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Journal Articles
- Iwobi, N., & Sparks, N. R. (2023). Endocrine Disruptor-Induced Bone Damage Due to Hormone Dysregulation: A Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098263
- McClelland DLV, Satoorian TS, Walker LM, Sparks NRL, Keller KC, Pulyanina PY, zur Nieden NI. (2016) Glucose-induced oxidative stress reduces proliferation in embryonic stem cells via FOXO3a/β-Catenin-dependent transcription of p21cip1. Stem Cell Reports. 7(1):55-68.2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.06.006
- Keller KC, Ding H, Tieu R, Sparks NRL, Ehnes DD, zur Nieden NI. (2016) Wnt5a supports osteogenic lineage decisions in embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells Dev. 25(13):1020-32.3. https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2015.0367
- Sparks NRL, Martinez IKC, Soto C, zur Nieden NI. (2018) Low osteogenic yield in human pluripotent stem cells associates with differential neural crest promoter methylation. Stem Cells. https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.2746
- Martinez IKC, Sparks NRL, Madrid JV, Affeldt H 3rd, Vera MKM, Bhanu B, zur Nieden NI. (2019) Video-based kinetic analysis of calcification in live osteogenic human embryonic stem cell cultures reveals the developmentally toxic effect of Snus tobacco extract. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2018.11.006
- Vliet SMF, Dasgupta S, Sparks NRL, Kirkwood JS, Vollaro A, Hur M, Zur Nieden NI, Volz DC. (2019) Maternal-to-zygotic transition as a potential target for niclosamide during early embryogenesis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. Aug 6:114699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2019.114699
- Walker LM, Sparks NRL, Puig-Sanvicens V, Rodrigues B, zur Nieden NI. (2021) An Evaluation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Test for Cardiac Developmental Toxicity. Int J Mol Sci. Jul 29;22(15):8114.7. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22158114
- Martinez IKC, Sparks NRL, Madrid JV, Talbot P, zur Nieden NI. (2022) Exposure to cigarette smoke impedes human osteoblast differentiation independently of nicotine. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Nov 12;24(12):1921-1926.8. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac144
- Sparks NRL, Walker LM, Sera SR, Madrid JV, Hanna M, Dominguez EC, zur Nieden NI. (2022) Sidestream Smoke Extracts from Harm-Reduction and Conventional Camel Cigarettes Inhibit Osteogenic Differentiation via Oxidative Stress and Differential Activation of intrinsic Apoptotic Pathways. Antioxidants. ; 11(12):2474.https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11122474
Books
- Sparks, N. R.L. and zur Nieden, N. I. (2014) Pluripotent Stem Cells as Tools to AssessDevelopmental Toxicity: Diversity Instead of Consolidation, in Handbook of Nanotoxicology, Nanomedicine and Stem Cell Use in Toxicology (eds S. C. Sahu and D. A. Casciano), John Wiley& Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118856017.ch16
- Madrid JV, Sera SR, Sparks NRL, zur Nieden NI. (2018) Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Assess Developmental Toxicity in the Osteogenic Lineage. Methods Mol Biol. 1797:125-145