Published Papers

1. Ripamonti U, Petit J-C, Lemmer J, Austin JC. Regeneration of the connective tissue attachment on surgically exposed roots using a fibrin-fibronectin adhesive system. An experimental study on the baboon (Papio ursinus). Journal of Periodontal Research 1987; 22: 320-326.

2. Ripamonti U. Paleopathology in Australopithecus africanus: A suggested case of a 3million-year-old prepubertal periodontitis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1988; 76: 197-210.

3. Ripamonti U. The hard evidence of alveolar bone loss in early hominids of Southern Africa. Journal of Periodontology 1989; 60: 118-120.

4. Ripamonti U, Petit J-C. Evidence de maladie parodontales chez les autralopitheques revelee par l examen de restes osseux fossilises. L Anthropologie 1991; 95: 391-400.

5. Ripamonti U. Bone induction in nonhuman primates. An experimental study on the baboon (Papio ursinus). Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1991; 269: 284-294.

6. Ripamonti U. The morphogenesis of bone in replicas of porous hydroxyapatite obtained from conversion of calcium carbonate exoskeletons of coral. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [A]1991; 73-A: 692-703.

7. Ripamonti U. The induction of bone in osteogenic composites of bone matrix and porous hydroxyapatite replicas: An experimental study on the baboon (Papio ursinus). Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1991; 49: 817-830.

8. Ripamonti U, Magan A, Ma S, van den Heever B, Moehl T, Reddi AH. Xenogeneic osteogenin, a bone morphogenetic protein, and demineralized bone matrices, including human, induce bone differentiation in athymic rats and baboons. Matrix 1991; 11: 404-411.

9. Ripamonti U, Reddi AH. Growth and morphogenetic factors related to bone induction. Role of osteogenin and related bone morphogenetic proteins in craniofacial and periodontal bone repair. Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine 1992; 3: 1-14.

10. Ripamonti U, Ma S, Reddi AH. Induction of bone in composites of osteogenin and porous hydroxyapatite in baboons. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1992; 89: 731 - 739.

11. Ripamonti U. Calvarial regeneration in primates with autolyzed antigen extracted allogeneic bone. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1992; 282: 293-303.

12. Ripamonti U, Ma S, Reddi AH. The critical role of geometry of porous hydroxyapatite delivery system in induction of bone by osteogenin, a bone morphogenetic protein. Matrix 1992; 12: 202-212.

13. Ripamonti U, Ma S, van den Heever B, Reddi AH. Osteogenin, a bone morphogenetic protein, adsorbed on porous hydroxyapatite substrata, induces rapid bone differentiation in calvarial defects of adult primates. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1992; 90: 382-393.

14. Ripamonti U, Ma S, Cunningham N, Yeates L, Reddi AH. Initiation of bone regeneration in adult baboons by osteogenin, a bone morphogenetic protein. Matrix 1992; 12: 369-380.

15. Ripamonti U. Calvarial reconstruction in baboons with porous hydroxyapatite. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 1992; 3: 149-159.

16. Ripamonti U, Ma S, Cunningham N, Yeates L, Reddi AH. Reconstruction of the bone-bone marrow organ by osteogenin, a bone morphogenetic protein, and demineralized bone matrix in calvarial defects of adult primates. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1993; 91: 27-36.

17. Schnitzler CM, Ripamonti U, Mesquita JM. Histomorphometry of iliac crest trabecular bone in adult male baboons in captivity. Calcified Tissue International 1993; 52: 447-454.

18. Ripamonti U, van den Heever B, van Wyk J. Expression of the osteogenic phenotype in porous hydroxyapatite implanted extraskeletally in baboons. Matrix 1993; 13: 491 -502.

19. Ripamonti U, Reddi AH. Periodontal regeneration: Potential role of bone morphogenetic proteins. Journal of Periodontal Research 1994; 29: 225-235.

20. Heliotis M, Ripamonti U. Phenotypic modulation of endothelial cells by bone morphogenetic protein fractions in vitro. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology 1994; 30A: 353-355.

21. Ripamonti U, Heliotis M, van den Heever B, Reddi AH. Bone morphogenetic proteins induce periodontal regeneration in the baboon (Papio ursinus). Journal of Periodontal Research 1994; 29: 439-445.

22. Ripamonti U, Heliotis M, Sampath TK, Rueger D. Induction of cementogenesis by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (hOP-1/BMP-7) in the baboon (Papio ursinus). Archives of Oral Biology 1996; 41: 121-126.

23. Ripamonti U. Osteoinduction in porous hydroxyapatite implanted in heterotopic sites of different animal models. Biomaterials 1996; 17: 31-35.

24. Ripamonti U, van den Heever B, Sampath TK, Tucker MM, Rueger DC, Reddi AH. Complete regeneration of bone in the baboon by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (hOP-1, bone morphogenetic protein-7). Growth Factors 1996; 13: 273-289.

