Richard J. Price
- Website: http://price-lab.org/
Primary Appointment
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Education
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
- Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Research Disciplines
Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Neuroimmunology, Neuroscience, Physiology
Research Interests
Image Guided Drug and Gene Delivery for Neurodegeneration and Cancer; Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy; Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis
Research Description
Training
- Basic Cardiovascular Research Training Grant
- Cancer Research Training in Molecular Biology
- Predoctoral Training in Neuroscience
Selected Publications
2024
Fisher, D. G., Sharifi, K. A., Shah, I. M., Gorick, C. M., Breza, V. R., Debski, A. C., . . . Price, R. J. (2024). Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening Arrests the Growth and Formation of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2024.01.31.577810
Thim, E. A., Kitelinger, L. E., Rivera-Escalera, F., Mathew, A. S., Elliott, M. R., Bullock, T. N. J., & Price, R. J. (2024). Focused ultrasound ablation of melanoma with boiling histotripsy yields abscopal tumor control and antigen-dependent dendritic cell activation.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.09.02.552844
2023
Sharifi, K. A., Farzad, F., Soldozy, S., Price, R. J., Kalani, M. Y. S., & Tvrdik, P. (2023). Dynamics of Adult Axin2 Cell Lineage Integration in Granule Neurons of the Dentate Gyrus.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.12.09.570930
Thim, E. A., Fox, T., Deering, T., Vass, L. R., Sheybani, N. D., Kester, M., & Price, R. J. (2023). Solid tumor treatment via augmentation of bioactive C6 ceramide levels with thermally ablative focused ultrasound. DRUG DELIVERY AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, 13(12), 3145-3153. doi:10.1007/s13346-023-01377-w
Fisher, D. G., Sharifi, K. A., Ulutas, E. Z., Kumar, J. S., Kalani, M. Y. S., Miller, G. W., . . . Tvrdik, P. (2023). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mouse Cerebral Cavernomas Reveal Differential Lesion Progression and Variable Permeability to Gadolinium. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, 43(6), 958-970. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318938
Thim, E. A., Fox, T., Deering, T., Vass, L. R., Sheybani, N. D., Kester, M., & Price, R. J. (2023). Solid Tumor Treatment via Augmentation of Bioactive C6 Ceramide Levels with Thermally Ablative Focused Ultrasound.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.03.23.532394
2022
Gorick, C. M., Breza, V. R., Nowak, K. M., Cheng, V. W. T., Fisher, D. G., Debski, A. C., . . . Price, R. J. (2022). Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening. ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS, 191. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114583
Price, R. J., Bullock, T. N. J., & Sheybani, N. D. (2022). Letter to the editor regarding "Translation of focused ultrasound for blood-brain barrier opening in glioma". JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 349, 16-17. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.06.041
Nowak, K. M. M., Schwartz, M. R. R., Breza, V. R. R., & Price, R. J. J. (2022). Sonodynamic therapy: Rapid progress and new opportunities for non-invasive tumor cell killing with sound. CANCER LETTERS, 532. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2022.215592
2021
Gorick, C. M., Saucerman, J. J., & Price, R. J. (2022). Computational model of brain endothelial cell signaling pathways predicts therapeutic targets for cerebral pathologies. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY, 164, 17-28. doi:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.11.005
Sheybani, N. D., Witter, A. R., Garrison, W. J., Miller, G. W., Price, R. J., & Bullock, T. N. J. (2022). Profiling of the immune landscape in murine glioblastoma following blood brain/tumor barrier disruption with MR image-guided focused ultrasound. JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY, 156(1), 109-122. doi:10.1007/s11060-021-03887-4
