Gerard A. Ateshian

Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. Columbia University Department of Mechanical Engineering 500 West 120th Street, Mail Code 4703 220 S.W. Mudd New York, NY 10027-6699 Phone: (212) 854-8602 (Office) Phone: (212) 854-4259 (Lab) FAX : (212) 854-3304 e-mail: ateshian@columbia.edu http://www.columbia.edu/~ga29

Gerard A. Ateshian is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, and Director of the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1991. His current research interests include:

• Active Areas of Research
• Theoretical and experimental analysis of articular cartilage mechanics
• Theoretical and experimental analysis of cartilage lubrication
• Cartilage tissue engineering and bioreactor design
• Growth and remodeling of biological tissues
• Cell mechanics
• Mixture theory for biological tissues: Theory, experiments, and computational Analysis
• Past Areas of Research
• Stereophotogrammetry, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography techniques for reconstruction of musculoskeletal anatomy
• Geometric modeling, surface-fitting, and curvature analysis of diarthrodial joint articular surfaces
• Experimental determination of diarthrodial joint kinematics and contact
• Modeling of diarthrodial joints
• Biomechanics of the knee, shoulder, and hand
• Computer-Aided Surgical Planning

Recent Publications

Full-Length Papers

1. Froimson, M.I., Ateshian, G.A., Soslowsky, L.J., and Mow, V.C. (1989) Quantification of the surfaces at the patellofemoral articulation. Institution of Mechanical Engineering, London, 5:73-78.
2. Ateshian, G.A., Soslowsky, L.J., and Mow, V.C. (1991) Quantitation of articular surface topography and cartilage thickness in knee joints using stereophotogrammetry. Journal of Biomechanics, 24:761-776. (PDF 7.2 MB)
3. Ateshian, G.A., Rosenwasser, M.P., and Mow, V.C. (1992) Curvature characteristics and congruence of the thumb carpometacarpal joint: Differences between male and female joints. Journal of Biomechanics, 25:591-607. (PDF 6.3 MB)
4. Soslowsky, L.J., Flatow, E.L., Bigliani, L.U., Pawluk, G.A., Ateshian, G.A., and Mow, V.C. (1992) Quantitation of in situ contact areas at the glenohumeral joint: A biomechanical study. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 10:524-534. (PDF 988 KB)
5. Ateshian, G.A. (1993) A least-squares B-Spline surface-fitting method for articular surfaces of diarthrodial joints. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 115:366-373. (PDF 3.83 MB)
6. Mow, V.C., Ateshian, G.A., and Spilker, R.L. (1993) Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 115:460-467.
7. Ateshian, G.A., Kwak, S.D., Soslowsky, L.J., and Mow, V.C. (1994) A stereophotogrammetric method for determining in situ contact areas in diarthrodial joints, and a comparison with other methods. Journal of Biomechanics, 27:111-124. (PDF 3.3 MB)
8. Mow, V.C., Bachrach, N.M., and Ateshian, G.A. (1994) The effects of a subchondral bone perforation on the load support mechanism within articular cartilage. Wear, 175:167-175.
9. Ateshian, G.A., Lai, W.M., Zhu, W.B., and Mow, V.C. (1994) An asymptotic solution for the contact of two biphasic cartilage layers. Journal of Biomechanics, 27:1347-1360. (PDF 2.1 MB)
10. Flatow, E.L., Ateshian, G.A., Soslowsky, L.J., Pawluk, R.J., Grelsamer, R.P., Mow, V.C., and Bigliani, L.U. (1994) Computer Simulation of Glenohumeral and Patellofemoral Subluxation: Estimating Pathological Articular Contact. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 306:28-33.
11. Ateshian, G.A., Ark, J.W., Rosenwasser, M.P., Pawluk, R.J., and Mow, V.C. (1995) A study on contact areas in the thumb carpometacarpal joint. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 13:450-458. (PDF 792 KB)
12. Ateshian, G.A., and Wang, H. (1995) A theoretical solution for the frictionless rolling contact of cylindrical biphasic articular cartilage layers. Journal of Biomechanics, 28:1341-1355. (PDF 1066 KB)
13. Ateshian, G.A. (1997) A theoretical formulation for boundary friction in articular cartilage. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, ASME, 119:81-86.
