (invited review). [View Publication ]

Burch, EE; Shinde Patil, VR; Camphausen, RT; Kiani, MF & Goetz, DJ (2002) The N-terminal peptide of PSGL-1 can mediate adhesion to trauma-activated endothelium via P-selectin in vivo. Blood, 100(2):531-538. [View Publication ]

Prabhakarpandian, B; Goetz, DJ; Swerlick, RA; Xin, C & Kiani, MF (2001) Expression and functional significance of adhesion molecules on cultured endothelial cells in response to ionizing radiation. Microcirculation, 8:355-364. [View Publication ]

El-Sayed, M; Kiani, MF; Naimark, MD; Hikal, AH & Ghandehari, H (2001) The extravasation of polyamidoamine dendrimers across the microvascular network endothelium. Pharm. Res., 18:23-28. [View Publication ]

Nguyen, V; Gaber, MW ; Sontag, MR & Kiani, MF (2000) Late effects of ionizing radiation on the microvascular networks in normal tissue. Radiat. Res., 154(5):531-536. [View Publication ]

Roth, NM; Sontag, MR & Kiani, MF (1999) Early effects of ionizing radiation on the microvascular networks in normal tissue. Radiat. Res., 151(3):270-277. [View Publication ]

Roth, NM & Kiani, MF (1999) A “Geographic Information Systems” based technique for the study of microvascular networks. Ann. Biomed. Engr., 27(1):42-47. [View Publication ]