Publications
Guo P, Poulos MG, Palikuqi B, Badwe CR, Lis R, Kunar B, Ding BS, Rabbany SY, Shido K, Butler JM, Rafii S. Endothelial jagged-2 sustains hematopoietic stem and progenitor reconstitution after myelosuppression. The journal of clinical investigation. 2017 Oct 23. pii: 92309. doi: 10.1172/JCI92309.
Poulos MG, Ramalingam P, Gutkin MC, Llanos P, Gilleran K, Rabbany SY, Butler JM. Endothelial transplantation rejuvenates aged hematopoietic stem cell function. The journal of clinical investigation. 2017 Nov 1;127(11):4163-4178. doi: 10.1172/JCI93940.
Conversion of adult endothelium to immunocompetent haematopoietic stem cells. Lis R, Karrasch CC, Poulos MG, Barcia Duran JG, Schachterle W, Ginsberg M, Tabrizi AR, Shido K, Sandler V, Speck N, Butler JM, Scandura J, Rafii S. Nature. 2017 May 25; 545(7655):439-445.
Altered feto-placental vascularization, placenta malperfusion, and fetal growth restriction in mice with Egfl7 loss-of-function. Lacko LA, Hurtado R, Hinds S, Poulos MG, Butler JM, Stuhlmann H. Development. 2017 May 19 pii: dev.147025
A Common Origin for B-1a and B-2 Lymphocytes in Clonal Pre-Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Hadland BK, Varnum-Finney B, Mandal PK, Rossi DJ, Poulos MG, Butler JM, Rafii S, Yoder MC, Yoshimoto M, Bernstein ID. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Jun 6; 8(6): 1563-1572.
Endothelial-specific inhibition of NF-κB enhances functional haematopoiesis. Poulos MG, Ramalingam P, Gutkin MC, Kleppe M, Ginsberg M, Crowley MJ, Elemento O, Levine RL, Rafii S, Kitajewski J, Greenblatt MB, Shim JH, Butler JM. Nature communications. 2016; 7:13829.
Sinusoidal ephrin receptor EPHB4 controls hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization from bone marrow. Kwak H, Salvucci O, Weigert R, Martinez-Torrecuadrada JL, Henkemeyer M, Poulos MG, Butler JM, Tosato G. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2016; 126(12): 4554.
Endothelial Cells Promote Expansion of Long-Term Engrafting Marrow Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Primates. Gori JL, Butler JM, Kunar B, Poulos MG, Ginsberg M, Nolan DJ, Norgaard ZK, Adair JE, Rafii S, Kiem HP. Stem cells translational medicine. 2016
Spleen hypoplasia leads to abnormal stress hematopoiesis in mice with loss of Pbx homeoproteins in splenic mesenchyme. Zewdu R, Risolino M, Barbulescu A, Ramalingam P, Butler JM, Selleri L. (Co-Corresponding Author) Journal of anatomy. 2016; 229(1):153-69.
Distinct bone marrow blood vessels differentially regulate haematopoiesis. Itkin T, Gur-Cohen S, Spencer JA, Schajnovitz A, Ramasamy SK, Kusumbe AP, Ledergor G, Jung Y, Milo I, Poulos MG, Kalinkovich A, Ludin A, Kollet O, Shakhar G, Butler JM, Rafii S, Adams RH, Scadden DT, Lin CP, Lapidot T. Nature. 2016; 532(7599):323-8.
Vascular Platform to Define Hematopoietic Stem Cell Factors and Enhance Regenerative Hematopoiesis. Poulos MG, Crowley MJ, Gutkin MC, Ramalingam P, Schachterle W, Thomas JL, Elemento O, Butler JM. Stem cell reports. 2015; 5(5):881-94.
Endothelium and NOTCH specify and amplify aorta-gonad-mesonephros-derived hematopoietic stem cells. Hadland BK, Varnum-Finney B, Poulos MG, Moon RT, Butler JM, Rafii S, Bernstein ID. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2015; 125(5):2032-45.
Vascular niche promotes hematopoietic multipotent progenitor formation from pluripotent stem cells. Gori JL, Butler JM, Chan YY, Chandrasekaran D, Poulos MG, Ginsberg M, Nolan DJ, Elemento O, Wood BL, Adair JE, Rafii S, Kiem HP. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2015; 125(3):1243-54.
