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Daniel J Shiwarski

Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering and Medicine
Verified email at andrew.cmu.edu
Cited by 3448

TMEM16A induces MAPK and contributes directly to tumorigenesis and cancer progression

U Duvvuri, DJ Shiwarski, D Xiao, C Bertrand, X Huang… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Frequent gene amplification of the receptor-activated calcium-dependent chloride channel
TMEM16A (TAOS2 or ANO1) has been reported in several malignancies. However, its …

FRESH 3D bioprinting a full-size model of the human heart

E Mirdamadi, JW Tashman, DJ Shiwarski… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in embedded three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting have expanded the
design space for fabricating geometrically complex tissue scaffolds using hydrogels with …

Emergence of FRESH 3D printing as a platform for advanced tissue biofabrication

DJ Shiwarski, AR Hudson, JW Tashman… - APL …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In tissue engineering, an unresolved challenge is how to build complex 3D scaffolds in order
to recreate the structure and function of human tissues and organs. Additive manufacturing …

[PDF][PDF] WNK kinases sense molecular crowding and rescue cell volume via phase separation

CR Boyd-Shiwarski, DJ Shiwarski, SE Griffiths… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
When challenged by hypertonicity, dehydrated cells must recover their volume to survive.
This process requires the phosphorylation-dependent regulation of SLC12 cation chloride …

3D bioprinting using UNIversal orthogonal network (UNION) bioinks

…, CD Lindsay, LG Brunel, DJ Shiwarski… - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional (3D) bioprinting is a promising technology to produce tissue‐like
structures, but a lack of diversity in bioinks is a major limitation. Ideally each cell type would be …

To “grow” or “go”: TMEM16A expression as a switch between tumor growth and metastasis in SCCHN

DJ Shiwarski, C Shao, A Bill, J Kim, D Xiao… - Clinical Cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Purpose: Tumor metastasis is the leading cause of death in patients with cancer. However,
the mechanisms that underlie metastatic progression remain unclear. We examined …

Engineering aligned skeletal muscle tissue using decellularized plant-derived scaffolds

YW Cheng, DJ Shiwarski, RL Ball… - ACS biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
To achieve organization and function, engineered tissues require a scaffold that supports
cell adhesion, alignment, growth, and differentiation. For skeletal muscle tissue engineering, …

Dynamic loading of human engineered heart tissue enhances contractile function and drives a desmosome-linked disease phenotype

…, D Kramer, JW Tashman, DJ Shiwarski… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The role that mechanical forces play in shaping the structure and function of the heart is critical
to understanding heart formation and the etiology of disease but is challenging to study in …

3D-bioprinted human tissue and the path toward clinical translation

JM Bliley, DJ Shiwarski, AW Feinberg - Science Translational Medicine, 2022 - science.org
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is a transformative technology for engineering tissues
for disease modeling and drug screening and building tissues and organs for repair, …

3D bioprinted patient‐specific extracellular matrix scaffolds for soft tissue defects

…, JW Tashman, C Dikyol, DJ Shiwarski… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft tissue injuries such as volumetric muscle loss (VML) are often too large to heal normally
on their own, resulting in scar formation and functional deficits. Decellularized extracellular …