| Steroid effects on osteogenesis through mesenchymal cell gene expression X Li, L Jin, Q Cui, GJ Wang, G Balian Osteoporosis International 16, 101-108, 2005 | 256 | 2005 |
| Lovastatin inhibits adipogenic and stimulates osteogenic differentiation by suppressing PPARγ2 and increasing Cbfa1/Runx2 expression in bone marrow mesenchymal cell cultures X Li, Q Cui, C Kao, GJ Wang, G Balian Bone 33 (4), 652-659, 2003 | 243 | 2003 |
| Biphasic scaffold for annulus fibrosus tissue regeneration Y Wan, G Feng, FH Shen, CT Laurencin, X Li Biomaterials 29 (6), 643-652, 2008 | 201 | 2008 |
| Nucleus pulposus tissue engineering: a brief review X Yang, X Li European Spine Journal 18, 1564-1572, 2009 | 181 | 2009 |
| Adenovirus-mediated expression of growth and differentiation factor-5 promotes chondrogenesis of adipose stem cells G Feng, Y Wan, G Balian, CT Laurencin, X Li Growth Factors 26 (3), 132-142, 2008 | 158 | 2008 |
| Demineralized bone matrix gelatin as scaffold for osteochondral tissue engineering X Li, L Jin, G Balian, CT Laurencin, DG Anderson Biomaterials 27 (11), 2426-2433, 2006 | 158 | 2006 |
| Collagen and proteoglycan abnormalities in the GDF-5-deficient mice and molecular changes when treating disk cells with recombinant growth factor X Li, BM Leo, G Beck, G Balian, GD Anderson Spine 29 (20), 2229-2234, 2004 | 143 | 2004 |
| Growth and differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5) stimulates osteogenic differentiation and increases vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in fat-derived stromal cells in … Q Zeng, X Li, G Beck, G Balian, FH Shen Bone 40 (2), 374-381, 2007 | 138 | 2007 |
| Therapeutic effects of adenovirus-mediated growth and differentiation factor-5 in a mice disc degeneration model induced by annulus needle puncture H Liang, SY Ma, G Feng, FH Shen, XJ Li The Spine Journal 10 (1), 32-41, 2010 | 137 | 2010 |
| Multipotential differentiation of human anulus fibrosus cells: an in vitro study G Feng, X Yang, H Shang, IW Marks, FH Shen, A Katz, V Arlet, ... JBJS 92 (3), 675-685, 2010 | 134 | 2010 |
| A fibronectin fragment stimulates intervertebral disc degeneration in vivo DG Anderson, X Li, T Tannoury, G Beck, G Balian Spine 28 (20), 2338-2345, 2003 | 130 | 2003 |
| Dipeptide-based polyphosphazene and polyester blends for bone tissue engineering M Deng, LS Nair, SP Nukavarapu, T Jiang, WA Kanner, X Li, SG Kumbar, ... Biomaterials 31 (18), 4898-4908, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Modulation of chondrocytic properties of fat-derived mesenchymal cells in co-cultures with nucleus pulposus X Li, JP Lee, G Balian, D Greg Anderson Connective tissue research 46 (2), 75-82, 2005 | 105 | 2005 |
| Resistin promotes CCL4 expression through toll-like receptor-4 and activation of the p38-MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways: implications for intervertebral disc degeneration Z Li, X Wang, H Pan, H Yang, X Li, K Zhang, H Wang, Z Zheng, H Liu, ... Osteoarthritis and cartilage 25 (2), 341-350, 2017 | 100 | 2017 |
| Mouse growth and differentiation factor-5 protein and DNA therapy potentiates intervertebral disc cell aggregation and chondrogenic gene expression M Cui, Y Wan, DG Anderson, FH Shen, BM Leo, CT Laurencin, G Balian, ... The Spine Journal 8 (2), 287-295, 2008 | 95 | 2008 |
| A fibronectin fragment alters the metabolism by rabbit intervertebral disc cells in vitro DG Anderson, X Li, G Balian Spine 30 (11), 1242-1246, 2005 | 89 | 2005 |
| Novel biodegradable poly (1, 8‐octanediol malate) for annulus fibrosus regeneration Y Wan, G Feng, FH Shen, G Balian, CT Laurencin, X Li Macromolecular bioscience 7 (11), 1217-1224, 2007 | 83 | 2007 |
| Osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stromal cells treated with GDF-5 cultured on a novel three-dimensional sintered microsphere matrix FH Shen, Q Zeng, Q Lv, L Choi, G Balian, X Li, CT Laurencin The Spine Journal 6 (6), 615-623, 2006 | 79 | 2006 |
| Protein-and gene-based tissue engineering in bone repair MD Kofron, X Li, CT Laurencin Current opinion in biotechnology 15 (5), 399-405, 2004 | 78 | 2004 |
| Animal models for disc degeneration-an update L Jin, G Balian, XJ Li Histology and histopathology 33 (6), 543, 2017 | 74 | 2017 |
