Publications

Dr. Nguyen’s group has published 97 peer-reviewed articles, 8 book chapters, 8 conference papers, 1 patent paper and more than 100 conference abstracts. Most of her research papers are published in peer-reviewed journals with high impact factors. In addition, her papers have been cited more than 5,417 times with an h-index of 39 and i10-index of 83. These papers have a broad impact on basic sciences, tissue engineering, translational regenerative medicine, nanomedicine and nanotechnology.

 

  • Peer-Reviewed Articles

Note: *means co-corresponding author

  1. Nikhil Pandey, Luis Soto-Garcia, Serkan Yaman, Aneetta Kuriakose, Andres Urias Rivera, Valinda Jones, Jun Liao, Philippe Zimmern, Kytai T Nguyen*, Yi Hong*. Polydopamine nanoparticles and hyaluronic acid hydrogels for mussel-inspired tissue adhesive nanocomposites. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2021, pp. 112589.
  2. Louis Hinkle, Duong Le, Tam Nguyen, Vy Tran, Charles E Amankwa, Courtney Weston, Haifa Shen, Kytai T Nguyen, Maham Rahimi, Suchismita Acharya. Nano encapsulated novel compound SA-10 with therapeutic activity in both acute and chronic murine hindlimb ischemia models. Nanomedicine 2021, Vol. 35, pp. 102400.
  3. Andrea Gonsalves, Pranjali Tambe, Duong Le, Dheeraj Thakore, Aniket S Wadajkar, Jian Yang, Kytai T Nguyen, Jyothi U Menon. Synthesis and characterization of a novel pH-responsive drug-releasing nanocomposite hydrogel for skin cancer therapy and wound healing. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2021, Vol. 9, pp. 9533-9546.
  4. Theeraphong Pho-Iam, Primana Punnakitikashem, Chayapol Somboonyosdech, Sirinapa Sripinitchai, Patarabutr Masaratana, Vorapan Sirivatanauksorn, Yongyut Sirivatanauksorn, Chamaiphorn Wongwan, Kytai T Nguyen, Chatchawan Srisawat. PLGA nanoparticles containing α-fetoprotein siRNA induce apoptosis and enhance the cytotoxic effects of doxorubicin in human liver cancer cell line. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2021, Vol. 553, pp. 191-197.
  5. Charles E Amankwa, Sudershan R Gondi, Adnan Dibas, Courtney Weston, Arlene Funk, Tam Nguyen, Kytai T Nguyen, Dorette Z Ellis, Suchismita Acharya. Novel thiol containing hybrid antioxidant-nitric oxide donor small molecules for treatment of glaucoma. Antioxidants 2021, Vol. 10, pp. 575.
  6. Bryn L Brazile, J Ryan Butler, Sourav S Patnaik, Andrew Claude, Raj Prabhu, Lakiesha N Williams, Karla L Perez, Kytai T Nguyen, Ge Zhang, Pietro Bajona, Matthias Peltz, Yong Yang, Yi Hong, Jun Liao. Biomechanical properties of acellular scar ECM during the acute to chronic stages of myocardial infarction. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 2021, Vol. 116, pp. 104342.
  7. Victoria L Messerschmidt, Uday Chintapula, Aneetta E Kuriakose, Samantha Laboy, Thuy Thi Dang Truong, LeNaiya A Kydd, Justyn Jaworski, Zui Pan, Hashem Sadek, Kytai T Nguyen, Juhyun Lee. Notch intracellular domain plasmid delivery via poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles to upregulate Notch pathway molecules. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Sep 28;8:707897. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.707897. eCollection 2021.
  8. Serkan Yaman, Harish Ramachandramoorthy, Gizem Oter, Daria Zhukova, Tam Nguyen, Manoj Kumar Sabnani, Jon A Weidanz, Kytai T Nguyen. Melanoma peptide MHC specific TCR expressing T-cell membrane camouflaged PLGA nanoparticles for treatment of melanoma skin cancer; Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology; 2020, Vol 8, pp. 943.
  9. Roshni Iyer, Tam Nguyen, Dona Padanilam, Cancan Xu, Debabrata Saha, Kytai T Nguyen*, Yi Hong*; Glutathione-responsive biodegradable polyurethane nanoparticles for lung cancer treatment; Journal of Controlled Release; 2020, Vol 321, pp. 363-371.
  10. Ruilin Liu, Tingfeng Yao, Yang Liu, Shuai Yu, Liqin Ren, Yi Hong, Kytai T Nguyen, Baohong Yuan. Temperature-sensitive polymeric nanogels encapsulating with β-cyclodextrin and ICG complex for high-resolution deep-tissue ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging; Nano Research; 2020, Vol 13, pp. 1100-1110.
  11. Nikhil Pandey, Luis Soto-Garcia, Jun Liao, Philippe Zimmern, Kytai T. Nguyen*, Yi Hong*. Mussel-Inspired Bioadhesives in Healthcare: Design Parameters, Current Trends, and Future Perspectives; Biomaterials Science; 2020, Vol 8: pp.1240-1255.
  12. Yang Liu, Tingfeng Yao, Wenbin Cai, Shuai Yu, Yi Hong, Kytai T Nguyen, Baohong Yuan. A biocompatible and near‐infrared liposome for in vivo ultrasound‐switchable fluorescence imaging; Advanced Healthcare Materials; 2020, Vol 9, pp. 1901457.