Schwartz, M. R., Debski, A. C., & Price, R. J. (2021). Ultrasound-targeted nucleic acid delivery for solid tumor therapy. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 339, 531-546. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.10.010
Clark, R. A., Garman, Z. G., Price, R. J., & Sheybani, N. D. (2021). Functional intersections between extracellular vesicles and oncolytic therapies. TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 42(11), 883-896. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2021.09.001
Norat, P., Soldozy, S., Sokolowski, J. D., Gorick, C. M., Kumar, J. S., Chae, Y., . . . Kalani, M. Y. S. (2021). Author Correction: Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disorders: exploring mitochondrial transplantation.. NPJ Regenerative medicine, 6(1), 13. doi:10.1038/s41536-021-00125-3
Mathew, A. S., Gorick, C. M., & Price, R. J. (2023). Single-cell mapping of focused ultrasound-transfected brain. GENE THERAPY, 30(3-4), 255-263. doi:10.1038/s41434-021-00226-0
Sheybani, N. D., Breza, V. R., Paul, S., McCauley, K. S., Berr, S. S., Miller, G. W., . . . Price, R. J. (2021). ImmunoPET-informed sequence for focused ultrasound-targeted mCD47 blockade controls glioma. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 331, 19-29. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.01.023
Mathew, A. S., Gorick, C. M., & Price, R. J. (2021). Multiple regression analysis of a comprehensive transcriptomic data assembly elucidates mechanically- and biochemically-driven responses to focused ultrasound blood-brain barrier disruption. THERANOSTICS, 11(20), 9847-9858. doi:10.7150/thno.65064
2020
Mathew, A. S., Gorick, C. M., Thim, E. A., Garrison, W. J., Klibanov, A. L., Miller, G. W., . . . Price, R. J. (2021). Transcriptomic response of brain tissue to focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier disruption depends strongly on anesthesia. BIOENGINEERING & TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 6(2). doi:10.1002/btm2.10198
Norat, P., Soldozy, S., Sokolowski, J. D., Gorick, C. M., Kumar, J. S., Chae, Y., . . . Kalani, M. Y. S. (2020). Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disorders: Exploring mitochondrial transplantation. NPJ REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, 5(1). doi:10.1038/s41536-020-00107-x
Sheybani, N. D., Witter, A. R., Thim, E. A., Yagita, H., Bullock, T. N. J., & Price, R. J. (2020). Combination of thermally ablative focused ultrasound with gemcitabine controls breast cancer via adaptive immunity. JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER, 8(2). doi:10.1136/jitc-2020-001008
Curley, C. T., Mead, B. P., Negron, K., Kim, N., Garrison, W. J., Miller, G. W., . . . Price, R. J. (2020). Augmentation of brain tumor interstitial flow via focused ultrasound promotes brain-penetrating nanoparticle dispersion and transfection. SCIENCE ADVANCES, 6(18). doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay1344
Gorick, C. M., Mathew, A. S., Garrison, W. J., Thim, E. A., Fisher, D. G., Copeland, C. A., . . . Price, R. J. (2020). Sonoselective transfection of cerebral vasculature without blood-brain barrier disruption. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 117(11), 5644-5654. doi:10.1073/pnas.1914595117
Mathew, A. S., Gorick, C. M., Thim, E. A., Garrison, W. J., Klibanov, A. L., Miller, G. W., . . . Price, R. J. (2020). Transcriptomic Response of Brain Tissue to Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Depends Strongly on Anesthesia. doi:10.1101/2020.07.24.211136
Sheybani, N., Paul, S., McCauley, K., Breza, V., Berr, S., Miller, W., . . . Price, R. (2020). ImmunoPET-informed sequence for focused ultrasound-targeted mCD47 blockade controls glioma. doi:10.1101/2020.07.27.223206
Curley, C. T., Stevens, A. D., Mathew, A. S., Stasiak, K., Garrison, W. J., Miller, G. W., . . . Price, R. J. (2020). Immunomodulation of intracranial melanoma in response to blood-tumor barrier opening with focused ultrasound. THERANOSTICS, 10(19), 8821-8833. doi:10.7150/thno.47983