Activation of the vascular niche supports leukemic progression and resistance to chemotherapy. Poulos MG, Gars EJ, Gutkin MC, Kloss CC, Ginsberg M, Scandura JM, Rafii S, Butler JM. Experimental hematology. 2014; 42(11):976-86.e1-3.
Reprogramming human endothelial cells to haematopoietic cells requires vascular induction. Sandler VM, Lis R, Liu Y, Kedem A, James D, Elemento O, Butler JM, Scandura JM, Rafii S. Nature. 2014; 511(7509):312-8.
Endothelial cells provide a niche for placental hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell expansion through broad transcriptomic modification. Raynaud CM, Butler JM, Halabi NM, Ahmad FS, Ahmed B, Rafii S, Rafii A. Stem cell research. 2013; 11(3):1074-90.
Endothelial Jagged-1 is necessary for homeostatic and regenerative hematopoiesis. Poulos MG, Guo P, Kofler NM, Pinho S, Gutkin MC, Tikhonova A, Aifantis I, Frenette PS, Kitajewski J, Rafii S, Butler JM. Cell reports. 2013; 4(5):1022-34.
Molecular signatures of tissue-specific microvascular endothelial cell heterogeneity in organ maintenance and regeneration. Nolan DJ, Ginsberg M, Israely E, Palikuqi B, Poulos MG, James D, Ding BS, Schachterle W, Liu Y, Rosenwaks Z, Butler JM, Xiang J, Rafii A, Shido K, Rabbany SY, Elemento O, Rafii S. Developmental cell. 2013; 26(2):204-19.
Human ESC-derived hemogenic endothelial cells undergo distinct waves of endothelial to hematopoietic transition. Rafii S, Kloss CC, Butler JM, Ginsberg M, Gars E, Lis R, Zhan Q, Josipovic P, Ding BS, Xiang J, Elemento O, Zaninovic N, Rosenwaks Z, Sadelain M, Rafii JA, James D. Blood. 2013; 121(5):770-80.
Efficient direct reprogramming of mature amniotic cells into endothelial cells by ETS factors and TGFβ suppression. Ginsberg M, James D, Ding BS, Nolan D, Geng F, Butler JM, Schachterle W, Pulijaal VR, Mathew S, Chasen ST, Xiang J, Rosenwaks Z, Shido K, Elemento O, Rabbany SY, Rafii S. Cell. 2012; 151(3):559-75.
Development of a vascular niche platform for expansion of repopulating human cord blood stem and progenitor cells. Butler JM, Gars EJ, James DJ, Nolan DJ, Scandura JM, Rafii S. Blood. 2012; 120(6):1344-7.
c-Kit-mediated functional positioning of stem cells to their niches is essential for maintenance and regeneration of adult hematopoiesis. Kimura Y, Ding B, Imai N, Nolan DJ, Butler JM, Rafii S. PloS one. 2011; 6(10):e26918.
Inductive angiocrine signals from sinusoidal endothelium are required for liver regeneration.
Ding BS, Nolan DJ, Butler JM, James D, Babazadeh AO, Rosenwaks Z, Mittal V, Kobayashi H, Shido K, Lyden D, Sato TN, Rabbany SY, Rafii S. Nature. 2010; 468(7321):310-5.
Angiocrine factors from Akt-activated endothelial cells balance self-renewal and differentiation of haematopoietic stem cells. Kobayashi H, Butler JM, O'Donnell R, Kobayashi M, Ding BS, Bonner B, Chiu VK, Nolan DJ, Shido K, Benjamin L, Rafii S. (Co-First Author) Nature cell biology. 2010; 12(11):1046-56.
Endothelial cells are essential for the self-renewal and repopulation of Notch-dependent hematopoietic stem cells. Butler JM, Nolan DJ, Vertes EL, Varnum-Finney B, Kobayashi H, Hooper AT, Seandel M, Shido K, White IA, Kobayashi M, Witte L, May C, Shawber C, Kimura Y, Kitajewski J, Rosenwaks Z, Bernstein ID, Rafii S. Cell stem cell. 2010; 6(3):251-64.
Bone marrow stem and progenitor cell contribution to neovasculogenesis is dependent on model system with SDF-1 as a permissive trigger. Madlambayan GJ, Butler JM, Hosaka K, Jorgensen M, Fu D, Guthrie SM, Shenoy AK, Brank A, Russell KJ, Otero J, Siemann DW, Scott EW, Cogle CR. (Co-First Author) Blood. 2009; 114(19):4310-9.
