Beth C. Bragdon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Biography
I am interested in the effects of trauma and repair as it pertains to the musculoskeletal system with an emphasis on stem/progenitor cell recruitment, differentiation, and formation of bone tissue and the signaling pathways involved with these processes. Currently, the stem cell population(s) that drives heterotopic ossification (HO) due to trauma or even fracture repair is unknown. My work focuses on 1) the identification and isolation of the stem/progenitor cell populations that contribute to post-natal bone formation (HO and fracture) and 2) compare the transcriptome of these different populations for similarities and identify key signaling pathways that could be used as targets for future therapy.
Education
- University of Maine, PhD
- University of Maine, BS
Publications
- Published on 6/11/2024
Blank K, Ekanayake D, Cooke M, Bragdon B, Hussein A, Gerstenfeld L. Relationships between matrix mineralization, oxidative metabolism, and mitochondrial structure during ATDC5 murine chondroprogenitor cell line differentiation. J Cell Physiol. 2024 Aug; 239(8):e31285. PMID: 38860464.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/30/2023
Liu Y, Ilinski A, Gerstenfeld LC, Bragdon B. Prx1 cell subpopulations identified in various tissues with diverse quiescence and activation ability following fracture and BMP2 stimulation. Front Physiol. 2023; 14:1106474. PMID: 36793419.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/23/2023
Hussein AI, Carroll D, Bui M, Wolff A, Matheny H, Hogue B, Lybrand K, Cooke M, Bragdon B, Morgan E, Demissie S, Gerstenfeld L. Oxidative metabolism is impaired by phosphate deficiency during fracture healing and is mechanistically related to BMP induced chondrocyte differentiation. Bone Rep. 2023 Jun; 18:101657. PMID: 37425193.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/26/2022
Bragdon BC, Bennie A, Molinelli A, Liu Y, Gerstenfeld LC. Post natal expression of Prx1 labels appendicular restricted progenitor cell populations of multiple tissues. J Cell Physiol. 2022 May; 237(5):2550-2560. PMID: 35338481.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/10/2021
Lu D, Demissie S, Horowitz NB, Gower AC, Lenburg ME, Alekseyev YO, Hussein AI, Bragdon B, Liu Y, Daukss D, Page JM, Webster MZ, Schlezinger JJ, Morgan EF, Gerstenfeld LC. Temporal and Quantitative Transcriptomic Differences Define Sexual Dimorphism in Murine Postnatal Bone Aging. JBMR Plus. 2022 Feb; 6(2):e10579. PMID: 35229061.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/16/2020
Montagna G, Cristofaro F, Fassina L, Bruni G, Cucca L, Kochen A, Divieti Pajevic P, Bragdon B, Visai L, Gerstenfeld L. An in vivo Comparison Study Between Strontium Nanoparticles and rhBMP2. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2020; 8:499. PMID: 32612980.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2018
Bragdon BC, Bahney CS. Origin of Reparative Stem Cells in Fracture Healing. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2018 08; 16(4):490-503. PMID: 29959723.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/12/2017
Bragdon B, Lam S, Aly S, Femia A, Clark A, Hussein A, Morgan EF, Gerstenfeld LC. Earliest phases of chondrogenesis are dependent upon angiogenesis during ectopic bone formation in mice. Bone. 2017 Aug; 101:49-61. PMID: 28412469.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/7/2016
Ko FC, Martins JS, Reddy P, Bragdon B, Hussein AI, Gerstenfeld LC, Demay MB. Acute Phosphate Restriction Impairs Bone Formation and Increases Marrow Adipose Tissue in Growing Mice. J Bone Miner Res. 2016 Dec; 31(12):2204-2214. PMID: 27324177.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/2/2015
Bragdon B, Lybrand K, Gerstenfeld L. Overview of biological mechanisms and applications of three murine models of bone repair: closed fracture with intramedullary fixation, distraction osteogenesis, and marrow ablation by reaming. Curr Protoc Mouse Biol. 2015; 5(1):21-34. PMID: 25727198.
Read at: PubMed
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