Publications

Phillips, James and Brown, Robert (2010). Micro-structured materials and mechanical cues in 3D collagen gels. In: Haycock, John W. ed. 3D Cell Culture. Methods in Molecular Biology (695). New York: Humana Press (Springer Verlag), pp. 183–196.

East, Emma ; Blum de Oliveira, Daniela; Golding, Jon P. and Phillips, James B. (2010). Alignment of astrocytes increases neuronal growth in three-dimensional collagen gels and is maintained following plastic compression to form a spinal cord repair conduit. Tissue Engineering Part A, 16(10) pp. 3173–3184.

King, V. R.; Hewazy, D.; Alovskaya, A.; Phillips, J. B. ; Brown, R. A. and Priestley, J. V. (2010). The neuroprotective effects of fibronectin mats and fibronectin peptides following spinal cord injury in the rat. Neuroscience, 168(2) pp. 523–530.

East, Emma ; Golding, Jonathan P. and Phillips, James B. (2009). A versatile 3D culture model facilitates monitoring of astrocytes undergoing reactive gliosis. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 3(8) pp. 634–646.

Georgeu, G. A.; Walbeehm, E. T.; Tillett, R.; Afoke, A.; Brown, R. A. and Phillips, J. B. (2005). Investigating the mechanical shear-plane between core and sheath elements of peripheral nerves. Cell and Tissue Research, 320(2) pp. 229–234.

H. Kayhanian, S. Jones, J.B. Phillips, M. Lewis, R. Brown and V. Mudera (2009) Host muscle cell infiltration in cell-seeded plastic compressed collagen constructs. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 3, 72-75.

Wright, K. E. ; Liniker, E.; Loizidou, M.; Moore, C.; MacRobert, A. J. and Phillips, J. B. (2009). Peripheral neural cell sensitivity to mTHPC-mediated photodynamic therapy in a 3D in vitro model. British Journal of Cancer, 101(4) pp. 658–665.

Kayhanian, Hamzeh; Jones, Stephanie; Phillips, James ; Lewis, Mark; Brown, Robert and Mudera, Vivek (2009). Host muscle cell infiltration in cell-seeded plastic compressed collagen constructs. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 3(1) pp. 72–75.

East, Emma and Phillips, James B. (2008). Tissue engineered cell culture models for nervous system research. In: Greco, Giovanni N. ed. Tissue Engineering Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, pp. 141–160.

Alovskaya, A; Alekseeva, T; Phillips, JB; King, V and Brown, R (2007). Fibronectin, Collagen, Fibrin - Components of Extracellular Matrix for Nerve Regeneration. In: Ashammakhi, N.; Reis, R. L. and Chiellini, E. eds. Topics in tissue engineering, Volume 3. Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group.

Brown, Robert A. and Phillips, James B. (2007). Cell responses to biomimetic protein scaffolds used in tissue repair and engineering. International Review of Cytology, 262 pp. 75–150.

V.R. King, J.B. Phillips, H. Hunt-Grubbe, R. Brown, and J.V. Priestley (2006) Characterization of non-neuronal elements within fibronectin mats implanted into the damaged spinal cord. Biomaterials 27, 485-496.

J.B. Phillips and B. Pearce (2005) Serum deprivation and re-addition: Effects on cyclooxygenase inhibitor sensitivity in cultured glia. Inflammopharmacology 13, 431-439.

J.B. Phillips, S. Bunting, S.M. Hall and R.A. Brown (2005) Neural tissue engineering: A self-organizing collagen guidance conduit. Tissue Engineering 11, 1611-1617

Phillips, James B.; King, Von R.; Ward, Zoë; Porter, Rebecca A.; Priestley, John V. and Brown, Robert A. (2004). Fluid shear in viscous fibronectin gels allows aggregation of fibrous materials for CNS tissue engineering. Biomaterials, 25(14) pp. 2769–2779.

V.R. King, J.B. Phillips, R.A. Brown, and J.V. Priestley (2004) The effects of treatment with antibodies to transforming growth factor β1 and β2 following spinal cord damage. Neuroscience 126, 173-183

J.B. Phillips, X. Smit, N. De Zoysa, A. Afoke, and R.A. Brown (2004) Peripheral nerves exhibit localised heterogeneity of tensile properties during limb movement. Journal of Physiology 557, 879-87.

R.L. Tillett, A. Afoke, S.M. Hall, R.A. Brown and J.B. Phillips (2004) Investigating mechanical behaviour at a core-sheath interface in peripheral nerves. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System 9, 255-262.