  13. Nikhil Pandey, Jyothi U. Menon, Masaya Takahashi, Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Jian Yang, Kytai T. Nguyen*, Aniket S. Wadajkar*. Thermo-responsive fluorescent nanoparticles for multimodal imaging and treatment of cancers; Nanotheranostics; 2020, Vol 4: pp 1-13.
  14. Aneetta E. Kuriakose, Wenjing Hu, Kytai T. Nguyen*, Jyothi U. Menon*; Scaffold-based lung tumor culture on porous PLGA microparticle substrates; PLoS ONE; 2019, Vol 14, e0217640.
  15. Aneetta E. Kuriakose, Nikhil Pandey, Dingying Shan, Subhash Banerjee, Jian Yang, Kytai T Nguyen; Photoluminescent polylactone-based theranostic nanoparticles for cardiovascular applications; Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology; 2019, Vol 7, 353.
  16. Weike Chen, Shuxin Li, Paul Renick, Su Yang, Nikhil Pandey, Cara Bouttee, Kytai T. Nguyen, Liping Tang, He Dong; Bacterial acidity-triggered antimicrobial activity of self-assembling peptide nanofibers; Journal of Materials Chemistry B; 2019, Vol 7, pp. 2915-2919
  17. D Merrill Dane, Cuneyt Yilmaz, Dipendra Gyawali, Roshni Iyer, Jyothi Menon, Kytai T Nguyen, Priya Ravikumar, Aaron S Estrera, Connie C W Hsia; Erythropoietin inhalation enhances adult canine alveolar-capillary formation following pneumonectomy; American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology; 2019, Vol. 316, pp. L936-L945.
  18. Ke Wu, Xiaoting Yu, Zhimin Huang, Donghui Zhu, Xianghua Yi, Ying-Li Wu, Qiongyu Hao, Kevin T Kemp, Yahya Elshimali, Roshni Iyer, Kytai T Nguyen, Shilong Zheng, Guanglin Chen, Qiao-Hong Chen, Guangdi Wang, Jaydutt V Vadgama, Yong Wu; Targeting of PP2Cδ By a Small Molecule C23 Inhibits High Glucose-Induced Breast Cancer Progression In Vivo.; Antioxidants & redox signaling; 2019, Vol 30, pp. 1983-1998.
  19. Michael P O’Quinn, Kenneth J Dormer, Jose F Huizar, Kytai T Nguyen, Karoly Kaszala, Adam Sima, Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Alex Y Tan; Epicardial injection of nanoformulated calcium into cardiac ganglionic plexi suppresses autonomic nerve activity and postoperative atrial fibrillation; Heart Rhythm; 2019, Vol. 16, pp. 597-605.
  20. Roshni Iyer, Aneetta E. Kuriakose, Serkan Yaman, Lee-chun Su, Dingying Shan, Jian Yang, Jun Liao, Liping Tang, Subhash Banerjee, Hao Xu, Kytai T. Nguyen; Nanoparticle eluting-angioplasty balloons to treat cardiovascular disease; International Journal of Pharmaceutics; 2019, Vol. 554, pp. 212 – 223.
  21. Nhat Tran, Vinay Abhyankar, Kytai T. Nguyen, Jon Weidanz, Jean Gao; MicroRNA dysregulational synergistic network: discovering microRNA dysregulatory modules across sub-types in non-small cell lung cancers; Biomedical Central Bioinformatics; 2018, 19, Suppl 20, pp. 504.
  22. Mohammad R Hasan, Sai Santosh Sasank Peri, Viraj P Sabane, Nuzhat Mansur, Jean X Gao, Kytai T Nguyen, Jon A Weidanz, Samir M Iqbal, Vinay V Abhyankar; One-step fabrication of flexible nanotextured PDMS as a substrate for selective cell capture; Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express; 2018, Vol 4, 025015.
  23. Nikhil Pandey, Amirhossein Hakamivala, Cancan Xu, Prashant Hariharan, Boris Radionov, Zhong Huang, Jun Liao, Philippe Zimmern, Kytai T. Nguyen*, Yi Hong*; Biodegradable nanoparticles enhanced adhesiveness of mussel-like hydrogels at tissue interface; Advanced Healthcare Materials; 2018, Vol. 7, pp. 1701069.
  24. Linda C Noukeu, Joseph Wolf, Baohong Yuan, Subhash Banerjee, Kytai T Nguyen; Nanoparticles for detection and treatment of peripheral arterial disease; Small; 2018, 14, pp. 1800644.
  25. Lilei Yu, Benjamin S. Scherlag, Kenneth Dormer, Isaac Rutel, Bing Huang, Xiaoya Zhou, Aneetta E. Kuriakose, Kytai T. Nguyen, Sunny Po; Targeted ganglionated plexi denervation using magnetic nanoparticles carrying calcium chloride payload; Journal of the American College of Cardiology Clinical Electrophysiology; 2018, Vol 4, pp. 1347-1358.