Engraftment and reconstitution of hematopoiesis is dependent on VEGFR2-mediated regeneration of sinusoidal endothelial cells. Hooper AT, Butler JM, Nolan DJ, Kranz A, Iida K, Kobayashi M, Kopp HG, Shido K, Petit I, Yanger K, James D, Witte L, Zhu Z, Wu Y, Pytowski B, Rosenwaks Z, Mittal V, Sato TN, Rafii S. Cell stem cell. 2009; 4(3):263-74.
Generation of a functional and durable vascular niche by the adenoviral E4ORF1 gene. Seandel M, Butler JM, Kobayashi H, Hooper AT, White IA, Zhang F, Vertes EL, Kobayashi M, Zhang Y, Shmelkov SV, Hackett NR, Rabbany S, Boyer JL, Rafii S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008; 105(49):19288-93.
CD133 expression is not restricted to stem cells, and both CD133+ and CD133- metastatic colon cancer cells initiate tumors. Shmelkov SV, Butler JM, Hooper AT, Hormigo A, Kushner J, Milde T, St Clair R, Baljevic M, White I, Jin DK, Chadburn A, Murphy AJ, Valenzuela DM, Gale NW, Thurston G, Yancopoulos GD, D'Angelica M, Kemeny N, Lyden D, Rafii S. (Co-First Author) The Journal of clinical investigation. 2008; 118(6):2111-20.
Reviews
Regulation of the hematopoietic stem cell lifecycle by the endothelial niche. Ramalingam P, Poulos MG, and Butler JM. Current Opinion in Hematology. 2017; July 24(4): 289-299.
Transplantation of Endothelial Cells to Mitigate Acute and Chronic Radiation Injury to Vital Organs. Rafii S, Ginsberg M, Scandura J, Butler JM, Ding BS. Radiation research. 2016; 186(2):196-202.
Stem cells: Painkillers caught in blood-cell trafficking. Butler JM, Rafii S. Nature. 2013; 495(7441):317-8.
Generation of a vascular niche for studying stem cell homeostasis. Butler JM, Rafii S. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2012; 904:221-33.
Instructive role of the vascular niche in promoting tumour growth and tissue repair by angiocrine factors. Butler JM, Kobayashi H, Rafii S. Nature reviews. Cancer. 2010; 10(2):138-46.
Guo P, Poulos MG, Palikuqi B, Badwe CR, Lis R, Kunar B, Ding BS, Rabbany SY, Shido K, Butler JM, Rafii S. Endothelial jagged-2 sustains hematopoietic stem and progenitor reconstitution after myelosuppression. The journal of clinical investigation. 2017 Oct 23. pii: 92309. doi: 10.1172/JCI92309.
Poulos MG, Ramalingam P, Gutkin MC, Llanos P, Gilleran K, Rabbany SY, Butler JM. Endothelial transplantation rejuvenates aged hematopoietic stem cell function. The journal of clinical investigation. 2017 Nov 1;127(11):4163-4178. doi: 10.1172/JCI93940.
Conversion of adult endothelium to immunocompetent haematopoietic stem cells. Lis R, Karrasch CC, Poulos MG, Barcia Duran JG, Schachterle W, Ginsberg M, Tabrizi AR, Shido K, Sandler V, Speck N, Butler JM, Scandura J, Rafii S. Nature. 2017 May 25; 545(7655):439-445.
Altered feto-placental vascularization, placenta malperfusion, and fetal growth restriction in mice with Egfl7 loss-of-function. Lacko LA, Hurtado R, Hinds S, Poulos MG, Butler JM, Stuhlmann H. Development. 2017 May 19 pii: dev.147025
A Common Origin for B-1a and B-2 Lymphocytes in Clonal Pre-Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Hadland BK, Varnum-Finney B, Mandal PK, Rossi DJ, Poulos MG, Butler JM, Rafii S, Yoder MC, Yoshimoto M, Bernstein ID. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Jun 6; 8(6): 1563-1572.
Endothelial-specific inhibition of NF-κB enhances functional haematopoiesis. Poulos MG, Ramalingam P, Gutkin MC, Kleppe M, Ginsberg M, Crowley MJ, Elemento O, Levine RL, Rafii S, Kitajewski J, Greenblatt MB, Shim JH, Butler JM. Nature communications. 2016; 7:13829.
Sinusoidal ephrin receptor EPHB4 controls hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization from bone marrow. Kwak H, Salvucci O, Weigert R, Martinez-Torrecuadrada JL, Henkemeyer M, Poulos MG, Butler JM, Tosato G. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2016; 126(12): 4554.
