Mensah S.A., Nersesyan A.A., Harding I.C., Lee C.I., Tan X., Banerjee S., Niedre M., Torchilin V.P., Ebong E.E. Flow-regulated endothelial glycocalyx determines metastatic cancer cell activity. FASEB J. 2020 Mar 13; 34(5):6166-6184. PMID: 32167209
Cheng M.J., Mitra R., Okorafor C.C., Nersesyan A.A., Harding I.C., Bal N.N., Kumar R., Jo H., Sridhar S., Ebong E.E. Targeted Intravenous Nanoparticle Delivery: Role of Flow and Endothelial Glycocalyx Integrity. Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Feb 18 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32072383
Cai X., Qiao J., Kulkarni P., Harding I.C., Ebong E., Ferris C.F. Imaging the effect of the circadian light-dark cycle on the glymphatic system in awake rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jan 7;117(1):668-676. PMID: 31848247
Harding,I.C., Mitra, R., Mensah, S.A., Nersesyan, A., Bal, N.N., and Ebong, E.E. Endothelial Barrier Reinforcement Relies on Flow-Regulated Glycocalyx, a Potential Therapeutic Target. Biorheology. 2019 Mar 29; 56(2-3):131-149. PMID: 30988234
Harding, I.C. and Ebong, E.E. Centralized Endothelial Mechanobiology, Endothelial Dysfunction, & Atherosclerosis. In: Nagatomi J. and Ebong, E.E. (eds.), 2nd Edition Mechanobiology Handbook, CRC Publishing, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton. 2019 January.
Cheng, M.J.*, Bal, N.*, Prabakaran P., Kumar R., Sridhar S., and Ebong E.E. Ultrasmall gold nanorods: synthesis and glycocalyx-related permeability in human endothelial cells. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2019 January 17; 14:319-333. *Authors made equal contributions to this work. PMID: 30697044
Nagatomi, J and Ebong, E.E. 2nd Edition Mechanobiology Handbook. CRC, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton. Jan 2019 (edited book)
Harding, I., Mensah., S.A., Herman, I.M., and Ebong, E.E. Pre-Atherosclerotic Disturbed Flow Disrupts Caveolin-1 Expression, Localization, and Function via Glycocalyx Degradation. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2018 Dec 18; 16:364. PMID: 30563532
Mitra, R., Qiao, J., O'Neil, G., Ritchie, B.L., Kulkarni, P., Sridhar, S., van de Ven, A.L., Ferris, C., Hamilton, J.A., and Ebong, E.E. The Comparative Effects of High Fat Diet or Disturbed Blood Flow on Glycocalyx Integrity and Vascular Inflammation. Translational Medicine Communications. 22 November 2018, 3: 10. PMID: 30957020
Cheng, M. J., Prabakaran, P., Kumar, R., Sridhar, S., Ebong, E. E. Synthesis of Functionalized 10-nm Polymer-coated Gold Particles for Endothelium Targeting and Drug Delivery. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2018 Jan; (131), e56760. PMID: 29364277
Mitra R.*, O'Neil G.L.*, Harding I.C., Cheng M.J., Mensah S.A., Ebong E.E. Glycocalyx in Atherosclerosis-Relevant Endothelium Function and as a Therapeutic Target. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 2017 Nov 10; 19(12): 63. *Authors made equal contributions to this work. PMID 29127504
Mensah S.A., Cheng M.J., Homayoni H., Plouffe B.D., Coury A.J., Ebong E.E. Regeneration of glycocalyx by heparan sulfate and sphingosine 1-phosphate restores inter-endothelial communication. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 12; 12(10):e0186116. PMID: 29023478
Russell-Puleri S., dela Paz N.G., Adams D., Chattopadhyay M., Cancel L.E., Ebong, E., Orr, A.W., Frangos, J.A., Tarbell, J.M. Fluid shear stress induces upregulation of COX-2 and PGI(2) release in endothelial cells via a pathway involving PECAM-1, PI3K, FAK, and p38. American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2017 Mar 1; 312 (3): H485-H500. PMID: 28011582
Wong W.T., Ma S., Tian X.Y., Gonzalez A.B., Ebong E.E. Shen H. Targeted Delivery of Shear Stress-Inducible Micrornas by Nanoparticles to Prevent Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Lesions. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2016 Sep;12(3):152-156. PMID: 27826369
Ebong E.E., Lopez-Quintero S.V., Rizzo V., Spray D.C., Tarbell J.M. Shear-induced endothelial NOS activation and remodeling via heparan sulfate, glypican-1, and syndecan-1. Integr Biol. 2014 Mar; 6(3):338-47. PMID: 24480876
Zeng Y., Waters M., Andrews A., Honarmandi P., Ebong E.E., Rizzo V., Tarbell J.M. Fluid Shear Stress Induces the Clustering of Heparan Sulfate via Mobility of Glypican-1 in Lipid Rafts. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Sep 15; 305(6):H811-20. PMID: 23851278
Ebong, E.E., and DePaola, N. Specificity in the Participation of Connexin Proteins in Flow-induced Endothelial Gap Junction Communication. Pflugers Arch. 2013 Sep; 465(9):1293-302. PMID: 23568367
Thi, M. M., Ebong, E.E., Spray, D.C., Suadicani, S.O. Interaction of the Glycocalyx with the Actin Cytoskeleton. In: Ed., Dermietzel R (ed.), Neuromethods, Springer Publishing, 2013 January; 79: 43-62.
Zeng, Y., Ebong, E.E., Fu, B.M., Tarbell, J.M. The Structural Stability of the Endothelial Glycocalyx after Enzymatic Removal of Glycosaminoglycans. PLoS ONE. 2012 Aug 14; 7(8): e43168. PMID: 22905223
Ebong, E.E., Macaluso F., Spray D.C., and Tarbell J.M. Imaging the Endothelial Glycocalyx In Vitro by Rapid Freezing/Freeze Substitution Transmission Electron Microscopy, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011 Aug; 31(8):1908-15. PMID: 21474821
Ebong, E.E., Kim S., DePaola N. Flow Regulates Intercellular Communication in HAEC by Assembling Functional Cx40 and Cx37 Gap Junctional Channels. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006 May; 290(5):H2015-23. PMID: 16361362