Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • J. Lee, M. E. Razu, X. M. Wang, C. M. R. Lacerda, J. Kim, "Biomimetic Cardiac Microsystems for Pathophysiological Studies and Drug Screens", JALA, 20 (2), SI, 96-106, APR 2015.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda, H. B. Maclea, C. J. Duncan, J. D. Kisiday and E. C. Orton, "Human myxomatous mitral valves exhibit focal expression of cartilage-related proteins", Journal of Hypertension and Cardiology, DOI: 10.14302/2329-9487.jhc-12-102, JAN 2013.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda, J. D. Kisiday, B. Johnson and E. C. Orton, "Local serotonin mediates cyclic strain-induced phenotype transformation, matrix degradation, and glycosaminoglycan synthesis in cultured sheep mitral valves", American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory, 302 (10): H1983-1990, MAY 2012.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda, H. B. Maclea, J. D. Kisiday, and E. C. Orton, "Static and cyclic tensile strains induce myxomatous effector proteins and serotonin in canine mitral valves", Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 14 (1): 223-230, MAR 2012.
  • E. C. Orton, C. M. R. Lacerda, and H. B. Maclea, "Signaling pathways in mitral valve degeneration", Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 14 (1): 7-17 MAR 2012.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda and E. C. Orton, "Evidence of a role for tensile loading in the pathogenesis of mitral valve degeneration", Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.S3-004, JAN 2012.
  • S. Arai, C. M. R. Lacerda, and E. C. Orton, "Tissue-gel electrophoresis enhances antigen removal from porcine aortic valve and bovine pericardium", Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 19 (6): 753-758 NOV 2010.
  • S. Disatian, C. M. R. Lacerda, and E. C. Orton, "Tryptophan hydroxylase 1 expression is increased in phenotype-altered canine and human myxomatous mitral valves", Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 19 (1): 71-78 JAN 2010.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda, S. Disatian, and E. C. Orton, "Differential protein expression between normal and myxomatous canine mitral valves", Proteomics - Clinical Applications, 3 (12): 1422-1429 DEC 2009.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda and K. F. Reardon, "Environmental proteomics: Applications of proteome profiling in environmental microbiology and biotechnology", Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, 8 (1): 75-87 MAR 2009.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda, L. Xin, I. Rogers, and K. F. Reardon, "Analysis of iTRAQ data using Mascot and Peaks quantification algorithms", Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, 7: 119-126 MAR 2008.
  • C. M. R. Lacerda, L. H. Choe, and K. F. Reardon, "Proteomic analysis of a bacterial community response to cadmium exposure. Journal of Proteome Research, 6 (3): 1145-1152 MAR 2007

Patents

  • World Patent Application WO 2011/038023 “Methods for Processing Biological Tissues”. E. C. Orton, S. Arai, C. M. Lacerda, L. G. Griffiths. Publication date: March 31, 2011.