Endothelial Cells Promote Expansion of Long-Term Engrafting Marrow Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Primates. Gori JL, Butler JM, Kunar B, Poulos MG, Ginsberg M, Nolan DJ, Norgaard ZK, Adair JE, Rafii S, Kiem HP. Stem cells translational medicine. 2016
Spleen hypoplasia leads to abnormal stress hematopoiesis in mice with loss of Pbx homeoproteins in splenic mesenchyme. Zewdu R, Risolino M, Barbulescu A, Ramalingam P, Butler JM, Selleri L. (Co-Corresponding Author) Journal of anatomy. 2016; 229(1):153-69.
Distinct bone marrow blood vessels differentially regulate haematopoiesis. Itkin T, Gur-Cohen S, Spencer JA, Schajnovitz A, Ramasamy SK, Kusumbe AP, Ledergor G, Jung Y, Milo I, Poulos MG, Kalinkovich A, Ludin A, Kollet O, Shakhar G, Butler JM, Rafii S, Adams RH, Scadden DT, Lin CP, Lapidot T. Nature. 2016; 532(7599):323-8.
Vascular Platform to Define Hematopoietic Stem Cell Factors and Enhance Regenerative Hematopoiesis. Poulos MG, Crowley MJ, Gutkin MC, Ramalingam P, Schachterle W, Thomas JL, Elemento O, Butler JM. Stem cell reports. 2015; 5(5):881-94.
Endothelium and NOTCH specify and amplify aorta-gonad-mesonephros-derived hematopoietic stem cells. Hadland BK, Varnum-Finney B, Poulos MG, Moon RT, Butler JM, Rafii S, Bernstein ID. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2015; 125(5):2032-45.
Vascular niche promotes hematopoietic multipotent progenitor formation from pluripotent stem cells. Gori JL, Butler JM, Chan YY, Chandrasekaran D, Poulos MG, Ginsberg M, Nolan DJ, Elemento O, Wood BL, Adair JE, Rafii S, Kiem HP. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2015; 125(3):1243-54.
Activation of the vascular niche supports leukemic progression and resistance to chemotherapy. Poulos MG, Gars EJ, Gutkin MC, Kloss CC, Ginsberg M, Scandura JM, Rafii S, Butler JM. Experimental hematology. 2014; 42(11):976-86.e1-3.
Reprogramming human endothelial cells to haematopoietic cells requires vascular induction. Sandler VM, Lis R, Liu Y, Kedem A, James D, Elemento O, Butler JM, Scandura JM, Rafii S. Nature. 2014; 511(7509):312-8.
Endothelial cells provide a niche for placental hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell expansion through broad transcriptomic modification. Raynaud CM, Butler JM, Halabi NM, Ahmad FS, Ahmed B, Rafii S, Rafii A. Stem cell research. 2013; 11(3):1074-90.
Endothelial Jagged-1 is necessary for homeostatic and regenerative hematopoiesis. Poulos MG, Guo P, Kofler NM, Pinho S, Gutkin MC, Tikhonova A, Aifantis I, Frenette PS, Kitajewski J, Rafii S, Butler JM. Cell reports. 2013; 4(5):1022-34.
Molecular signatures of tissue-specific microvascular endothelial cell heterogeneity in organ maintenance and regeneration. Nolan DJ, Ginsberg M, Israely E, Palikuqi B, Poulos MG, James D, Ding BS, Schachterle W, Liu Y, Rosenwaks Z, Butler JM, Xiang J, Rafii A, Shido K, Rabbany SY, Elemento O, Rafii S. Developmental cell. 2013; 26(2):204-19.
Human ESC-derived hemogenic endothelial cells undergo distinct waves of endothelial to hematopoietic transition. Rafii S, Kloss CC, Butler JM, Ginsberg M, Gars E, Lis R, Zhan Q, Josipovic P, Ding BS, Xiang J, Elemento O, Zaninovic N, Rosenwaks Z, Sadelain M, Rafii JA, James D. Blood. 2013; 121(5):770-80.
Efficient direct reprogramming of mature amniotic cells into endothelial cells by ETS factors and TGFβ suppression. Ginsberg M, James D, Ding BS, Nolan D, Geng F, Butler JM, Schachterle W, Pulijaal VR, Mathew S, Chasen ST, Xiang J, Rosenwaks Z, Shido K, Elemento O, Rabbany SY, Rafii S. Cell. 2012; 151(3):559-75.
