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Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Marcolongo, M., Ducheyne, P.,and LaCourse, W., “Surface reaction layer formation in vitro on a bioactive glass fiber/polymeric composite”, J. Biomed. Mater. Res, 37, 440-448, 1997.

  2. Marcolongo,M., Ducheyne, P., and Garino,J., “Bioactive glass fiber polymeric composites bond to bone tissue”, J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 39, 161-170, 1998.

  3. Marcolongo, M., DiNardo, J.,  Hickok, N., Pourezzaei, K.,  Beard, R., Brennan, D.J., Heipp, P.S., Phan, T., Protein adsorption and conformation and cellular attachment on biomaterials surfaces as a function of surface charge in Biomedical Materials-Drug Delivery, Implants, and Tissue Engineering, Neenan, T.X., Valentini, R., and Marcolongo, M., Eds.  Volume 550 MRS Conference Proceedings, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, May, 1999.

  4. Thomas, J., Lowman, A., and Marcolongo, M., “Novel associated hydrogels for nucleus pulposus replacement”, J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 67A:1329-1337, 2003.

  5. Kurtz, A.M, Hozack, W., Marcolongo, M., Turner, J., Edidin, A. and Rimnac, C.,”In vivo degradation of mechanical properties and wear performance of UHMWPE acetabular liners, J. Arthroplasty, 18(7), Sup. 1 68-78, 2003.

  6. Thomas, J., Gomes, K., Lowman, A., and Marcolongo, M., “The effect of dehydration history on PVA/PVP hydrogels for nucleus pulposus replacement”, J. Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 69B: 135-140, 2004.

  7. Katta, J.K., Marcolongo, M.S., Lowman A.M. and Mansmann, K.A.,"Friction and wear characteristics of PVA/PVP hydrogels for articular cartilage", Proc.  IEEE 3, 142-143, 2004.

  8. Kurtz, S. M., Rimnac,C.M., Hozack.W., Turner, J., Marcolongo, M. Goldberg, V.M., Kraay, M., and Edidin, A.A., "In vivo degradation of polyethylene liners after gamma sterilization in air", J. Bone and Jt. Surg., 87A: 815-823, 2005.

  9. A. Joshi, Methta, S., Vresilovic, E., Karduna, A., and Marcolongo, M., “Nucleus implant parameters significantly change the compressive stiffness of the human lumbar intervertebral disc", Trans. of the ASME, 127: 536-540, 2005. 

  10. Ho, E. and Marcolongo, M., "Effect of coupling agents on the local mechanical properties of bioactive dental composites by the nano-indentation technique", Dental Mater., 21: 656-644 (2005).

  11. Fussell, G., Thomas, J., Scanlon, J., Lowman, A., and Marcolongo, M., "The Effect of Protein-Free versus Protein-Containing Media on the Uptake of Ions in PVA/PVP Hydrogels", J. Biomater. Sci.: Polym. Edn., 16(4): 489-503, 2005.

  12. Ho, E. and Marcolongo, M. "The role of interfacial mechanics in the prediction of global mechanical behavior of a bioactive composite:  an in vitro study", J. Oral Implantology ,XXXII (2) 64-71 (2006).

  13. Joshi, A, Fussell, G, Thomas, J, Hsuan, A, Lowman, A, Karduna, A, Vresilovic, E, Marcolongo, M, "Functional compressive mechanics of a PVA/PVP nucleus pulposus replacement," Biomaterials 27: 176-184 , 2006.

  14. Ho, E., Lowman, A. and Marcolongo, M, "Synthesis and characterization of an injectable hydrogel with tunable mechanical properties for soft tissue repair", Biomacromolecules, (7) 3223-3228, 2006.

  15. Otto Aufranc Award Paper: Kurtz,S.M., Hozack, W., Purtill, J., Marcolongo, M, Kraay, M., Goldberg, V., Sharkey, P., Parvizi, J., Rimnac,C., Edidin, A., "Significance of in vivo degradation for polyethylene in total hip arthoplasty", Clin Ortho. And Rel. Res., 459: 47-57, 2006.

  16. Perea, W., Cannella, M., Vega, A., Polenova, T., and Marcolongo, M., "2H double quantum filtered (DQF) NMR spectroscopy of the nucleus pulposus tissues of the intervertebral disc.", Mag. Res. in Med.,57:990-999, 2007.

  17. Ho, E., Lowman, A., and Marcolongo, M., "In situ apatite forming injectable hydrogel", Journal of Biomed., Mater. Res., Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 83A(1): 249-256, 2007.

  18. Katti, J., Marcolongo, M., Lowman, A., Mannsman, K., " Friction and wear behavior of PVA/PVP hydrogels for articular cartilage replacement”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 83A(2): 471-479, 2007.

  19. Joshi,A., Vresilovic, E., Cannella, M., Arthur, A., Karduna, A., Marcolongo, M., "The effect of partial denulceation on the mechanical behavior of the intervertebral disc", J. Biomech., 41(10) 2104-2111, 2008.

  20. Ooms, K.J., Cannella, M., Vega, A. J., Marcolongo, M., Polenova, T., “The application of 23Na DQF NMR spectroscopy for the study of spinal disc degeneration”, Mag. Res. in Med., 60(2) 246-52, 2008 (cover image).

  21. Ooms, K.J., Cannella, M., Vega, A.J. Marcolongo, M., Polenova, T., “23Na TQF NMR imaging for the study of spinal disc tissue”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Volume 195, Issue 1, 112-115, 2008.

