| Chitosan-based scaffolds for the support of smooth muscle constructs in intestinal tissue engineering E Zakhem, S Raghavan, RR Gilmont, KN Bitar Biomaterials 33 (19), 4810-4817, 2012 | 114 | 2012 |
| Design strategies of biodegradable scaffolds for tissue regeneration KN Bitar, E Zakhem Biomedical engineering and computational biology 6, BECB. S10961, 2014 | 70 | 2014 |
| Tissue engineering in the gut: developments in neuromusculature KN Bitar, S Raghavan, E Zakhem Gastroenterology 146 (7), 1614-1624, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
| Neo-innervation of a bioengineered intestinal smooth muscle construct around chitosan scaffold E Zakhem, S Raghavan, KN Bitar Biomaterials 35 (6), 1882-1889, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
| Bioengineering the gut: future prospects of regenerative medicine KN Bitar, E Zakhem Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 13 (9), 543-556, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Development of chitosan scaffolds with enhanced mechanical properties for intestinal tissue engineering applications E Zakhem, KN Bitar Journal of functional biomaterials 6 (4), 999-1011, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as applied to the gastrointestinal tract KN Bitar, E Zakhem Current opinion in biotechnology 24 (5), 909-915, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |
| Bioengineered human pyloric sphincters using autologous smooth muscle and neural progenitor cells SL Rego, E Zakhem, G Orlando, KN Bitar Tissue Engineering Part A 22 (1-2), 151-160, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| Successful implantation of an engineered tubular neuromuscular tissue composed of human cells and chitosan scaffold E Zakhem, M Elbahrawy, G Orlando, KN Bitar Surgery 158 (6), 1598-1608, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| Bioengineering functional human sphincteric and non-sphincteric gastrointestinal smooth muscle constructs SL Rego, E Zakhem, G Orlando, KN Bitar Methods 99, 128-134, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Successful treatment of passive fecal incontinence in an animal model using engineered biosphincters: A 3-month follow-up study JL Bohl, E Zakhem, KN Bitar Stem cells translational medicine 6 (9), 1795-1802, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| Transplantation of a human tissue-engineered bowel in an athymic rat model E Zakhem, R Tamburrini, G Orlando, KL Koch, KN Bitar Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods 23 (11), 652-660, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| The appendix as a viable source of neural progenitor cells to functionally innervate bioengineered gastrointestinal smooth muscle tissues E Zakhem, SL Rego, S Raghavan, KN Bitar Stem cells translational medicine 4 (6), 548-554, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| BioSphincters to treat fecal incontinence in nonhuman primates P Dadhich, JL Bohl, R Tamburrini, E Zakhem, C Scott, N Kock, E Mitchell, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 18096, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
| Enteric neural differentiation in innervated, physiologically functional, smooth muscle constructs is modulated by bone morphogenic protein 2 secreted by sphincteric smooth … SL Rego, S Raghavan, E Zakhem, KN Bitar Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 11 (4), 1251-1261, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Bioengineering and regeneration of gastrointestinal tissue: where are we now and what comes next? E Zakhem, S Raghavan, RA Suhar, KN Bitar Expert opinion on biological therapy 19 (6), 527-537, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |
| Biomechanical properties of an implanted engineered tubular gut‐sphincter complex E Zakhem, M El Bahrawy, G Orlando, KN Bitar Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 11 (12), 3398-3407, 2017 | 8 | 2017 |
| Is bioengineering a possibility in gastrointestinal disorders? KN Bitar, E Zakhem Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology 9 (12), 1463-1465, 2015 | 4 | 2015 |
| 600 in situ implantation of autologous Biosphincter™ re-instates continence in a large animal model of passive fecal incontinence KN Bitar, J Bohl, JE Fortunato, S Somara, S Raghavan, E Zakhem, ... Gastroenterology 148 (4), S-117, 2015 | 3 | 2015 |
| Su1859 Incorporation of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Bioengineered Intrinsically Innervated Smooth Muscle Constructs SL Rego, B Shannon, E Zakhem, KN Bitar Gastroenterology 148 (4), S-535, 2015 | 3 | 2015 |
