Vicki Plaks

Publications

• Adaptive Immune Regulation of Mammary Postnatal Organogenesis
  Developmental Cell. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26321127
• The Cancer Stem Cell Niche: How Essential is the Niche in Regulating Stemness of Tumor Cells?
  Cell Stem Cell. Mar, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25748930
• Blastocyst Implantation Failure Relates to Impaired Translational Machinery Gene Expression
  Reproduction (Cambridge, England). Jul, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24700326
• Cancer. Circulating Tumor Cells
  Science (New York, N.Y.). Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24031008
• Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Deficiency Phenocopies Features of Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23776237
• Lgr5-expressing Cells Are Sufficient and Necessary for Postnatal Mammary Gland Organogenesis
  Cell Reports. Jan, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23352663
• Imaging Tumor-stroma Interactions During Chemotherapy Reveals Contributions of the Microenvironment to Resistance
  Cancer Cell. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22516258
• A Role for Notch Signaling in Trophoblast Endovascular Invasion and in the Pathogenesis of Pre-eclampsia
  Development (Cambridge, England). Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21693515
• Survival and Size Are Differentially Regulated by Placental and Fetal PKBalpha/AKT1 in Mice
  Biology of Reproduction. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 20980686
• Functional Phenotyping of the Maternal Albumin Turnover in the Mouse Placenta by Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI
  Molecular Imaging and Biology : MIB : the Official Publication of the Academy of Molecular Imaging. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 20686857
• Bone Vascularization and Trabecular Bone Formation Are Mediated by PKB Alpha/Akt1 in a Gene-dosage-dependent Manner: in Vivo and Ex Vivo MRI
  Magnetic Resonance in Medicine : Official Journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20572141
• Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment
  Cell. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20371345
• Ferritin Nanoparticles As Magnetic Resonance Reporter Gene
  Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. Mar-Apr, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 20049789
• Uterine DCs Are Crucial for Decidua Formation During Embryo Implantation in Mice
  The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dec, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19033665
• Gap Junctions in the Ovary: Expression, Localization and Function
  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. Jan, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18162286
• Oocyte-directed Depletion of Connexin43 Using the Cre-LoxP System Leads to Subfertility in Female Mice
  Developmental Biology. Jan, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18005958
• MRI Detection of Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Transgenic Mice
  Nature Medicine. Apr, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17351627
• Cloprostenol, a Prostaglandin F(2alpha) Analog, Induces Hypoxia in Rat Placenta: BOLD Contrast MRI
  NMR in Biomedicine. Feb, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 16947426
• MRI Analysis of Angiogenesis During Mouse Embryo Implantation
  Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. May, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16598729
• WST11, a Novel Water-soluble Bacteriochlorophyll Derivative; Cellular Uptake, Pharmacokinetics, Biodistribution and Vascular-targeted Photodynamic Activity Using Melanoma Tumors As a Model
  Photochemistry and Photobiology. Mar-Apr, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15623318
• Homologous Adaptation to Oxidative Stress Induced by the Photosensitized Pd-bacteriochlorophyll Derivative (WST11) in Cultured Endothelial Cells
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Oct, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15339936
• Photodynamic Therapy of Established Prostatic Adenocarcinoma with TOOKAD: a Biphasic Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Change As Potential Early MRI Response Marker
  Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.). May-Jun, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15153334