  26. Jyothi U Menon, Aneetta Kuriakose, Roshni Iyer, Elizabeth Hernandez, Leah Gandee, Shanrong Zhang, Masaya Takahashi, Zhang Zhang, Debabrata Saha, Kytai T Nguyen; Dual-drug containing core-shell nanoparticles for lung cancer therapy; Nature Scientific Reports; 2017, Vol. 7, pp. 13249.
  27. Duong Q Le, Aneetta E Kuriakose, Dat X Nguyen, Kytai T Nguyen*, Suchismita Acharya*; Hybrid nitric oxide donor and its carrier for the treatment of peripheral arterial diseases; Nature Scientific Reports; 2017, Vol. 7, pp. 8692.
  28. Jayanth Kandukuri, Shuai Yu, Bingbing Cheng, Venugopal Bandi, Francis D’Souza, Kytai Nguyen, Yi Hong, Baohong Yuan; A dual-modality system for both multi-color ultrasound-switchable fluorescence and ultrasound imaging; International Journal of Molecular Science; 2017, Vol. 18, pp. 323.
  29. Bingbing Cheng, Venugopal Bandi, Shuai Yu, Francis D’Souza, Kytai Nguyen, Yi Hong, Liping Tang, Baohong Yuan; The mechanisms and biomedical applications of an NIR BODIPY-based switchable fluorescent probe; International Journal of Molecular Science; 2017, Vol. 18, pp. 384.
  30. Jinglei Wu, Priya Ravikumar, Kytai T Nguyen, Connie CW Hsia, Yi Hong; Lung protection by inhalation of exogenous solubilized extracellular matrix; PloS One; 2017, Vol. 12, pp. e0171165.
  31. Amy C Goodfriend, Tré R Welch, Colin E. Thomas, Kytai T Nguyen, Romaine F Johnson, Joseph Forbess; Bacterial sensitivity assessment of multifunctional polymeric coatings for airway stents; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2016, Vol. 105B, pp. 2153 – 2161.
  32. Bingbing Cheng, Venugopal Bandi, Ming-Yuan Wei, Yanbo Pei, Francis DSouza, Kytai T Nguyen, Yi Hong, Liping Tang, Baohong Yuan; Centimeter-deep tissue fluorescence microscopic imaging with high signal-to-noise ratio and picomole sensitivity; 2016, arXiv 2016; arXiv:1510.02112.
  33. Priya Ravikumar, Jyothi U Menon, Primana Punnakitikashem, Dipendra Gyawali, Osamu Togao, Masaya Takahashi, Jianning Zhang, Jianfeng Ye, Orson W Moe, Kytai T Nguyen*, Connie CW Hsia*; Nanoparticle facilitated inhalational delivery of Erythropoietin receptor cDNA protects against hyperoxic lung injury; Nanomedicine; 2016, Vol. 12, pp. 811 – 821.
  34. Bingbing Cheng, Venugopal Bandi, Ming-Yuan Wei, Yanbo Pei, Francis D’Souza, Kytai T Nguyen, Yi Hong, Baohong Yuan; High-resolution ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging in centimeter-deep tissue phantoms with high signal-to-noise ratio and high sensitivity via novel contrast agents; PloS One; 2016, Vol. 11, pp. e0165963.
  35. Shuai Yu, Bingbing Cheng, Tingfeng Yao, Cancan Xu, Kytai T Nguyen, Yi Hong, Baohong Yuan; New generation ICG-based contrast agents for ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging; Nature Scientific Reports; 2016, Vol. 6, pp. 35942.
  36. Amy C Goodfriend, Tré R Welch, Kytai T Nguyen, Romaine F Johnson, Vinod Sebastian, Surendranath Veeram Reddy, Joseph Forbess, Alan Nugent; Thermally processed polymeric microparticles for year-long delivery of dexamethasone; Materials Science and Engineering C; 2016, Vol 58, pp. 595 – 600.
  37. Jyothi U Menon, Parth Jadeja, Pranjali Tambe, Dheeraj Thakore, Shanrong Zhang, Masaya Takahashi, Zhiwei Xie, Jian Yang, Kytai T Nguyen; Polymeric nanoparticles as dual-imaging probes for cancer management; Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering; 2016, Vol. 3, pp. 129 – 140.
  38. Jyothi U Menon, Vasu Tumati, Jer‐Tsong Hsieh, Kytai T Nguyen*, Debabrata Saha*; Polymeric nanoparticles for targeted radiosensitization of prostate cancer cells; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research part A; 2015, Vol. 103, pp. 1632 – 1639.
  39. Roshni Iyer, Connie CW Hsia, Kytai T Nguyen; Nanotherapeutics for the lung: State-of-the-art and future perspectives; Current Pharmaceutical Design; 2015, Vol. 21, pp. 5233 – 5244.
  40. Zhiwei Xie, Nikhil V Aphale, Tejaswi D Kadapure, Aniket S Wadajkar, Sara Orr, Dipendra Gyawali, Guoying Qian, Kytai T Nguyen*, Jian Yang*; Design of antimicrobial peptides conjugated biodegradable citric acid derived hydrogels for wound healing; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research part A; 2015, Vol. 103, pp. 3907 – 3918.
  41. Amy C Goodfriend, Tré R Welch, Kytai T Nguyen, Jian Wang, Romaine F Johnson, Surendranath R Veeram Reddy, Alan Nugent, Joseph M Forbess; Poly(gadodiamide fumaric acid): A bioresorbable radiopaque and MRI-visible polymer for biomedical application; ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering; 2015, Vol. 1, pp. 677 – 684.