  22. Joshi, A., Massey, C., A. Karduna, E. Vresilovic, Marcolongo, M., “The Effect of Nucleus Implant Parameters on the Compressive Mechanics of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc: A Finite Element Study”, J. Biomed. Mater. Res (B), 112(1) 541-549, 2009.

  23. Liu, X., Marcolongo, M., and Lowman, A.,”Short term in vitro response of associating hydrogels”, J. Appl. Poly. Sci., 112(1) 541-549, 2009.

  24. Nair, K., Gandhi, M., Khalil,S., Yan, K.C., Marcolongo, M., Barbee, K., and Sun, W., “Characterization of cell viability during bioprinting processes”, Biotechnol. J., 4(8) 1168-77, 2009.

  25. Baxter, R.M., Steinbeck, M.J., Tipper, J.L., Rimnac, C.M., Parvizi, J., Marcolongo, M., Kurtz, S. M., “Comparison of Periprosthetic Tissue Digestion Methods for Polyethylene Wear Particle Extraction, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. B, 91B(1), 409-418, 2009.

  26. Thomas, J., G. Fussell, Sarkar, S., Lowman, A.M., Marcolongo, M., “The effect of branched or grafted PEG/PNIPAAm hydrogels on quasi-static compression and mechanical recovery”, Acta Biomater., accepted.

  27. Arthur, A., Cannella, M., Keane, M., Singhatat, W., Vresilovic, R., and Marcolongo, M., “Fill of the nucleus cavity affects mechanical stability in compression, bending and torsion of a spine segment which has undergone nucleus replacement”, Spine, accepted.

  28. Rothstein, D., Robertson, N., Jost, M., Marcolongo, M., “Model cell lines for the study of primary blastocyst attachment to the uterine epithelium”, submitted.

  29. Cannella, M., Orana, A., Vresilovic, E., and Marcolongo, M., “Nucleus pulposus augmentation creates a linear relationship among implant volume, disc height and intradiscal pressure”, Spine, in preparation.

  30. Cannella, M., Allen, S., Vresilovic, E., and Marcolongo, M., “Partial denucleation and subsequent implantation of the nucleus pulposus is able to restore intact compressive mechanics”, J. Biomech., in preparation.

  31. Rothstein, D., Robertson, N., Jost, M., Barbee, K., and Marcolongo, M., “L-selectin mediated attachment strength of trophoblastic cell model”, in preparation.

  32. Massey, C., Sarkar, S., Marcolongo, M., “FTIR Characterization of Intervertebral Disc Biochemistry”, Acta Biomater., in preparation.

  33. Massey, C., Vresilovic, E., Marcolongo, M., “Tri-phasic model of intervertebral disc degeneration:  Compressive biomechanics through the diurnal cycle”, J. Biomech., in preparation.

  34. Massey, c., Vresilovic, E., Marcolongo, M., “Dynamic mechanical behavior of injectable hydrogels in degenerative disc model”, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. (A), in preparation.

Book Chapters

  1. Ducheyne, P., Marcolongo,M., and Schepers, E., “Bioceramic composites”, An Introduction to Bioceramics, Hench, L.L., and Wilson,J., Eds., World Scientific, London, 281-297, 1993.

  2. N. Hickok, J. Purtill, M. Marcolongo, and R.S. Tuan,”Biological Fixation in Hip Replacement” In:  Hip Replacement:  Current Trends and Controversies (Ed. R.K. Sinha), Marcel-Dekker, Inc., Chapter 5, 137-176.

  3. Marcolongo, M., Kambin, P., Lowman, A. and Karduna, A. “Experience with minimally invasive nucleus replacement” in Arthoscopic and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, P. Kambin, Ed., Humana Press, 2005.

  4. Marcolongo, M. and Joshi, A., "Spinal Implants" in Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, Wiley, Volume 6, 229-240, 2006.

  5. Marcolongo, M., Cannella, M. and Massey, C., "Nucleus Replacement of the Intervertebral Disc" in Spine Technology Handbook, S. Kurtz, ed, 2007.

  6. Marcolongo, M., Sarker, S., “Trends in materials for spine surgery”, Comprehensive Biomaterials, Elsevier, in press.

Books Edited

Neenan, T.X., Marcolongo, M., and  Valentini, R., Eds.  Biomedical Materials-Drug Delivery, Implants, and Tissue Engineering, Volume 550 MRS Conference Proceedings, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, May, 1999.

Patents

  1. Marcolongo, M., Vresilovic, E., Schauer, C., Sarkar, S., Jackson, B., “Biomimetic Aggrecan”, disclosure (2009).

  2. Marcolongo, M, Lowman, A., M . Keane, E. Vresilovic and Clemow, A, "Hydrogel balloon prosthesis for nucleus pulposus", pending.

  3. Marcolongo, M, Lowman, A., and Ho,E., "Bioactive thermogelling polymers", pending.

  4. Lowman, A., Marcolongo, M., and Clemow, A., “Thermogelling polymer blends for biomaterial applications”, allowed.

  5. Marcolongo, M., and Lowman, A.,”Hydrogel copolymers for nucleus pulposus replacement in intervertebral discs”, #7,214,245 (2007).

  6. Marcolongo,M., Ducheyne, P., Ko, F., and LaCourse, W.,“Composite Materials using bone bioactive glass and ceramic fibers”,Patents #5,468,544 (1995);  5, 645,934 (1997); 5,721,049 (1998); #6,121,172 (2000).

  7. Marcolongo, M., DiMaio, W., and Weiss, A. P., “Anatomically neutral joint”, Patent#5,824,095 (1998).