Andrea Alford

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Associate Research Scientist
Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School
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Andrea Alford
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Associate Research Scientist
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      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

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    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Correlation Analysis of Patient Attributes and Ex Vivo Phenotypes of MSC Harvested During Fracture Repair Surgery
      Alford A, Mital A, Lang B, Hankenson K, Hartley B, Sachdeva S, Ahn J. 2026 May 5;
    • Presentation
      Do fracture patient age and comorbidity burden predict ex vivo measures of MSC phenotype
      Alford A. 2026 Mar 20;
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      Inducible Global Ablation of Thrombospondin-2 Enhances Murine Fracture Bone Formation
      Chougule A, Capobianco C, Ignaczal R, Arsever M, Karthikeyan V, Solar M, Schroeder L, Rajjput Y, Donneys A, Maerz T, Hankenson K, Alford A. 2026 Mar 27;
    • Presentation
      Prospective Analysis of Progenitor Cell Phenotype: A Pilot Study in Patients with Long Bone Fractures
      Alford A. 2026 Feb 2;
    • Journal Article
      Thrombospondin 1 and 2 regulate mesenchymal progenitor cell fate and matrix organization.
      Hunter MK, Korlakunta S, Vishlaghi N, Mittal M, Cragg K, Juan C, Pagani CA, Sun Y, Lammlin L, Kessell K, Feist D, Choi JH, Hsieh M-L, Saikia J, Duvall CL, Kang H, Alford AI, Hankenson KD, Tower RJ, Maerz T, Levi B. Bone Res, 2026 Jan 19; 14 (1): 10 DOI:10.1038/s41413-025-00493-2
      PMID: PMC12816047
    • Presentation
      Deciphering thrombospondins’ roles in bone matrix physiology
      2025 Nov 5;
    • Presentation
      Pre-Meeting Symposium on Musculoskeletal Impact of Immune and Skeletal Cells Crosstalk: Bench to Bedside
      2025 Oct 6;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Do patient attributes correlate with the phenotype of stem and progenitor cells harvested during fracture repair surgery?
      Mital A, Lang B, Hartley B, Hankenson K, Ahn J, Alford A. 2025 Sep 5;