  42. Aniket S Wadajkar, Sonia Santimano, Liping Tang, Kytai T Nguyen; Magnetic-based multi-layer microparticles for endothelial progenitor cell isolation, enrichment, and detachment; Biomaterials; 2014, Vol. 35, pp. 654 – 663.
  43. Varsha Sundaresan, Jyothi U Menon, Maham Rahimi, Kytai T Nguyen*, Aniket S Wadajkar*; Dual-responsive polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery and imaging applications; International Journal of Pharmaceutics; 2014, Vol. 466, pp. 1 – 7.
  44. Jyothi U Menon, Priya Ravikumar, Amruta Pise, Dipendra Gyawali, Connie CW Hsia, Kytai T Nguyen; Polymeric nanoparticles for pulmonary protein and DNA delivery; Acta Biomaterialia; 2014, Vol. 10, pp. 2643 – 2652.
  45. Zhiwei Xie, Yi Zhang, Li Liu, Hong Weng, Ralph P Mason, Liping Tang, Kytai T Nguyen, Jer‐Tsong Hsieh, Jian Yang; Development of intrinsically photoluminescent and photostable polylactones; Advanced Materials; 2014, Vol. 26, pp. 4491 – 4496.
  46. Lee-Chun Su, Zhiwei Xie, Yi Zhang, Kytai T. Nguyen*, Jian Yang*; Study on the antimicrobial properties of citrate-based biodegradable polymers; Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology; 2014, Vol. 2, pp. 23.
  47. Lee-Chun Su, Hao Xu, Richard T Tran, Yi-Ting Tsai, Liping Tang, Subhash Banerjee, Jian Yang, Kytai T Nguyen; In situ re-endothelialization via multifunctional nanoscaffolds; American Chemical Society NANO; 2014, Vol. 8, pp. 10826 – 10836.
  48. Primana Punnakitikashem, Danh Truong, Jyothi U Menon, Kytai T Nguyen, Yi Hong; Electrospun biodegradable elastic polyurethane fibers with dipyridamole release as small diameter vascular grafts; Acta Biomaterialia; 2014, Vol. 10, pp. 4618 – 4628.
  49. Yanbo Pei, Ming-Yuan Wei, Bingbing Cheng, Yuan Liu, Zhiwei Xie, Kytai Nguyen, Baohong Yuan; High resolution imaging beyond the acoustic diffraction limit in deep tissue via ultrasound-switchable NIR fluorescence; Nature Scientific Reports; 2014, Vol. 4, pp. 4690.
  50. Bingbing Cheng, Ming-Yuan Wei, Yuan Liu, Harish Pitta, Zhiwei Xie, Yi Hong, Kytai T Nguyen, Baohong Yuan; Development of ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging contrast agents based on thermosensitive polymers and nanoparticles; IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics; 2014, Vol. 20, pp. 1 – 14.
  51. Aniket S Wadajkar, Sonia Santimano, Maham Rahimi, Baohong Yuan, Subhash Banerjee, Kytai T Nguyen; Deep vein thrombosis: Current status and nanotechnology advances; Biotechnology Advances; 2013, Vol. 31, pp. 504 – 513.
  52. Kytai T. Nguyen. Editorial: Mesenchymal stem cells as targeted cell vehicles to deliver drug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer therapy; Journal of Nanomedicine Nanotechnology; 2013, Vol. 4, pp. e128.
  53. Aniket S Wadajkar, Jyothi U Menon, Yuh-Shyan Tsai, Crystal Gore, Timothy Dobin, Leah Gandee, Kim Kangasniemi, Masaya Takahashi, Bikash Manandhar, Jung-Mo Ahn, Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Kytai T Nguyen; Prostate cancer-specific thermo-responsive polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles; Biomaterials; 2013, Vol. 34, pp. 3618 – 3625.
  54. Jyothi U Menon, Parth Jadeja, Pranjali Tambe, Khanh Vu, Baohong Yuan, Kytai T Nguyen; Nanomaterials for photo-based diagnostic and therapeutic applications; Theranostics; 2013, Vol. 3, pp. 152 – 166.
  55. Aniket S Wadajkar, Jyothi U Menon, Tejaswi Kadapure, Richard T Tran, Jian Yang, Kytai T Nguyen; Design and application of magnetic-based nanoparticle system; Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering; 2013, Vol. 6, pp. 47 – 57.
  56. Hao Xu, Soujanya Kona, Lee-Chun Su, Yi-ting Tsai, Jing-Fei Dong, Emmanouli S. Brilarkis, Liping Tang, Subhash Banerjee, Kytai T. Nguyen; Multi-Ligand poly(L-lactic-glycolic acid) nanoparticles inhibit activation of endothelial cells; Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research; 2013, Vol. 6, pp. 570 – 578.
  57. Zhiwei Xie, Christian B. Paras, Hong Weng, Primana Punnakitikashem, Lee-Chun Su, Khanh Vu, Liping Tang, Jian Yang, Kytai T. Nguyen; Dual growth factor releasing multi-functional nanofibers for wound healing.;Acta Biomaterialia; 2013, Vol. 9, pp. 9351 – 9359.
