Allison A. Stewart, Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, U of I at Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Allison A. Stewart

Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine

Professional Interests:  Osteoarthritis, progressive degenerative changes of articular cartilage, mesenchymal stem cell based cartilage repair, cell culture models of therapeutic medications for osteoarthritis, arthroscopic treatment of joint disease and resolution of joint infections.

Selected Publications:

Stewart A, Byron C, Pondenis H, Stewart M. The effect of fibroblastic growth factor-2 on equine monolayer stem cell expansion and subsequent chondrogenesis. (2006) Accepted - American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Benson B, Byron C, Pondenis H, Stewart A. The effects of radial shock waves on the metabolism of equine cartilage explants in vitro. (2006) Accepted - New Zealand Veterinary Journal.

Oshin A, Caporali E, Stewart A, Byron C, Stewart M. Phenotypic maintenance of articular chondrocytes /in vitro/ requires BMP activity. (2006) Accepted - Veterinary Comparative Orthopaedics and Trauma.

Yates A, Stewart A, Byron C, Pondenis H, Kaufmann K, Constable P. Effects of sodium hyaluronate and methylprednisolone acetate on proteoglycans metabolism in equine articular chondrocytes treated with interleukin-1. (2006) Dec:67(21):1980-1986. American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Olds A, Stewart A, Freeman D, Schaeffer D. Evaluation of the rate of development of septic arthritis after elective arthroscopy in horses: 7 cases (1994- 2003). (2006) Dec:229(12):1949-1954. Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association.

Stewart A, Rush B, Davis E. The efficacy of intratumoral 5-fluorouracil for the treatment of equine sarcoids. (2006) Mar:84(3):101-106. Australian Veterinary Journal.

Byron C, Benson B, Stewart A, Stewart M. Effects of radial shock waves on equine cartilage explant integrity, chondrocyte membrane permeability, and chondrocyte viability. (2005) Oct:66(10):1757-1763. American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Rotting A, Worster A, Lillich J. Femoral capital physeal fracture repair in a donkey. (2005) 17(2):97-100. Equine Veterinary Education.

Griffon D, Sedighi R, Sendemir-Urkmez A, Stewart A, Jamison R. Vacuum and dynamic cell seeding of polyglycolic acid and chitosan scaffolds for cartilage engineering. (2005) Apr:66(4):599-605. American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Doyle A, Stewart A, Constable P, Eurell JA, Freeman D, Griffon D. Effects on sodium hyaluronate and methylprednisolone acetate on proteoglycan synthesis in equine articular cartilage explants. (2005) Jan:66(1):48-53. American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Olds A, Stewart A, Grimm J. Whats Your Diagnosis? A pedunculated heterogenous mineral opacity structure is evident ventral to the third premolar on the left mandible. (2004) Apr:224(7):1073-1074. Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association.

Worster A, Nixon A, Fortier L, Bent S, Williams J, Nixon A. Chondrocytic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells sequentially exposed to transforming growth factor- B1 in monolayer and insulin-like growth factor-I in a three-dimensional matrix. (2001) Jul:19(4):738-749. Journal of Orthopedic Research.