Prof. Eckhard U. Alt

School of Medicine

Tulane University, USA

Email: ealtmd@aol.com

Publications (Selected)

1. Prantl L, Muehlberg F, Navone NM, Song YH, Vykoukal J, Logothetis CJ, Alt E. Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Promote Prostate Tumor Growth Prostate 2010. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1002/pros.21206.
2. Jotzu C,  Alt E,  Welte G,  Li  J,  Hennessy  BT,  Devarajan  E, Krishnappa S, Pinilla S, Droll L, Song YH. Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblast-Like Cells under the Influence of Tumor Derived Factors. DOI: 10.3233/ACP-2010-0535. Cellular Oncology, 33 (2010) 61–79, 61.
3. Freisinger E, Cramer C, Xia X, Murthy S, Slakey DP, Chiu E, Newsome ER, Alt E, Izadpanah R. Characterization of Hematopoetic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. J Cellular Physiol, 2010 July 15, PMID: 20635396.
4. Bai X, Yan Y, Coleman M, Wu G, Rabinovich B, Alt E. Long-term survival of intramyocardially delivered human adipose tissue−derived stem cells. Mol Imaging Biol 2010. DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0392-z.
5. Gehmert S, Gehmert S, Alt E, Song YH. Breast cancer cells attract the migration of adipose tissue derived stem cells via the PDGF-BB/PDGFRβ signaling pathway. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2010 July 11, PMID 20603108.
6. Bai X, Alt E. Myocardial regeneration potential of adipose tissue-derived stem cells Biochem Biophys Res Commun. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.09.012.
7. Altmann AM, Abdul-Khalek FJ, Alt EU Butler CE. Adipose Tissue–Derived Stem Cells Enhance Bioprosthetic Mesh Repair of Ventral Hernias. Plast Reconstr Surgery, 2010 Sept, 126 (3): 845-854.
8. Bai X, Yan Y, Song YH, Altman A, Gehmert S, Vykoukal D, and Eckhard Alt. Fibroblasts share mesenchymal phenotypes with stem cells, but lack their differentiation and colony forming potential. Biol Cell, 2011 Apr 1; 103(4): 197-208.
9. Altman AM, Prantl L, Muehlberg F, Song YH, Seidensticker M, Butler CE, Alt E. Wound Microenvironment Sequesters Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in a Murine Model of Reconstructive Surgery in the Setting of Concurrent Distant Malignancy. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2011 Apr 127(4): 1-11.
10. Devarajan E, Krishnappa S, Alt E, Song YH. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in breast cancer lines is mediated through PDGF-D released by tissue resident stem cells. International Journal of Cancer Sept 2011. [Epub ahead of print].
11. Nazari-Shafti T, Freisinger E, Roy U, Bulot CT, Senst C, Chaffin A, Mondal D, Alt EU, Izadpanah R. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived Hematopoietic Cells are Permissive to HIV-1 Infection. Retrovirology. 2011 8: 3.
12. Welte G, Alt E, Devarajan E, Krishnappa S, Jotzu C and Song YH. Interleukin-8 Derived from Local Tissue-Resident Stem Cells Promotes Tumor Cell Invasion. Molecular Carcinogenesis 2011. [Epub ahead of print].
13. Song YH, Pinkernell K, Alt E. Stem cell induced cardiac regeneration: fusion/mitochondrial exchange and/or transdifferentiation? Cell Cycle, 10:14, 1-6; July 15, 2011.
14. Alt EU, Senst C, Murthy S N. Slakey, D P, Charles L. Dupin. Chaffin A E, Kadowitz PJ, Izadpanah R. Aging Alters Tissue Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells Properties; Stem Cell Research 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2011.11.002.