  58. Soujanya Kona, Jing-Fei Dong, Yaling Liu, Jifu Tan, Kytai T Nguyen; Biodegradable nanoparticles mimicking platelet binding as a targeted and controlled drug delivery system; International Journal of Pharmaceutics; 2012, Vol. 423, pp. 516 – 524.
  59. Soujanya Kona, Danyel Specht, Maham Rahimi, Bhavik P Shah, Timothy A Gilbertson, Kytai T Nguyen; Targeted biodegradable nanoparticles for drug delivery to smooth muscle cells; Journal of Nanoscience Nanotechnology; 2012, Vol. 12, pp. 236 – 244.
  60. Jyothi U Menon, Soujanya Kona, Aniket S Wadajkar, Foram Desai, Anupama Vadla, Kytai T Nguyen; Effects of surfactants on the properties of PLGA nanoparticles; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research;2012, 100A, pp. 1998 – 2005.
  61. Aniket S Wadajkar, Zarna Bhavsar, Cheng-Yu Ko, Bhanuprasanth Koppolu, Weina Cui, Liping Tang, Kytai T Nguyen; Multifunctional nanoparticles for melanoma-targeted drug delivery; Acta Biomaterialia; 2012, Vol. 8, pp. 2996 – 3004.
  62. Ronak H Patel, Aniket S Wadajkar, Nimit L Patel, Venkaiah C Kavuri, Kytai T Nguyen, Hanli Liu; Patel R, Multifunctionality of indocyanine green-loaded biodegradable nanoparticles for enhanced optical imaging and hyperthermia intervention of cancer; Journal of Biomedical Optics; 2012, Vol. 17, pp. 046003.
  63. Aniket S Wadajkar, Tejaswi Kadapure, Yi Zhang, Weina Cui, Kytai T Nguyen*, Jian Yang*; Dual-imaging enabled cancer-targeting nanoparticles; Advanced Healthcare Materials; 2012, Vol. 1, pp. 450 – 456.
  64. Bhanuprasanth Koppolu, Zarna Bhavsar, Aniket S Wadajkar, Sivaniarvindpriya Nattama, Maham Rahimi, Fiemu Nwariaku, Kytai T Nguyen; Temperature-sensitive polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles as a potential drug delivery system for targeted therapy of thyroid cancer; Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology; 2012, 8, pp. 983 – 990.
  65. Hao Xu, Kytai T Nguyen, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Jian Yang, Eric Fuh, Subhash Banerjee; Enhanced endothelialization of a new stent polymer through surface enhancement and incorporation of grow factor delivering micro-particles; Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research; 2012, Vol. 5, pp. 519 – 527.
  66. Yangzhe Wu, Tian Yu, Timothy A Gilbertson, Anhong Zhou, Hao Xu, Kytai T. Nguyen; Biophysical assessment of single cell toxicity: Diesel exhaust particle-treated human aortic endothelial cells; PLoS One; 2012, Vol. 7, pp. e36885.
  67. Esteban G Garza, Aniket Wadajkar, Chul Ahn, Qiang Zhu, Lynn A Opperman, Larry L Bellinger, Kytai T Nguyen, Takashi Komabayashi; Cytotoxicity evaluation of methacrylate-based resins for clinical endodontics in vitro; Journal of Oral Science; 2012, Vol. 54, pp. 213 – 217.
  68. Waseem Asghar, Muhymin Islam, Aniket S Wadajkar, Yuan Wan, Azhar Ilyas, Kytai T Nguyen, Samir M Iqbal; PLGA micro- and nanoparticles loaded in gelatin scaffold for controlled drug release; IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology; 2012, Vol. 11, pp. 546 – 553.
  69. Baohong Yuan, Seiichi Uchiyama, Yuan Liu, Kytai T Nguyen, George Alexandrakis; High-resolution imaging in a deep turbid medium based on an ultrasound-switchable fluorescence technique; Applied Physics Letters; 2012, Vol. 101, pp. 033703.
  70. Aniket S Wadajkar, Jyothi U Menon, Kytai T Nguyen; Polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy; Reviews in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 2012, Vol. 1, pp. 284 – 297.
  71. Subhash Banerjee, Hao Xu, Eric Fuh, Kytai T Nguyen, Joseph A Garcia, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Deepak L Bhatt; Endothelial progenitor cell response to antiproliferative drug exposure; Atherosclerosis; 2012, Vol. 225, pp. 91 – 98.
  72. Bhavik Shah, Soujanya Kona, Timothy A. Gilbertson, Kytai T Nguyen; Effects of poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles on electrophysiological properties of enteroendocrine cells; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 2011, Vol. 11, pp. 3533 – 3354.
  73. Hao Xu, Rajendrasing Deshmukh, Richard B Timmons, Kytai T Nguyen; Enhanced endothelialization on surface modified poly(l-lactic acid) substrates; Tissue Engineering Part A; 2011, Vol. 177, pp. 865 – 876.
  74. Uday Tata, Hao Xu, Smitha MN Rao, Cheng-Jen Chuong, Kytai T Nguyen, J-C Chiao; A novel multiwell device to study vascular smooth muscle cell response under cyclic strain; Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine; 2011, Vol. 2, pp. 021007.