14. Wang, H., and Ateshian, G.A. (1997) The normal stress effect and equilibrium friction coefficient of articular cartilage under steady frictional shear. Journal of Biomechanics, 30:771-776. (PDF 600 KB)
15. Kwak, S.D., Colman, W.W., Ateshian, G.A., Grelsamer, R.P., Henry, J.H., and Mow, V.C (1997) Anatomy of the human patellofemoral joint articular cartilage: a surface curvature analysis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 15:468-472. (PDF 510 KB)
16. Ateshian, G.A., Warden, W.H., Grelsamer, R.P., and Mow, V.C. (1997) Biphasic finite deformation material properties of bovine articular cartilage from confined compression experiments. Journal of Biomechanics, 30:1157-1164. (PDF 800 KB)
17. Ateshian, G.A., and Wang, H. (1997) Rolling resistance of articular cartilage due to interstitial fluid flow. Journal of Engineering in Medicine, IMechE, 211:419-424.
18. Ateshian, G.A., Wang, X. (1998) Sliding tractions on a porous deformable layer. Journal of Tribology, ASME, 120:89-96. (PDF 1.2 MB)
19. Ateshian, G.A., Wang, H., and Lai, W.M. (1998) The role of interstitial fluid pressurization and surface porosities on the boundary friction of articular cartilage. Journal of Tribology, ASME, 120:241-251. (PDF 1.5 MB)
20. Xu, L., Strauch, R.J., Ateshian, G.A., Pawluk, R.J., Mow, V.C., and Rosenwasser, M.P. (1998) Topography of the osteoarthritic carpometacarpal joint and its variations with gender, age, site, and osteoarthritic stage. Journal of Hand Surgery, 23A:454-464.
21. Ahmad, C.S., Kwak, S.D., Ateshian, G.A., Warden, W.H., Henry, J.H., Steadman, J.R., Grelsamer, R.P., Blankevoort, L., Gardner, T.R., and Mow, V.C. (1998) Effects of patellar tendon adhesion to the anterior tibia on knee mechanics. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 26:715-724.
22. Mow, V.C., Ateshian, G.A., Lai, W.M., and Gu, W.Y. (1998) Effects of fixed charges on the stress-relaxation behavior of hydrated soft tissues in a confined compression problem. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 35:4945-4962. (PDF 489 KB)
23. Soltz, M.A., and Ateshian, G.A. (1998) Experimental verification and theoretical prediction of cartilage interstitial fluid pressurization at an impermeable contact interface in confined compression. Journal of Biomechanics, 31:927-934. (PDF 262 KB, Corrigendum 102 KB)
24. Cohen, Z.A., McCarthy, D.M., Kwak, S.D., Legrand, P., Fogarasi, F., Ciaccio, E.J., and Ateshian, G.A. (1999) Knee cartilage topography, thickness, and contact areas from MRI: In vitro calibration and in vivo measurements. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 7:95-109. (PDF 531 KB)
25. Kelkar, R., and Ateshian, G.A. (1999) Contact creep of biphasic cartilage layers: Identical layers. Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME, 66:137-145. (PDF 1.5 MB)
26. Donzelli, P.S., Spilker, R.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Mow, V.C. (1999) A finite element investigation of contact between transversely isotropic layers of biphasic cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, 32:1037-1047. (PDF 562 KB)
27. Kwak, S.D., Blankevoort, L., and Ateshian, G.A. (2000) A 3D quasi-static mathematical multibody model for diarthrodial joints. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 3:41-64. (PDF 5.6 MB)
28. Soltz, M.A., and Ateshian, G.A. (2000) Interstitial fluid pressurization during confined compression cyclical loading of articular cartilage. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 28:150-159. (PDF 208 KB)
