Luke Childress

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Researcher

UAMS primary UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Ford Motor Company (United States) (2024–2025); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Universidad Americana de Morelos (2025); Arkansas Department of Agriculture (2025)

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3 h-index 9 pubs 29 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

OverviewAI-generated summary

Luke Childress's research focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, particularly concerning cartilage repair and osteoarthritis. He has investigated the use of cell-biomaterial constructs for wound healing and skin regeneration. His work includes developing and testing cationic peptide carriers designed to target cartilage, aiming for deep penetration and retention within the joint, as demonstrated in rabbit models of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Childress also studies engineered proteins, such as cationic Interleukin-1 receptor antagonists, comparing their efficacy in joint retention and reducing inflammation against existing treatments. His publications explore fibrotic cartilage repair mechanisms, the role of cellular senescence in rat models, and the development of transgenic rats for noninvasive chondrogenesis assessment. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Childress has an h-index of 3, with 9 total publications and 28 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 3
Publications: 9
Citations: 29

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
CHRONIC SENESCENCE CONTRIBUTES TO FIBROCARTILAGE REPAIR IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL OF BONE MARROW STIMULATION (2024)

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage DOI OpenAlex
Cell-Biomaterial constructs for wound healing and skin regeneration (2022)

Drug Metabolism Reviews 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Transgenic Rat for Noninvasive Assessment of Chondrogenesis <i>in Vivo</i> (2021)

Cartilage 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Dendritic cell biocompatibility of ether‐based urethane films (2021)

Journal of Applied Toxicology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex