PUBLICATIONS

• Sharma AK, Bury MI, Marks AJ, Fuller NJ, Meisner JW, Tapaskar N, Halliday LC, Matoka DJ, Cheng EY. A Non-Human Primate Model for Urinary Bladder Regeneration Utilizing Autologous Sources of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 2010 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]

• Chow LW, Bitton R, Webber MJ, Carvajal D, Shull KR, Sharma AK, Stupp SI. A bioactive self-assembled membrane to promote angiogenesis. Biomaterials. 2011 Feb;32(6):1574-82. Epub 2010 Nov 18.

• Sharma AK, Hota PV, Matoka DJ, Fuller NJ, Jandali D, Thaker H, Ameer GA, Cheng EY. Urinary bladder smooth muscle regeneration utilizing bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell seeded elastomeric poly(1,8-octanediol-co-citrate) based thin films. Biomaterials. 2010 Aug;31(24):6207-17. Epub 2010 May 21.

• Sharma AK, Fuller NJ, Sullivan RR, Fulton N, Hota PV, Harrington DA, Villano J, Hagerty JA, Cheng EY. Defined populations of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem and endothelial progenitor cells for bladder regeneration. J Urol. 2009 Oct;182(4 Suppl):1898-905. Epub 2009 Aug 20.

• Sharma AK, Donovan JL, Hagerty JA, Sullivan RR, Edassery SL, Harrington DA, Cheng EY. Do current bladder smooth muscle cell isolation procedures result in a homogeneous cell population? Implications for bladder tissue engineering. World J Urol. 2009 Oct;27(5):687-94. Epub 2009 Feb 21.

• Matoka DJ, Cheng EY. Tissue engineering in urology. Can Urol Assoc J. 2009 Oct;3(5):403-8.

• Cheng EY. PIC cystography: an effective test for the diagnosis of clinically significant occult reflux. J Urol. 2009 Oct;182(4):1264-5.

• Mickelson JJ, Yerkes EB, Meyer T, Kropp BP, Cheng EY. L stent for stomal stenosis in catheterizable channels. J Urol. 2009 Oct;182(4 Suppl):1786-91. Epub 2009 Aug 18.

• Sharma A, Belna J, Espat J, Rodriguez G, Cannon VT, Hurteau JA. Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on components of the transforming growth factor beta-1 pathway: implication for dietary modification and prevention in ovarian cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 May;200(5):516.e1-6. Epub 2009 Mar 9.

• Bedi R, Du J, Sharma AK, Gomes I, Ackerman SJ. Human C/EBP-epsilon activator and repressor isoforms differentially reprogram myeloid lineage commitment and differentiation. Blood. 2009 Jan 8;113(2):317-27. Epub 2008 Oct 2.

• Lewis JM, Cheng EY, Campbell JB, Kropp BP, Liu DB, Kropp K, Kaplan WE. Complete excision or marsupialization of ureteroceles: does choice of surgical approach affect outcome? J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4 Suppl):1819-22; discussion 1822-3. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

• Desireddi NV, Liu DB, Maizels M, Rigsby C, Casey JT, Cheng EY. Magnetic resonance arteriography/venography is not accurate to structure management of the impalpable testis. J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4 Suppl):1805-8; discussion 1808-9. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

• Maizels M, Yerkes EB, Macejko A, Hagerty J, Chaviano AH, Cheng EY, Liu D, Sarwark JP, Corcoran JF, Meyer T, Kaplan WE. A new computer enhanced visual learning method to train urology residents in pediatric orchiopexy: a prototype for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education documentation. J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4 Suppl):1814-8; discussion 1818. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

• Hamoui N, Hagerty JA, Maizels M, Yerkes EB, Chaviano A, Shore R, Kaplan WE, Cheng EY. Ultrasound fails to delineate significant renal pathology in children with urinary tract infections: a case for dimercapto-succinic acid scintigraphy. J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4 Suppl):1639-42; discussion 1642. Epub 2008 Aug 20.

• Harrington DA, Sharma AK, Erickson BA, Cheng EY. Bladder tissue engineering through nanotechnology. World J Urol. 2008 Aug;26(4):315-22. Epub 2008 Jun 7.

• Hagerty JA, Maizels M, Cheng EY. The PIC cystogram: its place in the treatment algorithm of recurrent febrile UTIs. Adv Urol. 2008:763620.

• Erickson BA, Maizels M, Shore RM, Pazona JF, Hagerty JA, Yerkes EB, Chaviano AH, Kaplan WE, Cheng EY. Newborn society of fetal urology grade 3 hydronephrosis is equivalent to preserved percentage differential function. J Pediatr Urol. 2007 Oct;3(5):382-6. Epub 2007 Mar 28.

• Diaz Saldano D, Chaviano AH, Maizels M, Yerkes EB, Cheng EY, Losavio J, Porten SP, Sullivan C, Zebold KF, Hagerty J, Kaplan WE. Office management of pediatric primary nocturnal enuresis: a comparison of physician advised and parent chosen alternative treatment outcomes. J Urol. 2007 Oct;178(4 Pt 2):1758-61; discussion 1762. Epub 2007 Aug 17.

• Chaviano AH, Maizels M, Yerkes EB, Cheng EY, Hagerty J, Meyer T, Kaplan WE. ncidence based fetal urological counseling using the virtual pediatric urology registry: importance of insignificant fetal pyelectasis (sonographically evident renal pelvis). J Urol. 2007 Oct;178(4 Pt 2):1781-5. Epub 2007 Aug 17.

• Macejko AM, Cheng EY, Yerkes EB, Meyer T, Bowman RM, Kaplan WE. Clinical urological outcomes following primary tethered cord release in children younger than 3 years. J Urol. 2007 Oct;178(4 Pt 2):1738-42; discussion 1742-3. Epub 2007 Aug 17.