29. Kwak, S.D., Ahmad, C.S., Gardner, T.R., Grelsamer, R.P., Henry, J.H., Blankevoort, L., Ateshian, G.A., Mow, V.C. (2000) Hamstrings and iliotibial band forces affect knee kinematics and contact pattern. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 18:101-108. (PDF 826 KB)
30. Mauck, R.L., Soltz, M.A., Wang, C.C.B., Wong, D.D., Chao, P-H.G., Valhmu. W.B., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2000) Functional tissue engineering of articular cartilage through dynamic loading of chondrocyte-seeded agarose gels. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, ASME, 122:252-260. (PDF 538 KB)
31. Lai, W.M., Mow, V.C., Sun, D.D., Ateshian, G.A. (2000) On the electric potentials inside a charged soft hydrated biological tissue: Streaming potential vs. diffusion potential. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, ASME, 122:336-346. (PDF 399 KB)
32. Rivers, P.A., Mow, V.C., Pawluk, R.J., Strauch, R.J., Rosenwasser, M.P., and Ateshian, G.A. (2000) Osteoarthritic changes in biochemical composition of thumb carpometacarpal joint cartilage and its correlation with biomechanical properties. Journal of Hand Surgery, 25A:889-898.(PDF 96 KB)
33. Felson, D.T., Lawrence, R.C., Dieppe, P.A., Hirsch, R., Helmick, C.G., Jordan, J.M., Kington, R.S. Lane, N.E., Nevitt, M.C., Zhang, Y., Sowers, M.F., McAlindon, T., Spector, T.D., Poole, A.R., Yanovski, S.Z., Ateshian, G.A., Sharma, L., Buckwalter, J.A., Brandt, K., Fries, J.F. (2000) Osteoarthritis P New insights. Part 1: The disease and its risk factors. Annals of Internal Medicine, 133:635-646. (PDF 283 KB)
34. Soltz, M.A., Ateshian, G.A.: A conewise linear elasticity mixture model for the analysis of tension-compression nonlinearity in articular cartilage. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, ASME, 122:576-586. (PDF 730 KB)
35. Kelkar, R., Bigliani, L.U., Flatow, E.L., Newton, P.M., Ateshian, G.A., Pawluk, R.J., and Mow, V.C.: Glenohumeral mechanics (2001) A study of articular geometry, contact, and kinematics. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 10:73-84. (PDF 404 KB)
36. Ahmad, C.S., Cohen, Z.A., Levine, W.N., Ateshian, G.A., and Mow, V.C. (2001) Biomechanical and topographic considerations for autologous osteochondral grafting in the knee. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 29:201-206. (PDF 644 KB)
37. Kitano, T., Ateshian, G.A., Mow, V.C., Kadoya, Y., and Yamano, Y. (2001) Constituents and pH changes in protein rich hyalrunonan solution affect the biotribological properties of artificial cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, 34:1031-1037. (PDF 196 KB)
38. Cohen, Z.A., Roglic, H., Grelsamer, R.P., Henry, J.H., Levine, W.N., Mow, V.C., and Ateshian, G.A. (2001) Patellofemoral stresses during open and closed kinetic chain exercises: An analysis using computer simulation. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 29:480-487. (PDF 173 KB)
39. Huang, C-Y., Mow, V.C., and Ateshian, G.A. (2001) The role of flow-independent viscoelasticity in the tensile and compressive responses of biphasic articular cartilage. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 123:410-417. (PDF 137 KB)
40. Dykyj, D., Ateshian, G.A., Trepal, M.J., and MacDonald, L.R. (2001) Articular geometry of the medial tarsometatarsal joint in the foot: Comparison of metatarsus primus adductus and metatarsis primus rectus. The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, 40:357-365.