25. Ripamonti U, Reddi AH. Tissue engineering, morphogenesis and regeneration of periodontal tissues by bone morphogenetic proteins. Critical Reviews in Oral and Biology and Medicine. 1997; 8: 154-163.

26. Ripamonti U, Duneas N, van den Heever B, Bosch C, Crooks J. Recombinant transforming growth factor-? induces endochondral bone in the baboon and synergizes with recombinant osteogenic protein-1 (bone morphogenetic protein-7) to initiate rapid bone formation. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1997; 12: 1584-1595.

27. Ripamonti U, Duneas N. Tissue morphogenesis and regeneration by bone morphogenetic proteins. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1998; 101: 227-239.

28. Ripamonti U, Crooks J, Kirkbride AN. Sintered porous hydroxyapatites with intrinsic osteoinductive activity: Geometric induction of bone formation. South African Journal of Science 1999; 95: 335-343 with cover page

29. Ripamonti U, Crooks J, Matsaba T, Tasker J. Induction of endochondral bone formation by recombinant human transforming growth factor-? in the baboon (Papio ursinus). Growth Factors 2000; 17: 269-285.

30. Ramoshebi LN, Ripamonti U. Osteogenic protein-1, a bone morphogenetic protein, induces angiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane and synergizes with basic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-?. The Anatomical Record 2000; 259: 97-107.

32. Ripamonti U, van den Heever B, Crooks J, Tucker MM, Sampath TK, Rueger DC, Reddi AH. Long term evaluation of bone formation by osteogenic protein-1 in the baboon and relative efficacy of bone-derived bone morphogenetic proteins delivered by irradiated xenogeneic collagenous matrices. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2000; 15: 1798-1809.

33. Ripamonti U, Tasker JR. Advances in biotechnology for tissue engineering of bone. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2000; 1: 47-55.

34. Ripamonti U, Ramoshebi LN, Matsaba T, Tasker J, Crooks J, Teare J. Bone Induction by BMPs/OPs and related family members. The critical role of delivery systems. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [A] 2001; 83-A Suppl 1 (Pt 2): 116-127.

35. Ripamonti U, Crooks J, Rueger DC. Induction of bone formation by recombinant osteogenic protein-1 (hOP-1) and sintered porous hydroxyapatite in adult primates. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2001; 107: 977-988.

36. Ferretti C, Ripamonti U. Human segmental mandibular defects treated with naturally derived bone morphogenetic proteins. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 2002; 13: 434-444.

37. Ripamonti U. Molecular signals in geometrical cues sculpt bone morphology. South African Journal of Science 2004; 100: 355-367. with cover page

38. Ripamonti U, Herbst N-N, Ramoshebi LN. Bone morphogenetic proteins in craniofacial and periodontal tissue engineering: experimental studies in the non-human primate Papio ursinus. Cytokine & Growth Factor Rewiews 2005; 16: 357-368.

39. Ripamonti U. Bone induction by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (hOP-1, BMP-7) in the primate Papio ursinus with expression of mRNA of gene products of the TGF-?superfamily. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2005; 9: 911-928.

40. Ripamonti U. Soluble osteogenic molecular signals and the induction of bone formation. Leading Opinion Paper Biomaterials 2006; 27: 807-822.

41. Heliotis M, Lavery KM, Ripamonti U, Tsiridis E, di Silvio L. Transformation of a prefabricated hydroxyapatite/osteogenic protein-1 implant into a vascularised pedicled bone flap in the human chest. International Journal Oral Maxillofacial Surgery 2006; 35: 265-269.

42. Ripamonti U, Renton L. Bone morphogenetic proteins and the induction of periodontal tissue regeneration. Periodontology 2000 2006; 41: 73-87.

43. Ripamonti U, Richter PW, Thomas ME. Self-inducing shape memory geometric cues embedded within smart hydroxyapatite-based biomimetic matrices. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2006; in press.

44. Ripamonti U, Ferretti C, Heliotis M. Soluble and insoluble signals and the induction of bone formation: Molecular therapeutics recapitulating development. Journal of Anatomy 2006; 209: 447-468.

45. Ripamonti U. Embedding molecular signals in biomimetic matrices for regenerative medicine. South African Journal of Science 2006; 102: 211-216.

46. Ripamonti U. Recapitulating development: A template for periodontal tissue engineering. Tissue Engineering 2007; 13: 51-71.

47. Teare J, Ramoshebi LN, Ripamonti U. Periodontal tissue regeneration by recombinant human transforming growth factor-? in Papio ursinus. Journal of periodontal Research 2007; in press.

48. Ripamonti U, Heliotis M, Ferretti C. Bone morphogenetic proteins and the induction of bone formation: From laboratory to patients. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America 2007; in press.