Renny T Franceschi
Marcus L Ward Collegiate Professor of Dentistry
Professor of Dentistry
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
School of Dentistry
Professor of Biological Chemistry
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Available to mentor

Renny T Franceschi
Professor
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
  • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Regenerative Medicine Resource Center
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    • Center Member
      Biosciences Initiative
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Discoidin domain receptor 2 signaling through PIK3C2α in fibroblasts promotes lung fibrosis.
      Ling S, Kwak D, Takuwa Y, Ge C, Franceschi R, Kim KK. J Pathol, 2024 Apr; 262 (4): 505 - 516. DOI:10.1002/path.6253
      PMID: 38332727
    • Journal Article
      A multi-stem cell basis for craniosynostosis and calvarial mineralization.
      Bok S, Yallowitz AR, Sun J, McCormick J, Cung M, Hu L, Lalani S, Li Z, Sosa BR, Baumgartner T, Byrne P, Zhang T, Morse KW, Mohamed FF, Ge C, Franceschi RT, Cowling RT, Greenberg BH, Pisapia DJ, Imahiyerobo TA, Lakhani S, Ross ME, Hoffman CE, Debnath S, Greenblatt MB. Nature, 2023 Sep; 621 (7980): 804 - 812. DOI:10.1038/s41586-023-06526-2
      PMID: 37730988
    • Journal Article
      Synthetic peptides activating discoidin domain receptor 2 and collagen-binding integrins cooperate to stimulate osteoblast differentiation of skeletal progenitor cells.
      Ge C, Li Y, Wu F, Ma P, Franceschi RT. Acta Biomater, 2023 Aug; 166: 109 - 118. DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2023.05.039
      PMID: 37245640
    • Journal Article
      Acoustic droplet vaporization for on-demand modulation of microporosity in smart hydrogels.
      Aliabouzar M, Quesada C, Chan ZQ, Fowlkes JB, Franceschi RT, Putnam AJ, Fabiilli ML. Acta Biomater, 2023 Jul 1; 164: 195 - 208. DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2023.04.037
      PMID: 37121372
    • Journal Article
      11. Mesenchymal Lineage Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 Affects Heterotopic Ossification Formation and Extracellular Matrix Organization
      Pagani CA, Bancroft AC, Tower RJ, Livingston N, Sun Y, Hong JY, Nanes BA, Kent RN, Dean K, Franceschi R, Baker BM, Weiss SJ, Levi B. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 11 (5S): 7 - 8. DOI:10.1097/01.gox.0000937640.56138.fb
    • Journal Article
      Control of craniofacial development by the collagen receptor, discoidin domain receptor 2.
      Mohamed FF, Ge C, Hallett SA, Bancroft AC, Cowling RT, Ono N, Binrayes A-A, Greenberg B, Levi B, Kaartinen VM, Franceschi RT. Elife, 2023 Jan 19; 12: DOI:10.7554/eLife.77257
      PMID: 36656123
    • Journal Article
      Discoidin domain receptors; an ancient family of collagen receptors has major roles in bone development, regeneration and metabolism.
      Franceschi RT, Hallett SA, Ge C. Front Dent Med, 2023 4: DOI:10.3389/fdmed.2023.1181817
      PMID: 38222874
    • Journal Article
      Discoidin domain receptor 2 regulates aberrant mesenchymal lineage cell fate and matrix organization.
      Pagani CA, Bancroft AC, Tower RJ, Livingston N, Sun Y, Hong JY, Kent RN, Strong AL, Nunez JH, Medrano JMR, Patel N, Nanes BA, Dean KM, Li Z, Ge C, Baker BM, James AW, Weiss SJ, Franceschi RT, Levi B. Sci Adv, 2022 Dec 21; 8 (51): eabq6152 DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abq6152
      PMID: 36542719