41. Hohe, J., Ateshian, G.A., Reiser, M., Englmeier, K-H., Eckstein, F. (2002) Surface size, curvature analysis, and assessment of knee joint incongruity with MR imaging in vivo. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 47:554-561. (PDF 6.3 MB)
42. Wang, C. C-B., Guo, X. E., Sun, D., Mow, V. C., Ateshian, G. A. and Hung, C. T. (2002) The functional environment of chondrocytes within cartilage subjected to compressive loading: a theoretical and experimental approach. Biorheology, 39:11-25. (PDF 199 KB)
43. Lai, W.M., Sun, D.D., Ateshian, G.A., Guo, X.E., and Mow, V.C.: Electrical signals for chondrocytes in cartilage. Biorheology, 39:39-45. (PDF 161 KB)
44. Mauck, R.L., Seyhan, S.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2002) The influence of seeding density and dynamic deformational loading on the developing structure/function relationships of chondrocyte-seeded agarose hydrogels. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 30:1046-1056. (PDF 604 KB)
45. Ateshian, G.A., Soltz, M.A., Mauck, R.L., Basalo, I.M., Hung, C.T., and Lai, W.M. (2003) The role of osmotic pressure and tension-compression nonlinearity in the frictional response of articular cartilage. Transport in Porous Media, 50:5-33. (PDF 269 KB)
46. Wang, C.C-B., Deng, J-M., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2002) An automated approach for direct measurement of two-dimensional strain distributions within articular cartilage under unconfined compression. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 124:557-567. (PDF 897 KB)
47. Ahmad, C.S., Cohen, Z.A., Levine, W.N., Gardner, T.R., Ateshian, G.A., and Mow, V.C. (2003) Co-dominance of the Individual PCL Bundles: An Analysis of Bundle Lengths and Orientation. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 31:221-225. (PDF 951 KB)
48. Wang, C.C-B., Chahine, N.O., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Optical determination of anisotropic properties of bovine articular cartilage in compression. Journal of Biomechanics, 36:339-353. (PDF 664 KB)
49. Huang, C-Y., Soltz, M.A., Kopacz, M., Mow, V.C., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Experimental verification of the role of intrinsic matrix viscoelasticity and tension-compression nonlinearity in the biphasic response of cartilage in unconfined compression. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125:84-93. (PDF 160 KB)
50. Cohen, Z.A., Henry, J.H., McCarthy, D.M., Mow, V.C., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Computer simulations of patellofemoral joint surgery: Tuberosity transfers on patient-specific models. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 31:87-98.(PDF 1094 KB)
51. Koff, M.F., Ugwonali, O.F., Strauch, R.J., Rosenwasser, M.P., Ateshian, G.A., and Mow, V.C. (2003) Sequential wear patterns of the articular cartilage of the thumb carpometacarpal joint in osteoarthritis. Journal of Hand Surgery, 28A:597-604. (PDF 432 KB)
52. Cohen, Z.A., Mow, V.C., Henry, J.H., Levine, W.N., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Templates of the cartilage layers of the patellofemoral joint and their use in the assessment of osteoarthritic cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 11:569-579. (PDF 586 KB)
53. Mauck, R.L., Nicoll, S.B., Seyhan, S.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2003) Synergistic Action of Growth Factors and Dynamic Loading for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering. Tissue Engineering, 9:597-611.(PDF 5.2 MB)
54. Soltz, M.A., Basalo, I., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Hydrostatic pressurization and depletion of trapped lubricant pool during creep contact of a rippled indenter against a biphasic articular cartilage layer. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125:585-593. (PDF 559 KB)
55. Mauck, R.M., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Modeling of neutral solute transport in a dynamically loaded porous permeable gel: Implications for articular cartilage biosynthesis and tissue engineering. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125:602-614. (PDF 854 KB, Erratum)