  75. Kytai T Nguyen. Editorial: Targeted nanoparticles for cancer therapy: promises and challenges; Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology; 2011, Vol. 2, pp. 5.
  76. Nesreen Alzoghoul Alsmadi, Aniket S Wadajkar, Weina Cui, Kytai T Nguyen; Effects of surfactants on properties of polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery application; Journal of Nanoparticle Research; 2011, Vol. 13, pp. 7177 – 7186.
  77. Bhanuprasanth Koppolu, Maham Rahimi, Sivaniarvindpriya Nattama, Aniket Wadajkar, Kytai T Nguyen; Development of multiple-layer polymeric particles for targeted and controlled drug delivery; Nanomedicine; 2010, Vol. 6, pp. 355 – 361.
  78. Thuy T Chastek, Aniket Wadajkar, KyTai T Nguyen, Steven D Hudson, Thomas Q Chastek; Polyglycol-templated synthesis of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) microgels with improved biocompatibility; Colloid and Polymer Science; 2010, Vol. 288, pp. 105 – 114.
  79. Arthur Lin, Abhimanyu Sabnis, Soujanya Kona, Sivaniaravindapriya Nattama, Hemang Patel, Jing‐Fei Dong, Kytai T Nguyen; Shear-regulated uptake of nanoparticles by endothelial cells and development of endothelial-targeting nanoparticles; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2010, Vol. 93A, pp. 833 – 842.
  80. Dhiman Bhattacharyya, Hao Xu, Rajendra R Deshmukh, Richard B Timmons, Kytai T Nguyen; Surface chemistry and polymer film thickness effects on endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2010, Vol. 94A, pp. 640 – 648.
  81. Maham Rahimi, Efstathios I Meletis, Shaoxin You, Kytai T Nguyen; Formulation and characterization of novel temperature-sensitive polymeric coated magnetic nanoparticles; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 2010, Vol. 10, pp. 6072 – 6081.
  82. Maham Rahimi, Aniket Wadajkar, Khaushik Subramanian, Monet Yousef, Weina Cui, Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Kytai T Nguyen; In vitro evaluation of novel polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery; Nanomedicine; 2010, Vol. 6, pp. 672 – 680.
  83. Jagannath Dey, Hao Xu, Kytai T Nguyen, Jian Yang; Crosslinked urethane doped polyester (CUPE) biphasic scaffolds: Potential for in vivo vascular tissue engineering; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2010, Vol. 95A, pp. 361 – 370.
  84. Lilei Yu, Benjamin J Scherlag, Kenneth Dormer, Kytai T Nguyen, Carey Pope, Kar-Ming Fung, Sunny S Po; Autonomic denervation with magnetic nanoparticles; Circulation; 2010, Vol. 122, pp. 2653 – 2659.
  85. Smitha Rao, Victor Lin, Uday Tata, Ganesh V Raj, Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Kytai T Nguyen, Jung-Chih Chiao; Demonstration of cancer cell migration using a novel microfluidic device; Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine; 2010, Vol. 1, pp. 021003.
  86. Kytai T Nguyen, Kajal P Shukla, Miriam Moctezuma, Arthur RC Braden, Jun Zhou, Zhibing Hu, Liping Tang; Studies of the cellular uptake of hydrogel nanospheres and microspheres by phagocytes, vascular endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2009, Vol. 88A, pp. 1022 – 1030.
  87. Aniket S Wadajkar, Bhanuprasanth Koppolu, Maham Rahimi, Kytai T Nguyen; Cytotoxic evaluation of N-isopropylacrylamide monomers and temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanoparticles; Journal of Nanoparticle Research; 2009, Vol. 11, pp. 1375 – 1382.
  88. Koffi L Dagnon, Sriram Ambadapadi, Ali Shaito, Sunny M Ogbomo, Vallerie DeLeon, Teresa D Golden, Maham Rahimi, Kytai Nguyen, Paul S Braterman, Nandika Anne D’Souza; Poly(L-lactic acid) nanocomposites with layered double hydroxides functionalized with Ibuprofen; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; 2009, Vol. 113, pp. 1905 – 1915.
  89. Soujanya Kona, Hao Xu, Seth R Hills, Kytai T Nguyen; Effects of cyclic strain and growth factors on vascular smooth muscle cell responses; Open Biomedical Engineering Journal; 2009, Vol. 3, pp. 32 – 42.
  90. Maham Rahimi, Efstathios I Meletis, Shaoxin You, Kytai Nguyen; Formulation and characterization of novel temperature sensitive polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 2010, Vol. 10, pp. 6072 – 6081.
  91. Abhimanyu Sabnis, Aniket S Wadajkar, Pranesh Aswath, Kytai T Nguyen; Factorial analyses of photopolymerizable thermoresponsive composite hydrogels for protein delivery; Nanomedicine; 2009, Vol. 5, pp. 305 – 315.
  92. Abhimanyu Sabnis, Maham Rahimi, Christopher Chapman, Kytai T Nguyen; Cytocompatibility studies of an in situ photopolymerized thermoresponsive hydrogel nanoparticle system using human aortic smooth muscle cells; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2009, Vol. 91A, pp. 52 – 59.
