Elisabeth Ferreira

High Impact

Associate Scientist

UAMS

Also affiliated: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (1996–2017); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2013–2019); Harvard University (2015–2019); Institut Pasteur (1996); Université de Lille (2010–2017); AO Foundation (2013–2016); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Institut Pasteur de Lille (2013); Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (2007–2017); Laboratoire de Biologie, Bioingéniérie et Bioimagerie ostéoarticulaire (2004–2012); Institut de Biologie de Lille (1997–2013); Université Paris Diderot (2007); Université Lille 1 (2010); Université Lille Nord de France (2011); Eindhoven University of Technology (2012)

19 h-index 36 pubs 1,512 cited

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Elisabeth Ferreira's research focuses on cellular differentiation and the molecular mechanisms underlying tissue development and response to environmental stimuli. She has investigated the impact of hypoxia and serum deprivation on mesenchymal stem cell osteogenic differentiation and survival, as well as their angiogenic factor expression. Her work has also explored the interactions of transcription factors, such as p300, cAMP-responsive element-binding protein, and Ets-1/Ets-2, in regulating gene expression, particularly concerning the stromelysin promoter.

Further research has examined the role of osteocyte RANKL in age-related cortical bone loss and the induction of senescence. Ferreira has also contributed to the optimization of gene electrotransfer methods for mesenchymal stem cell transfection and has studied the unique mineralizing phenotype induced in mesenchymal stem cells by inflammatory cytokines. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 22 with 44 total publications and 1,694 total citations, designating her as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

h-index: 19
Publications: 36
Citations: 1,512

Positions

Associate Scientist publications 2018–2025

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

Fibrocartilage repair involves chronic cellular senescence in a rat model of bone marrow stimulation (2025)

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Structural basis of BAK sequestration by MCL-1 in apoptosis (2025)

Molecular Cell 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
CHRONIC SENESCENCE CONTRIBUTES TO FIBROCARTILAGE REPAIR IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL OF BONE MARROW STIMULATION (2024)

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage DOI OpenAlex
IL-1Ra gene transfer potentiates BMP2-mediated bone healing by redirecting osteogenesis toward endochondral ossification (2022)

Molecular Therapy 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Transgenic Rat for Noninvasive Assessment of Chondrogenesis in Vivo (2021)

Cartilage 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Harnessing extracellular vesicles to direct endochondral repair of large bone defects (2018)

Bone and Joint Research 33 citations DOI OpenAlex