Sheybani, N. D., Batts, A. J., Mathew, A. S., Thim, E. A., & Price, R. J. (2020). Focused Ultrasound Hyperthermia Augments Release of Glioma-derived Extracellular Vesicles with Differential Immunomodulatory Capacity. THERANOSTICS, 10(16), 7436-7447. doi:10.7150/thno.46534
2019
Mead, B. P., Curley, C. T., Kim, N., Negron, K., Garrison, W. J., Song, J., . . . Price, R. J. (2019). Focused Ultrasound Preconditioning for Augmented Nanoparticle Penetration and Efficacy in the Central Nervous System. SMALL, 15(49). doi:10.1002/smll.201903460
Gorick, C. M., Chappell, J. C., & Price, R. J. (2019). Applications of Ultrasound to Stimulate Therapeutic Revascularization. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 20(12). doi:10.3390/ijms20123081
Price, R. J., Fisher, D. G., Suk, J. S., Hanes, J., Ko, H. S., & Kordower, J. H. (2019). Parkinson's disease gene therapy: Will focused ultrasound and nanovectors be the next frontier?. MOVEMENT DISORDERS, 34(9), 1279-1282. doi:10.1002/mds.27675
Heuslein, J. L., Gorick, C. M., & Price, R. J. (2019). Epigenetic regulators of the revascularization response to chronic arterial occlusion. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, 115(4), 701-712. doi:10.1093/cvr/cvz001
Fisher, D. G., & Price, R. J. (2019). Recent Advances in the Use of Focused Ultrasound for Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Therapeutic Nanoparticle Delivery to the Central Nervous System. FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, 10. doi:10.3389/fphar.2019.01348
Sheybani, N. D., & Price, R. J. (2019). Perspectives on Recent Progress in Focused Ultrasound Immunotherapy. THERANOSTICS, 9(25), 7749-7758. doi:10.7150/thno.37131
2018
Heuslein, J. L., Gorick, C. M., McDonnell, S. P., Song, J., Annex, B. H., & Price, R. J. (2018). Exposure of Endothelium to Biomimetic Flow Waveforms Yields Identification of miR-199a-5p as a Potent Regulator of Arteriogenesis. MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS, 12, 829-844. doi:10.1016/j.omtn.2018.08.001
Gorick, C. M., Sheybani, N. D., Curley, C. T., & Price, R. J. (2018). Listening in on the Microbubble Crowd: Advanced Acoustic Monitoring for Improved Control of Blood-Brain Barrier Opening with Focused Ultrasound. THERANOSTICS, 8(11), 2988-2991. doi:10.7150/thno.26025
Heuslein, J. L., McDonnell, S. P., Song, J., Annex, B. H., & Price, R. J. (2018). MicroRNA-146a Regulates Perfusion Recovery in Response to Arterial Occlusion via Arteriogenesis. FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 6. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2018.00001
2017
Heuslein, J. L., Gorick, C. M., Song, J., & Price, R. J. (2017). DNA Methyltransferase 1-Dependent DNA Hypermethylation Constrains Arteriogenesis by Augmenting Shear Stress Set Point. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, 6(12). doi:10.1161/JAHA.117.007673
Mead, B., Kim, N., Negron, K., Miller, W., Mastorakos, P., Suk, J. S., . . . Price, R. J. (2017). Intersections of neuromodulation, focused ultrasound, and gene delivery with brain-penetrating nanoparticles. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142(4_Supplement), 2669. doi:10.1121/1.5014725
Mead, B. P., Kim, N., Miller, G. W., Hodges, D., Mastorakos, P., Klibanov, A. L., . . . Price, R. J. (2017). Novel Focused Ultrasound Gene Therapy Approach Noninvasively Restores Dopaminergic Neuron Function in a Rat Parkinson's Disease Model. NANO LETTERS, 17(6), 3533-3542. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00616
Dallapiazza, R. F., Timbie, K. F., Holmberg, S., Gatesman, J., Lopes, M. B., Price, R. J., . . . Elias, W. J. (2018). Noninvasive neuromodulation and thalamic mapping with low-intensity focused ultrasound. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 128(3), 875-884. doi:10.3171/2016.11.JNS16976
Timbie, K. F., Afzal, U., Date, A., Zhang, C., Song, J., Miller, G. W., . . . Price, R. J. (2017). MR image-guided delivery of cisplatin-loaded brain-penetrating nanoparticles to invasive glioma with focused ultrasound. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 263, 120-131. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.03.017
