2008 PUBLISHED Controversial issue: is it safe to employ mesenchymal stem cells in cell-based therapies? Lepperdinger G, Brunauer R, Jamnig A, Laschober G, Kassem M. Exp Gerontol. 2008 Nov;43(11):1018-23 PUBLISHED Transcriptional profiling of myotubes from patients with type 2 diabetes: no evidence for a primary defect in oxidative phosphorylation genes. Frederiksen CM, Højlund K, Hansen L, Oakeley EJ, Hemmings B, Abdallah BM, Brusgaard K, Beck-Nielsen H, Gaster M.Diabetologia. 2008 Nov;51(11):2068-77 PUBLISHED The histopathology of a human mesenchymal stem cell experimental tumor model: support for an hMSC origin for Ewing's sarcoma? Burns, J S; Abdallah, B M; Schrøder, Henrik Daa; Kassem, M. Histology and Histopathology. 2008; 23(10), 1229-40 PUBLISHED Distinct GAGE and MAGE-A expression during early human development indicate specific roles in lineage differentiation. Gjerstorff, Morten F ; Harkness, Linda ; Kassem, Moustapha ; Frandsen, Ulrik ; Nielsen, Ole ; Lutterodt, Melissa ; Møllgård, Kjeld ; Ditzel, Henrik ; Ditzel, Henrik. Human Reproduction. 2008; 23(10), 2194-201 PUBLISHED Identification of a membrane proteomic signature for human embryonic stem cells independent of culture conditions. Harkness, Linda; Christiansen, Helle; Nehlin, Jan; Barington, Torben; Andersen, Jens S.; Kassem, Moustapha. Stem Cell Research. 2008; 1(3) 219-227 PUBLISHED Morphology, proliferation, and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells cultured on titanium, tantalum, and chromium surfaces. Stiehler M, Lind M, Mygind T, Baatrup A, DolatshahiPirouz A, Li H, Foss M, Besenbacher F, Kassem M, Bünger C. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2008 Aug;86(2):448-58. PUBLISHED TiO(2)-based phosphoproteomic analysis of the plasma membrane and the effects of phosphatase inhibitor treatment. Thingholm, Tine; Larsen, Martin Røssel; Ingrell, Christian; Kassem, Moustapha; Jensen, Ole Nørregaard. Journal of Proteome Research. 2008; 7(8) 3304-3313 PUBLISHED Detecting pM concentrations of prostaglandins in cell culture supernatants by capillary SCX-LCMS/MS. Dahl SR, Kleiveland CR, Kassem M, Lea T, Lundanes E, Greibrokk T. J Sep Sci. 2008 Aug;31(14):2627-33. PUBLISHED Demonstration of the presence of independent pre-osteoblastic and pre-adipocytic cell populations in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Post, S; Abdallah, B M; Bentzon, J F; Kassem, M. Bone. 2008; 43(1), 32-9 PUBLISHED Effect of repeated intracoronary injection of bone marrow cells in patients with ischaemic heart failure the Danish stem cell study--congestive heart failure trial (DanCell-CHF). Diederichsen, Axel C P; Møller, Jacob E; Thayssen, Per; Junker, Anders B; Videbaek, Lars; Saekmose, Susanne G; Barington, Torben; Kristiansen, Malthe; Kassem, Moustapha. European Journal of Heart Failure. 2008; 10(7), 661-7 PUBLISHED Flow perfusion culture of human mesenchymal stem cells on silicate-substituted tricalcium phosphate scaffolds. Bjerre L, Bünger CE, Kassem M, Mygind T. Biomaterials. 2008 Jun;29(17):2616-27. PUBLISHED Osteoblastic cells: differentiation and trans-differentiation. Kassem, Moustapha; Abdallah, Basem; Saeed, Hamid. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2008; 473(2), 183-7 PUBLISHED Human mesenchymal stem cell proliferation is regulated by PGE2 through differential activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase isoforms. Kleiveland CR, Kassem M, Lea T. Exp Cell Res. 2008 May 1;314(8):1831-8 PUBLISHED Effect of hyaluronan on osteogenic differentiation of porcine bone marrow stromal cells in vitro. Zou, Lijin; Zou, Xuenong; Chen, Li; Li, Haisheng; Mygind, Tina; Kassem, Moustapha; Bünger, Cody. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2008; 26(5), 713-20 PUBLISHED Frequent hypermethylation of DBC1 in malignant lymphoproliferative neoplasms. Grønbaek, Kirsten; Ralfkiaer, Ulrik; Dahl, Christina; Hother, Christoffer; Burns, Jorge S; Kassem, Moustapha; Worm, Jesper Ralfkiaer, Elisabeth M; Knudsen, Lene M; Hokland, Peter; Guldberg, Per. Modern Pathology. 2008; 21(5), 632-8 PUBLISHED Characterization of lipid metabolism in insulin-sensitive adipocytes differentiated from immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells. Prawitt J, Niemeier A, Kassem M, Beisiegel U, Heeren J. Exp Cell Res. 2008 Feb 15;314(4):814-24. PUBLISHED Human bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: biological characteristics and potential role in therapy of degenerative diseases.Kassem M, Abdallah BM. Cell Tissue Res. 2008 Jan;331(1):157-63 PUBLISHED Human mesenchymal stem cells: from basic biology to clinical applications. Abdallah, Basem; Kassem, Moustapha. Gene Therapy Weekly. 2008; 15(2), 109-16 PUBLISHED Multilineage differentiation of porcine bone marrow stromal cells associated with specific gene expression pattern. Zou L, Zou X, Chen L, Li H, Mygind T, Kassem M, Bünger C. J Orthop Res. 2008 Jan;26(1):56-64. PUBLISHED Assessment of bone formation capacity using in vivo transplantation assays: procedure and tissue analysis. Abdallah, Basem; Ditzel, Nicholas; Kassem, Moustapha. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2008; 455, 89-100 PUBLISHED DAZL binds to the transcripts of several Tssk genes in germ cells. Zeng M, Deng W, Wang X, Qiu W Liu Y, Sun H, Tao D, Zhang S, Ma Y BMB Rep. 2008 Apr 30;41(4):300-4.