• Lewis JM, Cheng EY. Non-traditional management of the neurogenic bladder: tissue engineering and neuromodulation. ScientificWorldJournal. 2007 Aug 17;7:1230-41.

• Okotie OT, Maizels M, Cheng EY. Metastatic Crohn's of the genitalia in a child. J Pediatr Urol. 2007 Jun;3(3):253-4. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

• Dozmorov MG, Kropp BP, Hurst RE, Cheng EY, Lin HK. Differentially expressed gene networks in cultured smooth muscle cells from normal and neuropathic bladder. J Smooth Muscle Res. 2007 Apr;43(2):55-72.

• Cheng EY. Frequency of wetting and response to oxybutynin in children with daytime urinary incontinence. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2006 Dec;3(12):640-1.

• Harrington DA, Cheng EY, Guler MO, Lee LK, Donovan JL, Claussen RC, Stupp SI. Branched peptide-amphiphiles as self-assembling coatings for tissue engineering scaffolds. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2006 Jul;78(1):157-67.

• Edmondson JD, Maizels M, Alpert SA, Kirsch AJ, Hanna MK, Weiser AC, Caione P, Kaplan WE, Cheng EY, Houston JT. Multi-institutional experience with PIC cystography--incidence of occult vesicoureteral reflux in children with febrile urinary tract infections. Urology. 2006 Mar;67(3):608-11.

• Beqaj SH, Donovan JL, Liu DB, Harrington DA, Alpert SA, Cheng EY. Role of basic fibroblast growth factor in the neuropathic bladder phenotype. J Urol. 2005 Oct;174(4 Pt 2):1699-703.

• Alpert SA, Cheng EY, Kaplan WE, Snodgrass WT, Wilcox DT, Kropp BP. Bladder neck fistula after the complete primary repair of exstrophy: a multi-institutional experience. J Urol. 2005 Oct;174(4 Pt 2):1687-89; discussion 1689-90.

• Alpert SA, Cheng EY, Zebold KF, Kaplan WE. Clean intermittent catheterization in genitally sensate children: patient experience and health related quality of life. J Urol. 2005 Oct;174(4 Pt 2):1616-9; discussion 1619.

• Sharma A, Belna J, Logan J, Espat J, Hurteau JA. The effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on growth regulation of epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines. Gynecol Oncol. 2005 Oct;99(1):58-64.

• Eggener SE, Lotan Y, Cheng EY. Magnetic resonance angiography for the nonpalpable testis: a cost and cancer risk analysis. J Urol. 2005 May;173(5):1745-9; discussion 1749-50.

• Gussin HA, Sharma AK, Elias S. Culture of cells from maternal circulation, in conditions favoring fetal endothelial cell expansion, does not facilitate the preferential expansion of circulating fetal cells. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2005 Jan-Feb;20(1):64-9.

• Gran CD, Kropp BP, Cheng EY, Kropp KA. Primary lower urinary tract reconstruction for nonfunctioning renal moieties associated with obstructing ureteroceles. J Urol. 2005 Jan;173(1):198-201.

• Smith BG, Metwalli AR, Leach J, Cheng EY, Kropp BP. Congenital midureteral stricture in children diagnosed with antenatal hydronephrosis. Urology. 2004 Nov;64(5):1014-9.

• Kropp BP, Cheng EY, Lin HK, Zhang Y. Reliable and reproducible bladder regeneration using unseeded distal small intestinal submucosa. J Urol. 2004 Oct;172(4 Pt 2):1710-3.

• Zhang Y, Kropp BP, Lin HK, Cowan R, Cheng EY. Bladder regeneration with cell-seeded small intestinal submucosa. Tissue Eng. 2004 Jan-Feb;10(1-2):181-7.

• Lin HK, Cowan R, Moore P, Zhang Y, Yang Q, Peterson JA Jr, Tomasek JJ, Kropp BP, Cheng EY. Characterization of neuropathic bladder smooth muscle cells in culture. J Urol. 2004 Mar;171(3):1348-52.

• Gussin HA, Sharma AK, Elias S. Culture of endothelial cells isolated from maternal blood using anti-CD105 and CD133. Prenat Diagn. 2004 Mar;24(3):189-93.

• Cheng EY, Kropp BP, Pope JC 4th, Brock JW 3rd. Proximal division of the urethral plate in staged hypospadias repair. J Urol. 2003 Oct;170(4 Pt 2):1580-3; discussion 1584.

• Metwalli AR, Cheng EY. Inguinal hernia after laparoscopic orchiopexy. J Urol. 2002 Nov;168(5):2163.

• Cheng EY, Vemulapalli SN, Kropp BP, Pope JC 4th, Furness PD 3rd, Kaplan WE, Smith DP. Snodgrass hypospadias repair with vascularized dartos flap: the perfect repair for virgin cases of hypospadias? J Urol. 2002 Oct;168(4 Pt 2):1723-6; discussion 1726.

• Metwalli AR, Cheng EY, Kropp BP, Pope JC 4th. The practice of urethral dilation for voiding dysfunction among fellows of the Section on Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics. J Urol. 2002 Oct;168(4 Pt 2):1764-7.

• Han SW, Maizels M, Chou PM, Fernbach SK, Cheng EY, Furness PD 3rd. Lamina muscularis propria thickness of renal pelvis predicts radiological outcome of surgical correction of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Urol. 2001 May;165(5):1648-51.

• Sharma AK, Nelson MC, Brandt JE, Wessman M, Mahmud N, Weller KP, Hoffman R. Human CD34(+) stem cells express the hiwi gene, a human homologue of the Drosophila gene piwi. Blood. 2001 Jan 15;97(2):426-34.