  93. Brian Stevens, Yanzhe Yang, Arunesh Mohandas, Brent Stucker, Kytai T Nguyen; A review of materials, fabrication methods and strategies used to enhance bone regeneration in engineered bone tissues; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2008, Vol. 85B, pp. 573 – 582.
  94. Jagannath Dey, Hao Xu, Jinhui Shen, Paul Thevenot, Sudershan R Gondi, Kytai T Nguyen, Brent S Sumerlin, Liping Tang, Jian Yang; Development of biodegradable crosslinked urethane-doped polyester elastomers; Biomaterials; 2008, Vol. 29, pp. 4637 – 4649.
  95. Maham Rahimi, Sunitha Kilaru, Ghida EL Hajj Sleiman, Anas Saleh, Dmitry Rudkevich, Kytai T Nguyen; Synthesis and characterization of thermo-sensitive nanoparticles for drug delivery applications; Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology; 2008, Vol. 4, pp. 482 – 490.
  96. Jonathan Beck, Ryan Angus, Ben Madsen, David Britt, Brent Vernon, Kytai T Nguyen; Islet encapsulation- Strategies to enhance islet cell functions; Tissue Engineering; 2007, Vol. 13, pp. 589 – 599.
  97. Kytai T Nguyen, Kajal P Shukla, Miriam Moctezuma, Liping Tang; Responses of vascular smooth muscle cells to nanotopography; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 2007, Vol. 7, pp. 2823 – 2832.
  98. Ramji Karpagavalli, Anhong Zhou, Prithiviraj Chellamuthu, Kytai Nguyen; Corrosion behavior and biocompatibility of nanostructured TiO2 film on Ti6Al4V; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2007, Vol. 83A, pp. 1087 – 1095.
  99. Ram Mohan Kripa Ramanan, Prithiviraj Chellamuthu, Liping Tang, Kytai T Nguyen; Development of a temperature-sensitive composite hydrogel for drug delivery applications; Biotechnology Progress; 2006, Vol. 22, pp. 118 – 125.
  100. Hemang J Patel, Shih‐Horng Su, Cam Patterson, Kytai T Nguyen; A combined strategy to reduce restenosis for vascular tissue engineering applications; Biotechnology Progress; 2006, Vol. 22, pp. 38 – 44.
  101. Rammohan Kriparamanan, Pranesh Aswath, Anhong Zhou, Liping Tang, Kytai T Nguyen; Nanotopography: cellular responses to nanostructured materials; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 2006, Vol. 6, pp. 1905 – 1919.
  102. Shih-Horng Su, Kytai T Nguyen, Pankaj Satasiya, Philip E Greilich, Liping Tang, Robert C Eberhart; Curcumin impregnation improves the mechanical properties and reduces the inflammatory response associated with poly(L-lactic acid) fiber; Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition; 2005, Vol. 16, pp. 353 – 370.
  103. Kytai T Nguyen, Nishat Shaikh, Kajal P Shukla, Shih-Horng Su, Robert C Eberhart, Liping Tang; Molecular responses of vascular smooth muscle cells and phagocytes to curcumin-eluting bioresorbable stent materials; Biomaterials; 2004, Vol. 25, pp. 5333 – 5346.
  104. Kytai T Nguyen, Nishat Shaikh, Debra Wawro, Sheng Zhang, Nathan D Schwade, Robert C Eberhart, Liping Tang; Molecular responses of vascular smooth muscle cells to paclitaxel-eluting bioresorbable stent materials; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; 2004, Vol. 69A, pp. 513 – 524.
  105. Robert C Eberhart, Shih-Horng Su, Kytai T Nguyen, Meital Zilberman, Liping Tang, Kevin D Nelson, Peter Frenkel; Bioresorbable polymeric stents: Current status and future promise; Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition; 2003, Vol. 14, pp. 299 – 312.
  106. Kytai T Nguyen, Shih-Horng Su, Alex Sheng, Debra Wawro, Nathan D Schwade, Charles F Brouse, Philip E Greilich, Liping Tang, Robert C Eberhart; In vitro hemocompatibility studies of drug-loaded poly-(L-lactic acid) fibers; Biomaterials;2003, 24, pp. 5191 – 5201.
  107. Kytai T Nguyen, Jennifer L West; Photopolymerizable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications; Biomaterials; 2002, Vol. 23, pp. 4307 – 4314.
  108. Kytai T Nguyen, Suzanne G Eskin, Cam Patterson, Marschall S Runge, Larry V McIntire; Shear stress reduces protease activated receptor-1 expression in human endothelial cells; Annals of Biomedical Engineering; 2001, Vol. 29, pp. 145 – 152.
  109. Kytai T Nguyen, Stacie R Frye, Suzanne G Eskin, Cam Patterson, Marschall S Runge, Larry V McIntire; Cyclic strain increases protease-activated receptor-1 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells; Hypertension; 2001, Vol. 38, pp. 1038 – 1043.
  110. Maria Papadaki, Johannes Ruef, Kytai Truong Nguyen, Fengzhi Li, Cam Patterson, Suzanne G Eskin, Larry V McIntire, Marschall S Runge; Differential regulation of protease activated receptor-1 and tissue plasminogen activator expression by shear stress in vascular smooth muscle cells; Circulation Research; 1998, Vol. 83, pp. 1027 – 1034.