56. Krishnan, R., Park, S., Eckstein, F., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Depth-dependent inhomogeneity affects articular cartilage function by enhancing superficial interstitial fluid support and frictional properties, but does not provide a homogeneous state of stress. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125:569-577. (PDF 671 KB)
57. Mauck, R.L., Wang, C-C.B., Oswald, E.S., Ateshian, G.A.,, and Hung, C.T. (2003) The role of cell seeding density and nutrient supply for articular cartilage tissue engineering with deformational loading. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 11:879-890. (PDF 736 KB)
58. Park, S., Krishnan, R., Nicoll, S.B., Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Cartilage interstitial fluid load support in unconfined compression. Journal of Biomechanics, 36:1785-1796. (PDF 664 KB)
59. Hung, C.T., Lima, E.G., Mauck, R.L., LeRoux, M.A., Lu, H.H., Stark, R.G., Guo, X.E., and Ateshian, G.A. (2003) Anatomically shaped osteochondral constructs for articular cartilage repair. Journal of Biomechanics, 36:1853-1864. (PDF 1.5 MB)
60. Ateshian, G.A., Chahine, N.O., Basalo, I.M., and Hung, C.T. (2004) The correspondence between biphasic and triphasic material properties in mixture models of articular cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, 37:391-400. (PDF 305 KB)
61. Park, S., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) Mechanical response of bovine articular cartilage under dynamic unconfined compression loading at physiological stress levels. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 12:65-73. (PDF 200 KB)
62. Hung, C.T., Mauck, R.L., Lima, E.G., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) A paradigm for functional tissue engineering of articular cartilage via applied physiologic deformational loading. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 32:35-49. (PDF 1064 KB)
63. Krishnan, R., Kopacz, M., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) Experimental verification of the role of interstitial fluid pressurization in cartilage lubrication. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 22:565-570. (PDF 352 KB)
64. Chahine, N.O., Wang, C.C-B., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) Anisotropic strain-dependent material properties of bovine articular cartilage in the transitional range from tension to compression. Journal of Biomechanics, 37:1251-1261. (PDF 447 KB)
65. Park, S., Costa, K.D., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) Microscale frictional response of bovine articular cartilage from atomic force microscopy. Journal of Biomechanics, 37:1679-1687. (PDF 495 KB)
66. Kelly, T-A.N., Wang, C.C-B., Mauck, R.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2004) Role of cell-associated matrix in the development of free-swelling and dynamically loaded chondrocyte-seeded agarose gels. Biorheology, 41:223-237. (PDF 1.4 MB)
67. Lima, E.G., Mauck, R.L., Han, S.H., Park, S., Ng, K.W., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2004) Functional tissue engineering of chondral and osteochondral constructs. Biorheology, 41:577-590. (PDF 1 MB)
68. Krishnan, R., Caligaris, M., Mauck, R.L., Hung, C.T., Costa, K.D., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) Removal of the superficial zone of articular cartilage does not increase its frictional coefficient. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 12:947-955. (PDF 424 KB)
69. Basalo, I.M., Mauck, R.L., Kelly, T-A.N., Nicoll, S.B., Chen, F.H., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2004) Cartilage interstitial fluid load support in unconfined compression following enzymatic digestion. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 126:779-786. (PDF 356 KB)
70. Ng, K.W., Wang, C.C-B., Mauck, R.L., Kelly, T.N., Chahine, N.O., Costa, K.D., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.(2005) A layered agarose approach to fabricate depth-dependent inhomogeneity in chondrocyte-seeded constructs. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 23:134-141. (PDF 619 KB)
71. Huang, C-Y., Stankiewicz, A., Ateshian, G.A., and Van C. Mow (2005) Anisotropy, inhomogeneity, and tension-compression nonlinearity of human glenohumeral cartilage in finite deformation. Journal of Biomechanics, 38:799-809. (PDF 345 KB)
