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Maxon V. Knott

University of MiamiORCID 0000-0002-9071-9398Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 3 Bioengineering· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Helena Hernandez-CuervoiD· 4 shared Jennifer Suon· 4 shared John W. ThompsoniD· 4 shared Naser HamadiD· 4 shared Sai SanikommuiD· 4 shared Tiffany Alyssa EatziD· 4 shared Evan LutheriD· 3 shared Jayro Toledo· 3 shared

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Gelatin coating enhances flow diverting stent endothelial cell coverage, parent vessel healing and aneurysm occlusion

John W. Thompson, Jennifer Suon, Naser Hamad, Gina Corsaletti, Rianna Haniff, Sai Sanikommu, Maxon V. Knott, Pedro Bartkevitch Rodrigues, Helena Hernandez-Cuervo, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelsalam, Tiffany Alyssa Eatz, Jayro Toledo, Evan Luther, Robert M. Starke

This study shows that gelatin coating improves endothelial cell coverage on stents and increases aneurysm occlusion rates in rabbits.

bioRxiv · Aug 5, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Cerebral vascular tortuosity and aneurysm formation and rupture: a novel vessel tortuosity scale

Maxon V. Knott, Naser Hamad, Pedro B. Rodrigues, Sai Sanikommu, Jennifer Suon, Helena Hernandez-Cuervo, Jayro Toledo, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Tiffany Alyssa Eatz, Víctor J. Del Brutto, Evan Luther, Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, Joshua M. Hare, Michal J. Toborek, Roberto I. Vázquez-Padrón, , Robert M Starke

The paper develops a novel vessel tortuosity scale to predict cerebral aneurysm formation and rupture in a mouse model.

Experimental Neurology · Oct 21, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Rapamycin enhances VEGFA and VSMC contractile protein expression in MSCs via mTORC1 inhibition

Pedro Bartkevitch Rodrigues, Sai Sanikommu, Omar S. Elwardany, Tiffany Alyssa Eatz, Rachele Angiolini, Helena Hernandez-Cuervo, Naser Hamad, Jennifer Suon, Maxon V. Knott, Joshua M. Hare, John W. Thompson, Robert M. Starke

This study shows rapamycin increases VSMC protein markers and VEGFA in MSCs via mTORC1 inhibition, suggesting potential therapeutic use in cerebral aneurysm treatment.

bioRxiv · Aug 5, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Coil and flow diverting stents as drug delivery platforms for cerebral aneurysm treatment

John W. Thompson, Jennifer Suon, Maxon V. Knott, Gina Corsaletti, Naser Hamad, Joshua Hanna, Pedro Barkevitch Rodrigues, Sai Sanikommu, Helena Hernandez-Cuervo, Rianna Haniff, Shunsuke Hataoka, Stephanie H. Chen, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Jayro Toledo, Tiffany Alyssa Eatz, , Robert M Starke

This study investigates the use of rapamycin-coated coils and stents as drug delivery platforms for cerebral aneurysm treatment, showing sustained drug release and mTOR inhibition.

bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2025 · PreprintBioengineering