• Kukaj D., Niebert S., Biehl C., Reichart U., Schueler C., Burk J. (2025). No simple way to averaging out: Pooled mesenchymal stromal cells do not reflect average donor characteristics. Regenerative Therapy, 30, 849-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reth.2025.09.012  

• Melzer M., Niebert S., Heimann M., Ullm F., Pompe T., Scheiner-Bobis G., Burk J. (2024). Differential Smad2/3 linker phosphorylation is a crosstalk mechanism of Rho/ROCK and canonical TGF-β3 signaling in tenogenic differentiation. Scientific Reports, 14, 10393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60717-z 

• Burk J., Wittenberg-Voges L., Schubert S., Horstmeier C., Brehm W., Geburek F. (2023). Treatment of Naturally Occurring Tendon Disease with Allogeneic Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: A Randomized, Controlled, Triple-Blinded Pilot Study in Horses. Cells, 12, 2513. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12212513 

• Burk J., Melzer M., Hagen A., Lips K.S., Trinkaus K., Nimptsch A., Leopold J. (2021). Phospholipid profiles for phenotypic characterization of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, 784405. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.784405 

• Hagen A., Lehmann H., Aurich S., Bauer N., Melzer M., Moellerberndt J., Patané V., Schnabel C.L., Burk J. (2021). Scalable Production of Equine Platelet Lysate for Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Culture. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 613621. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.613621 

• Hillmann A., Paebst F., Brehm W., Piehler D., Schubert S., Tárnok A., Burk J. (2019). A novel direct co-culture assay analyzed by multicolor flow cytometry reveals context- and cell type-specific immunomodulatory effects of equine mesenchymal stromal cells. PLoS One, 14, e0218949. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218949 

• Burk J., Holland H., Lauermann A.F., May T., Siedlaczek P., Charwat V., Kasper C. (2019). Generation and characterization of a functional human adipose-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cell line. Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 116, 1417-1426. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.26950 

• Schubert S., Brehm W., Hillmann A., Burk J. (2018). Serum-free human MSC medium supports consistency in human but not in equine adipose-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cell culture. Cytometry A, 93, 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.23240 

• Burk J., Berner D., Brehm W., Hillmann A., Horstmeier C., Josten C., Paebst F., Rossi G., Schubert S., Ahrberg A.B. (2016). Long-Term Cell Tracking following Local Injection of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Equine Model of Induced Tendon Disease. Cell Transplantation, 25, 2199-2211. https://doi.org/10.3727/096368916X692104 

• Burk J., Erbe I., Berner D., Kacza J., Kasper C., Pfeiffer B., Winter C., Brehm W. (2014). Freeze-Thaw Cycles Enhance Decellularization of Large Tendon Constructs. Tissue Engineering C, 20, 276-284. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2012.0760 ;

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