72. Wang, V.M., Krishnan, R., Ugwonali, O.F.C., Flatow, E.L., Bigliani, L.U., Ateshian, G.A. (2005) Biomechanical evaluation of a novel glenoid design in total shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Elbow and Shoulder Surgery, 14(1S):129S-140S. (PDF 439 KB)
73. Basalo, I.M., Raj, D., Krishnan, R., Chen, F.H., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2005) Effects of enzymatic degradation on the frictional response of articular cartilage in stress relaxation. Journal of Biomechanics, 38:1343-1349. (PDF 333 KB)
74. Krishnan, R., Mariner, E.N., and Ateshian, G.A. (2005) Effect of dynamic loading on the frictional response of bovine articular cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, 38:1665-1673. (PDF 494 KB)
75. Chahine, N.O., Chen, F.H., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2005) Direct measurement of osmotic pressure of glycosaminoglycan solutions by membrane osmometry at room temperature. Biophysical Journal, 891543-1550. (PDF 216 KB)
76. Ateshian, G.A. and Hung, C.T. (2005) Patellofemoral Joint Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 81:81-90. (PDF 492 KB)
77. Ateshian, G.A., Likhitpanichkul, M., Hung, C.T. (2006) A mixture theory analysis for passive transport in osmotic loading of cells. Journal of Biomechanics, 39:464-475. (PDF 434 KB)
78. Basalo, I.M., Chen, F.H., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2006) Frictional response of bovine articular cartilage under creep loading following proteoglycan digestion with chondroitinase ABC. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 128:131-134. (PDF 200 KB)
79. Park, S., and Ateshian, G.A. (2006) Intrinsic viscoelasticity of bovine articular cartilage in tension. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 128:623-630. (PDF 255 KB)
80. Kelly, T-A.N., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2006) Spatial and temporal development of chondrocyte-seeded agarose constructs in free-swelling and dynamically loaded cultures. Journal of Biomechanics, 39:1489-1497. (PDF 507 KB)
81. Ho, M.M., Kelly, T.N., Guo, X.E., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2006) Spatially varying material properties of the rat caudal intervertebral disc. Spine, 31:E486-93. (PDF 1006 KB)
82. Ng, K.W., Mauck, R.L., Statman, L.Y., Lin, E.Y., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2006) Dynamic deformational loading results in selective application of mechanical stimulation in a layered, tissue-engineered cartilage construct. Biorheology, 43(3-4):497-507. (PDF 512 KB)
83. Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2006) The natural synovial joint: Properties of cartilage. Proceedings- Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology, 220(8): 657-670. (PDF 188 KB)
84. Ateshian, G.A., Costa, K.D., and Hung, C.T. (2007) A theoretical analysis of water transport through chondrocytes. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 6:91-101. (PDF 263 KB)
85. Chahine, N.O., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2007) The effect of finite compressive strain on chondrocyte viability in statically loaded bovine articular cartilage. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 6:103-111. (PDF 403 KB)
86. Ateshian, G.A. (2007) Artificial cartilage: weaving in three dimensions. Nature Materials, 6:89-90. (PDF 163 KB)
87. Chahine, N.O., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2007) In-situ measurements of chondrocyte deformation under transient loading. European Cells and Materials, 13:100-111. (PDF 838 KB)
88. Ateshian, G.A. (2007) Anisotropy of fibrous tissues in relation to the distribution of tensed and buckled fibers. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 129(2):240-249. (PDF 351 KB)
89. Ateshian, G.A., Ellis, B.J., and Weiss, J.A. (2007) Equivalence between short-time biphasic and incompressible elastic material response. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 129(3):405-412. (PDF 435 KB)
90. Pillai R.R., Thoomukuntla, B., Ateshian, G.A., and Fischer, K.J. (2007) MRI-based modeling for evaluation of in vivo contact mechanics in the human wrist during active light grasp. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(12):2781-2787.
