Linda A. Dahlgren, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS

Assistant Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Office: 540-231-5234
Lab:    540-231-3450
Fax:     540-231-1676
Email: lad11@vt.edu



EDUCATION:

	Ph.D.,  Comparative Biomedical Science, Cornell University, 2003
	M.S., Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1996
	D.V.M., Washington State University, 1989
	A.B., Biology, Bowdoin College, 1985

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

	Tendon and ligament biology and healing
	Wound healing
	Tissue Engineering
	Adipose-derived stem cells

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

	Bashur CA, Dahlgren LA, Goldstein AS.  Effect of fiber diameter and orientation on fibroblast morphology and proliferation on electrospun poly(D,L-Lactic-co_Glycolic acid) meshes. Biomaterials 2006;27:5681-5688.
	Donnelly BP, Nixon AJ, Haupt JL, Dahlgren LA.  Equine platelet-derived growth factor-A and-B nucleotide structure and  expression in models of acute tendinitis and repair.  Am J Vet Res 2006; 67:1218-1225.
	Dahlgren LA, Mohammed HO, Nixon AJ.  Expression of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in healing tendon lesions.  J Orthop Res 2006;24:183-192.
	Dahlgren LA, Nixon AJ.  Cloning and expression of equine insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in normal equine tendon.  Am J Vet Res 2005;66:300-306.
	Dahlgren LA, Nixon AJ. Cloning and expression of type III collagen in normal and injured tendons of horses. Am J Vet Res 2005;66:1-5.
	Dahlgren LA, Mohammed HO, Nixon AJ. Temporal expression of growth factors and matrix molecules in healing tendinitis lesions. J Orthop Res 2005;23:84-92.
	Dahlgren LA, van der Meulen MCH, Bertram JEA, Starrak GS, Nixon AJ. Insulin-like growth factor-I improves cellular and molecular aspects of healing in a collagenase-induced model of flexor tendinitis. J Orthop Res 2002;20:910-919.
	Dahlgren LA, Nixon AJ, Brower-Toland BD. Effects of β-aminopriopionitrile on equine tendon metabolism and on effects of insulin-like growth factor-I on matrix production by equine tenocytes. Am J Vet Res 2001;62:1557-1562.
	Dahlgren LA, Rosenbusch RF, Booth LC. Development of an in vitro model for the study of the response of equine tendon fibroblasts to injury and medication. Vet Comp Orthop Tramatol 1997;10:6-11.
	Dahlgren LA, Rosenbusch RF, Booth LC. The effect of polysulfated glycosaminoglycan on production of proteoglycan by equine tendon fibroblasts in monolayer culture. Vet Comp Orthop Tramatol 1998;11:1-5.