Development of a vascular niche platform for expansion of repopulating human cord blood stem and progenitor cells. Butler JM, Gars EJ, James DJ, Nolan DJ, Scandura JM, Rafii S. Blood. 2012; 120(6):1344-7.
c-Kit-mediated functional positioning of stem cells to their niches is essential for maintenance and regeneration of adult hematopoiesis. Kimura Y, Ding B, Imai N, Nolan DJ, Butler JM, Rafii S. PloS one. 2011; 6(10):e26918.
Inductive angiocrine signals from sinusoidal endothelium are required for liver regeneration.
Ding BS, Nolan DJ, Butler JM, James D, Babazadeh AO, Rosenwaks Z, Mittal V, Kobayashi H, Shido K, Lyden D, Sato TN, Rabbany SY, Rafii S. Nature. 2010; 468(7321):310-5.
Angiocrine factors from Akt-activated endothelial cells balance self-renewal and differentiation of haematopoietic stem cells. Kobayashi H, Butler JM, O'Donnell R, Kobayashi M, Ding BS, Bonner B, Chiu VK, Nolan DJ, Shido K, Benjamin L, Rafii S. (Co-First Author) Nature cell biology. 2010; 12(11):1046-56.
Endothelial cells are essential for the self-renewal and repopulation of Notch-dependent hematopoietic stem cells. Butler JM, Nolan DJ, Vertes EL, Varnum-Finney B, Kobayashi H, Hooper AT, Seandel M, Shido K, White IA, Kobayashi M, Witte L, May C, Shawber C, Kimura Y, Kitajewski J, Rosenwaks Z, Bernstein ID, Rafii S. Cell stem cell. 2010; 6(3):251-64.
Bone marrow stem and progenitor cell contribution to neovasculogenesis is dependent on model system with SDF-1 as a permissive trigger. Madlambayan GJ, Butler JM, Hosaka K, Jorgensen M, Fu D, Guthrie SM, Shenoy AK, Brank A, Russell KJ, Otero J, Siemann DW, Scott EW, Cogle CR. (Co-First Author) Blood. 2009; 114(19):4310-9.
Engraftment and reconstitution of hematopoiesis is dependent on VEGFR2-mediated regeneration of sinusoidal endothelial cells. Hooper AT, Butler JM, Nolan DJ, Kranz A, Iida K, Kobayashi M, Kopp HG, Shido K, Petit I, Yanger K, James D, Witte L, Zhu Z, Wu Y, Pytowski B, Rosenwaks Z, Mittal V, Sato TN, Rafii S. Cell stem cell. 2009; 4(3):263-74.
Generation of a functional and durable vascular niche by the adenoviral E4ORF1 gene. Seandel M, Butler JM, Kobayashi H, Hooper AT, White IA, Zhang F, Vertes EL, Kobayashi M, Zhang Y, Shmelkov SV, Hackett NR, Rabbany S, Boyer JL, Rafii S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008; 105(49):19288-93.
CD133 expression is not restricted to stem cells, and both CD133+ and CD133- metastatic colon cancer cells initiate tumors. Shmelkov SV, Butler JM, Hooper AT, Hormigo A, Kushner J, Milde T, St Clair R, Baljevic M, White I, Jin DK, Chadburn A, Murphy AJ, Valenzuela DM, Gale NW, Thurston G, Yancopoulos GD, D'Angelica M, Kemeny N, Lyden D, Rafii S. (Co-First Author) The Journal of clinical investigation. 2008; 118(6):2111-20.
Reviews
Regulation of the hematopoietic stem cell lifecycle by the endothelial niche. Ramalingam P, Poulos MG, and Butler JM. Current Opinion in Hematology. 2017; July 24(4): 289-299.
Transplantation of Endothelial Cells to Mitigate Acute and Chronic Radiation Injury to Vital Organs. Rafii S, Ginsberg M, Scandura J, Butler JM, Ding BS. Radiation research. 2016; 186(2):196-202.
Stem cells: Painkillers caught in blood-cell trafficking. Butler JM, Rafii S. Nature. 2013; 495(7441):317-8.
Generation of a vascular niche for studying stem cell homeostasis. Butler JM, Rafii S. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2012; 904:221-33.
Instructive role of the vascular niche in promoting tumour growth and tissue repair by angiocrine factors. Butler JM, Kobayashi H, Rafii S. Nature reviews. Cancer. 2010; 10(2):138-46.