91. Basalo, I.M., Chahine, N.O., Chen, F.H., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2007) Chondroitin sulfate reduces the friction coefficient of articular cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(8):1847-1854, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.07.007. (PDF 348 KB)
92. Albro, M.B., Chahine, N.O., Wei, V.I., Likhitpanichkul, M., Ng, K.W., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2007) Osmotic loading of spherical gels: A biomimetic study of hindered transport in the cell protoplasm. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 129(4):503-510. (PDF 527 KB)
93. Ateshian, G.A. (2007) On the theory of reactive mixtures for modeling biological growth. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 6(6):423-445, DOI:10.1007/s10237-006-0070-x. (PDF 529 KB, Erratum 76KB)
94. Lima, E.G., Bian, L.M., Ng, K.W., Mauck, R.L., Byers, B.A., Tuan, R.S., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2007) The beneficial effect of delayed compressive loading on tissue-engineered cartilage constructs cultured with TGF-b3. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 15(9):1025-1033. (PDF 1.17 MB)
95. Carter, M.J., Basalo, M., and Ateshian, G.A. (2007) The temporal response of the friction coefficient of articular cartilage depends on the contact area size. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(14):3257-3260. (PDF 165 KB)
96. Ng, K.W., Saliman, J.D., Lin, E.Y., Statman, L.Y., Kugler, L.E., Lo, S.B., Ateshian G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2007) Culture duration modulates collagen hydrolysate-induced tissue remodeling in chondrocyte-seeded agarose hydrogels. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35(11):1914-1923. (PDF 453 KB)
97. Azeloglu, E., Albro, M. A., Thimmappa, V., Ateshian, G.A., and Costa, K.D. (2008) Heterogeneous transmural proteoglycan distribution provides a mechanism for regulating residual stresses in the aorta. AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 294(3):H1197-1205. (PDF 1.27 MB)
98. Park, S., Nicoll, S.B., Mauck, R.L., and Ateshian, G.A (2008) Cartilage mechanical response under dynamic compression at physiological stress levels following collagenase digestion. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 36(3):425-434. (PDF 424 KB)
99. Kelly, T.A., Fisher, M.B., Oswald, E.S., Tai, T., Mauck, R.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2008) Low-serum media and dynamic deformational loading in tissue engineering of articular cartilage. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 36(5):769-79. Epub 2008 Feb 26. PMID: 18299986. (PDF 623 KB)
100. Bian, L., Lima, E.G., Angione, S.L., Ng, K.W., Williams, D.Y., Xu, D., Stoker, A.M., Cook, J.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2008) Mechanical and biochemical characterization of cartilage explants in serum-free culture. Journal of Biomechanics, 41:1153-1159. (PDF 1.25 MB)
101. Caligaris, M., and Ateshian, G.A. (2008) Effects of sustained interstitial fluid pressurization under migrating contact area, and boundary lubrication by synovial fluid, on cartilage friction. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2008 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print].
102. Moffat, K.L., Sun, W.H., Pena, P.E., Chahine, N.O., Doty, S.B., Ateshian, G.A., Hung, C.T., and Lu, H.H. (2008) Characterization of the structure-function relationship at the ligament-to-bone interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 105(23):7947-52. Epub 2008 Jun 9. PMID: 18541916. (PDF 816 KB)
103. Lima, E.G., Tan, A.R., Tai, T., Bian, L., Stoker, A.M., Ateshian, G.A., Cook, J.L., and Hung, C.T. (2008) Differences in Interleukin-1 response between engineered and native cartilage. Tissue Engineering Part A. 2008 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18611148.
104. Lima, E.G., Chao, G.P., Ateshian, G.A., Bal, B.S., Cook, J.L., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., and Hung, C.T. (2008) The effect of devitalized trabecular bone on the formation of osteochondral tissue-engineered constructs. Biomaterials, 2008 Aug 19 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18718655.
105. Canal, C.E., Hung. C.T., and Ateshian G.A. (2008) Two-dimensional strain fields on the cross-section of the bovine humeral head under contact loading. Journal of Biomechanics, 41(15):3145-3151.
106. Albro, M.B., Chahine, N.O., Li, R., Yeager, K., Hung, C.T., and Ateshian, G.A. (2008) Dynamic loading of deformable porous media can induce active solute transport. Journal of Biomechanics, 41(15):3152-3157.
107. Lima, E.G., Tan, A.R., Tai, T., Bian, L., Ateshian, G.A., Cook, J.L., and Hung, C.T. (2008) Physiologic deformational loading does not counteract the catabolic effects of interleukin-1 in long-term culture of chondrocyte-seeded agarose constructs. Journal of Biomechanics, 41(15):3253-3259.
108. Ng, K.W., Wang, C-C.B., Mauck, R.L., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.: Characterization of inhomogeneity in bi-layered chondrocyte-seeded constructs of differing agarose concentrations. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, In Press.
109. Ng, K.W., DeFrancis, J.G., Kugler, L.E., Kelly, T-A.N., O'Conor, C.J., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.: Amino acid supply in culture media is not a limiting factor in the matrix synthesis of engineered cartilage tissue. Amino Acids, In Press.
