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Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Practitioner Teaching Certificate: August 2021
Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Practitioner Teaching Certificate: August 2021
Future Clayton Laboratory Projects:
Publications
Gonzalez C.E., Vaidya R.S., Clayton S.W., Tang S.Y. The transcriptome and secreted factors of the intervertebral discs in STZ-HFD Type 2 diabetic male mice reveal extensive inflammation. Dis Model Mech. 2025. Epub 20251006. https://doi: 10.1242/dmm.052384
Clayton, S. W., Sebastian, A., Wilson, S. P., Hum, N. R., Walk, R. E., Easson, G. W. D., Vaidya, R., Broz, K. S., Loots, G. G., & Tang, S. Y. (2025). Single cell RNA sequencing reveals shifts in cell maturity and function of endogenous and infiltrating cell types in response to acute intervertebral disc injury. Exp Cell Res, 451(1), 114691. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2025.114691
Li, X., Fang, L., Zhou, R., Yao, L., Clayton, S. W., Muscat, S., Kamm, D. R., Wang, C., Liu, C. J., Qin, L., Tower, R. J., Karner, C. M., Guilak, F., Tang, S. Y., Loiselle, A. E., Meyer, G. A., & Shen, J. (2025). Current cutting-edge omics techniques on musculoskeletal tissues and diseases. Bone Res, 13(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-025-00442-z
Potter, R*. S., Moon, H. J.*, Clayton, S. W.*, Walk, R. E., Liefer, A. L., Jing, L., Stratman, A. N., Setton, L. A., Gupta, M. C., & Tang, S. Y. (2025). Ablation of VEGFA following a lumbar intervertebral disc injury attenuates intradiscal neurovascular features and prevents chronic low back pain symptoms. bioRxiv, 2025.2006.2003.657641. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.03.657641. *These authors led the study equally.
Clayton, S. W., R. E. Walk, L. Mpofu, G. W. D. Easson, and S. Y. Tang. (2024). Sex-Specific Divergences in the Types and Timing of Infiltrating Immune Cells during the Intervertebral Disc Acute Injury Response Are Associated with Reduced Degenerative Changes. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.10.002.
Buettmann, E. G., Chlebek, C., Lockard, C. A., Clayton, S. W., Lewis, K. J., & Collins, K. H. (2023). Post or perish? Social media strategies for disseminating orthopedic research. J Orthop Res, 41(8), 1643-1652.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jor.25588
Rohanifar, M., Clayton, S. W., Easson, G., Patil, D. S., Lee, F., Jing, L., Barcellona, M. N., Speer, J. E., Stivers, J. J., Tang, S. Y. & Setton, L. A (2022). “Single Cell RNA-Sequence Analyses Reveal Uniquely Expressed Genes and Heterogeneous Immune Cell Involvement in the Rat Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.” Applied Sciences, 12, 8244.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/16/8244
Clayton, S. W., A. Angermeier, J. E. Halbrooks, R. McCardell and R. Serra (2022). "TGFβ signaling is required for sclerotome resegmentation during development of the spinal column in Gallus gallus." Developmental Biology. 488: 120-130.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160622001014?via%3Dihub
Clayton, S. W., Ban, G. I., Liu, C., & Serra, R (2020). “Canonical and noncanonical TGF-β signaling regulate fibrous tissue differentiation in the axial skeleton.” Scientific reports. 10(1), 21364.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721728/
Ban, Ga I., Williams, S., R. Serra., (2019). "Antagonism of BMP signaling is insufficient to induce fibrous differentiation in primary sclerotome." Exp Cell Res 378(1): 11-20.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30817928/
Williams, S., B. Alkhatib and R. Serra (2019). “Development of the axial skeleton and intervertebral disc.” Current Topics in Developmental Biology: Vertebrate Skeletal Development. Elsevier (133) 49-90
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30902259/
Alkhatib, B., G. I. Ban, S. Williams and R. Serra (2018). "IVD Development: Nucleus Pulposus Development and Sclerotome Specification." Current Molecular Biology Reports: 1-10.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30505649/
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