Name:  Chrisoula Toupadakis Skouritakis
Major Professor:  Clare Yellowley
Department:  Vet. Anatomy & Cell Biology
Lab Phone:  (530) 754-6865
Email:  catoupadakis@ucdavis.edu
Web Site:  http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vorl/index.cfm
BS - University of California, Davis - Art Studio and Biological Sciences (emph. NPB) - 2005
Research Interests
Murine Models of Fracture Healing; Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Fracture Site Hypoxia and the SDF-1/CXCR4 pathway; Bone Regeneration and Veterinary Orthopedic Surgery Medical and Scientific Illustration and 3D models
 
Publications Toupadakis CA, Wong A, Genetos DC, Cheung WK, Borjesson DL, Ferraro GL, Galuppo LD, Leach JK, Owens SD, Yellowley CE. 2010. Comparison of the Osteogenic Potential of Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Bone Marrow, Adipose Tissue, Umbilical Cord Blood, and Umbilical Cord Tissue. American Journal of Veterinary Medicine. 71(10):1237-45.

Genetos, DC, Toupadakis, CA, Raheja, LF, et al. 2010. Hypoxia decreases sclerostin expression and increases Wnt signaling in osteoblasts. J Cell Biochem 110(2): 457-467.

Griffiths, LG. 2010. Surgery for Cardiac Disease in Small Animals: Current Techniques. Veterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice: Topics in Cardiology. 40(4):605-622 (MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRISOULA TOUPADAKIS)

Chung DJ, Hayashi K, Toupadakis CA, Wong A, Yellowley CE. Osteogenic proliferation and differentiation of canine bone marrow and adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stromal cells and the influence of hypoxia. Res Vet Sci. 2010 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Toupadakis, CA, Wong, A, Chung, DJ, et al. 2011. Enhancement of Fracture Repair by Mobilizing Endogenous Stem Cell Populations. [IN PREPARATION]

Toupadakis, CA, Wong, A, Genetos, et al. 2011. Long-term administration of AMD3100, an antagonist of SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling, impairs fracture repair. J Orthop Res. [UNDER REVIEW]

Fierro, FA, Tomas, EJ, Toupadakis, CA, et al. 2011. Small Animal Models of Tissue Regeneration. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine [IN PRESS]

Griffiths, LG, Fransioli, J, Chigerwe, M. 2011. Echocardiographic Assessment of Interventricular and Intraventricular Mechanical Synchrony in Normal Dogs. J Vet Cardiol.13(2):115-26 (Medical illustrations by Chrisoula Toupadakis)

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