110. Kelly, T.N., Ng, K.W., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.: Analysis of Radial variations in material properties and matrix composition of chondrocyte-seeded agarose hydrogel constructs, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, In Press.
111. Ng, K.W., Kugler, L.E., Doty, S.B., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.: Scaffold degradation elevates the collagen content and dynamic compressive modulus in engineered articular cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, In Press.
112. Bian, L., Angione, S.L., Ng, K.W., Lima, E.G., Williams, D.Y., Mao, D.Q., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.: Influence of decreasing nutrient path length on the development of engineered cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, In Press.
113. Bian, L., Kaplun, M., Williams, D.Y., Xu, D., Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T.: Influence of chondroitin sulfate on the biochemical, mechanical and frictional properties of cartilage explants in long term culture. Journal of Biomechanics, In Press.

Book Chapters

1. Mow, V.C., Ateshian, G.A., and Rosenwasser, M.P. (1988) Development of finite element models for diarthrodial joints. In: Computational Methods in Bioengineering, ASME, R.L. Spilker and B.R. Simon (eds.), 9:1-14.
2. Soslowsky, L.J., Ateshian, G.A., and Mow, V.C. (1990) Stereophotogrammetric Determination of Joint Anatomy and Contact Areas. In: Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, V.C. Mow, A. Ratcliffe, and S.L-Y. Woo (eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2:243-268.
3. Mow, V.C., Ateshian, G.A., and Ratcliffe, A. (1992) Anatomic Form and Biomechanical Properties of Articular Cartilage of the Knee Joint. In: Biology and Biomechanics of the Traumatized Synovial Joint, The Knee as a Model, G.A.M. Finerman, and F.R. Noyes (eds), AAOS, 55-81.
4. Ateshian, G.A., Colman, W.W., and Mow, V.C. (1994) Quantitative Anatomy of the Knee Joint. In: Knee Surgery, F.H. Fu, C.D. Harner, and K.G. Vince (eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. 1, pp. 55-76.
5. Mow, V.C., Ateshian, G.A., and Spilker, R.L. (1995) Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints: A Review. In: The Laureate of the Dragon, Kai-Ming Chan (ed), Waverly Info-Med Ltd, Hong Kong, pp. 3-31.
6. Ateshian, G.A., and Soslowsky, L.J. (1997) Quantitative anatomy of diarthrodial joint articular layers. In:Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics, V.C. Mow and W.C. Hayes (eds), Raven Press, New York, 2nd ed, pp. 253-273.
7. Mow, V.C., and Ateshian, G.A. (1997) Friction, Lubrication, and Wear of Diarthrodial Joints. In:Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics, V.C. Mow and W.C. Hayes (eds), Raven Press, New York, 2nd ed, pp. 275-315.
8. Mow, V.C., Flatow, E.L., and Ateshian, G.A. (2000) Biomechanics. In: Orthopaedic Basic Science, J. A. Buckwalter, T.A. Einhorn, and S.R. Simon (eds), American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, 2nd ed, pp. 133-180.
9. Ateshian, G.A., and Wang, X. (2000) Boundary Conditions at the Viscous Sliding Interface of Incompressible Porous Deformable Media. In: Multifield Problems, State of the Art. A.-M. S ndig, W. Schiehlen, W. Wendland (eds), Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 115-124.
10. Ateshian, G.A., and Hung, C.T. (2004) Functional Properties of Native Articular Cartilage. In: Functional Tissue Engineering: The Role of Biomechanics. F. Guilak, D. Butler, S.A. Goldstein, D. Mooney (eds), Springer-Verlag, New York, pp.46-68.

Patents

1. Aouni-Ateshian, G.A., Rosenwasser, M.P., Pawluk, R.J., and Mow, V.C.: Anatomically correct prosthesis and method and apparatus for manufacturing prosthesis. U.S. Serial No. 08/674,826, filed July 3, 1996.
2. Aouni-Ateshian, G.A., Blankevoort, L., Kwak, S.D., and Mow, V.C.: Three dimensional multibody modeling of anatomical joints. U.S. Serial No. 08/972,160, filed July 11, 1997.

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