 

  • Book Chapters
  1. Roshni Iyer, Joseph Wolf, Daria Zhukova, Dona Padanilam, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 12: Nanomaterial based photo-triggered drug delivery strategies for cancer theranostics, pages 351-391. Book Title: Handbook of nanomaterials for cancer theranostics (Editor: Joao Conde: Publisher: Elsevier Inc., 2018).
  2. Maham Rahimi, Aniket Wadajkar, Khaushik Subramanian, Monet Yousef, Weina Cui, Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 25: In vitro evaluation of novel polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery. Book Title: Nanomedicine in Cancer, Volume 1: Nanomedicine’s Most Cited (Editor: Lajos P. Balogh; Publisher: Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd, 2017).
  3. Jyothi U Menon, Dat X Nguyen, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 19: Development and characterization of stimulus-sensitive nano/microparticles for medical applications, pages 347-384. Book Title: Handbook of Nanoparticles (Editor: Mahmood Aliofkhazraei; Publisher: Springer International Publishing, 2015).
  4. Jyothi U Menon, Aniket S Wadajkar, Zhiwei Xie, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 5: Nanomaterials for management of lung disorders and drug delivery, pages 167-202. Book Title: Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery, Imaging, and Tissue Engineering (Editors: A Tiwari and A Tiwari; Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2013).
  5. Kaushik Subramanian, Daniel Tran, Kytai T Nguyen. Chapter 8: Cellular responses to nanoscale surface modifications of titanium implants for dentistry and bone tissue engineering applications, pages 113-136. Book Title: Emerging Nanotechnologies in Dentistry (Editor: Subramani K; Publisher: Elsevier, 2012).
  6. Soujanya Kona, Aniket S Wadajkar, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 6: Tissue engineering applications for injectable biomaterials, pages 142-182. Book Title: Injectable Biomaterials, Science and Applications (Editor: Vernon B; Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011).
  7. Hao Xu, Zarna Bhavsar, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 14: Nanoparticles-incorporated scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, pages 14-1—14-17. Book Title: Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Editor: Popat KC; Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2011).
  8. Maham Rahimi, Hao Xu, Abhimanyu Sabnis, Sivani Aravinda Priya Nattama, Monet Yousef, Kytai T Nguyen; Chapter 86: Nanoparticles for Biotechnology, Vol. 18, pp. 207-231. Book Title: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Editor: Hari Singh Nalwa; Publisher: American Scientific Publisher, 2008).

 

  • Conference Papers
  1. Tran N, Abhyankar V, Nguyen KT, Ahmad I, Weidanz J, and Gao J. MicroRNA Dysregulational Synergistic Network: Learning Context-Specific miRNA Dysregulations in Lung Cancer Subtypes. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) (19 % regular paper acceptance rate), doi: 10.1109/BIBM.2017.8217640, Kansas City, MO, Nov 13-16, 2017.
  2. Tran N, Alipourfard B, Abhyankar V, Nguyen KT, Weidanz J and Gao J. Improved microRNA biomarkers for pathological stages in lung adenocarcinoma via clustering of dysregulated microRNA-target associations. 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Jeju Island, South Korea, 2017, pp. 2708-2711. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037416, 2017.
  3. Goodfriend AC, Welch TR, Wang J, Nguyen KT, Johnson RF, Xu C, Reddy SV, Nugent A, Forbess JM. Design of a radiopaque drug delivery coating for bioresorbable stents. Proceedings of the 14th International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2015; Houston, TX.
  4. Rao SMN, Huggins C, Rahimi M, Nguyen KT, Chiao JC. Gradient formation in microfluidic devices to investigate prostate cancer cell migration.  SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7270; pp. 727015-727015-11; Smart Materials, Nano+Micro-Smart System Symposium, Micro- and Nanotechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems Conference; Melbourne, Australia; Dec. 9-12, 2008.
  5. Huggins C, Rao SMN, Nguyen KT, Chiao JC. The analysis of surface treatment of PDMS on prostate cancer and smooth muscle cells.  SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7269; pp. 726914-726914-8; Smart Materials, Nano+Micro-Smart System Symposium, Micro- and Nanotechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems Conference; Melbourne, Australia; Dec. 9-12, 2008.
  6. Xu H, Kalu N, Raghavan P, Kim MH, Nguyen KT. Interactions of prostate cancer cells to human microvascular endothelial cells under shear stress conditions.  IEEE Dallas Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop 2007; pages: 126-129.
  7. Patel H, Xu H, Su S, Patterson C, Nguyen KT. Optimization of extracellular matrix protein surface coating to enhance endothelialization on poly(l-lactic acid). IEEE Dallas Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop 2007; pages: 27-30.
  8. Nattama S, Wadajkar AS, Rahimi M, Koppolu B, Hua J, Nwariaku F, Nguyen KT. Characterization of polymer coated magnetic nanoparticles for targeted treatment of cancer.  IEEE Dallas Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop 2007; pages: 35-38.
  • Patents
  1. Kytai T Nguyen, Maham Rahimi, Soujanya Kona, Arthur H Lin; Compositions and methods for thermos-sensitive nanoparticles and magnetic nanoparticles; US. Patent 9216220; Dec 22, 2015.