Developing a cell culture protocol to induce quiescence in intestinal fibroblasts using Design of Experiments Statistical Optimization

Mohammadalizadeh ZG, Sudi SG, Basto Moreno DAG, Bauer Estrada KG, Almonte MU, Fogg K, Porras AM (2026) npj Biomedical Innovations

Trymethylamine-N-oxide, a gut-derived metabolite, induces myofibroblastic activation of valvular interstitial cells through endoplasmic reticulum stress

Sudi S, Suresh DS, Kolli, T, Mancera Azamar KM, Dickson A, Mohammadalizadeh Z, Porras AM (2026) Scientific Reports

Supplementation with a Limosilactobacillus fermentum K73 synbiotic modulates gut microbiota function and behavior in gnotobiotic mice transplanted with microbiota from children diagnosed with ASD

Bauer Estrada KG, Mancera Azamar KMG, Wang C, Sudi SG, Friday-Saunders K, Márquez V, Quintanilla-Carvajal MX, Acosta-González A, Conde-Martinez N, Porras AM#, Alviña A# (2025) biorXiv [preprint]

Innovative engineering approaches to model host-microbiome interactions in vitro

Mancera Azamar KM, Sudi SD, Mohammadalizadeh Z, Coffin C, Parker IK, Porras AM (2025) Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Developing a cell culture protocol to induce quiescence in intestinal fibroblasts using design of experiments statistical optimization

Mohammadalizadeh Z, Bauer Estrada K, Almonte M, Fogg K, Porras AM (2025) Research Square [Preprint]

Engineered in vitro models to improve the mechanistic understanding and treatment of neglected tropical diseases caused by protozoan parasites

Monjute TG, Rosero JG, Ruley JAU, Hernandez AJU, Kime PE, Porras AM (2024) GEN Biotechnology

Engineering the aortic valve extracellular matrix through stages of development, aging, and disease

Scott AJ, Simon LR, Hutson HN, Porras AM, Masters KS (2021) Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Creation of disease-inspired biomaterial environments to mimic pathological events in early calcific aortic valve disease

Porras AM, Westlund JA, Evans AD, Masters KS (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Robust generation of quiescent porcine valvular interstitial cell cultures

Porras AM, Engeland N, Marchbanks E, McCormack A, Bouten C, Yacoub MH, Latif N, Masters KS (2017) JAHA: Journal of the American Heart Association

Engineering approaches to study fibrosis in 3-D in vitro systems

Porras AM, Hutson HN, Berger AJ, Masters KS (2016) Current Opinions in Biotechnology