Curley, C. T., Sheybani, N. D., Bullock, T. N., & Price, R. J. (2017). Focused Ultrasound Immunotherapy for Central Nervous System Pathologies: Challenges and Opportunities. THERANOSTICS, 7(15), 3608-3623. doi:10.7150/thno.21225
2016
Heuslein, J. L., Murrell, K. P., Leiphart, R. J., Llewellyn, R. A., Meisner, J. K., & Price, R. J. (2016). Vascular growth responses to chronic arterial occlusion are unaffected by myeloid specific focal adhesion kinase (FAK) deletion. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6. doi:10.1038/srep27029
2015
Mead, B. P., Mastorakos, P., Suk, J. S., Klibanov, A. L., Hanes, J., & Price, R. J. (2016). Targeted gene transfer to the brain via the delivery of brain-penetrating DNA nanoparticles with focused ultrasound. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 223, 109-117. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.12.034
Ando, Y., Timbie, K., Song, J., Larner, J., Price, R., & Andarawewa, K. (2015). Inhibition of melanoma growth in a subcutaneous model using ultrasound with low duty cycle. Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound, 3(S1). doi:10.1186/2050-5736-3-s1-p55
Moyer, L., Timbie, K., Sheeran, P., Price, R., Miller, W., & Dayton, P. (2015). Direct nanodroplet and microbubble comparison for high intensity focused ultrasound ablation enhancement and safety. Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound, 3(S1). doi:10.1186/2050-5736-3-s1-o67
Timbie, K. F., Mead, B. P., & Price, R. J. (2015). Drug and gene delivery across the blood-brain barrier with focused ultrasound. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 219, 61-75. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.08.059
Heuslein, J. L., Meisner, J. K., Li, X., Song, J., Vincentelli, H., Leiphart, R. J., . . . Price, R. J. (2015). Mechanisms of Amplified Arteriogenesis in Collateral Artery Segments Exposed to Reversed Flow Direction. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, 35(11), 2354-2365. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.305775
Hsiang, Y. -H., Song, J., & Price, R. J. (2015). The partitioning of nanoparticles to endothelium or interstitium during ultrasound-microbubble-targeted delivery depends on peak-negative pressure. JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, 17(8). doi:10.1007/s11051-015-3153-8
Heuslein, J. L., Li, X., Murrell, K. P., Annex, B. H., Peirce, S. M., & Price, R. J. (2015). Computational Network Model Prediction of Hemodynamic Alterations Due to Arteriolar Rarefaction and Estimation of Skeletal Muscle Perfusion in Peripheral Arterial Disease. MICROCIRCULATION, 22(5), 360-369. doi:10.1111/micc.12203
Moyer, L. C., Timbie, K. F., Sheeran, P. S., Price, R. J., Miller, G. W., & Dayton, P. A. (2015). High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation enhancement in vivo via phase-shift nanodroplets compared to microbubbles. JOURNAL OF THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND, 3. doi:10.1186/s40349-015-0029-4
2014
Nance, E., Timbie, K., Miller, G. W., Song, J., Louttit, C., Klibanov, A. L., . . . Price, R. J. (2014). Non-invasive delivery of stealth, brain-penetrating nanoparticles across the blood - brain barrier using MRI-guided focused ultrasound. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 189, 123-132. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.031
Bruce, A. C., Kelly-Goss, M. R., Heuslein, J. L., Meisner, J. K., Price, R. J., & Peirce, S. M. (2014). Monocytes Are Recruited From Venules During Arteriogenesis in the Murine Spinotrapezius Ligation Model. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, 34(9), 2012-2022. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303399
Meisner, J. K., Annex, B. H., & Price, R. J. (2015). Despite normal arteriogenic and angiogenic responses, hind limb perfusion recovery and necrotic and fibroadipose tissue clearance are impaired in matrix metalloproteinase 9-deficient mice. JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY, 61(6), 1583-+. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2014.01.038
2013
Burke, C. W., Alexander, E., Timbie, K., Kilbanov, A. L., & Price, R. J. (2014). Ultrasound-activated Agents Comprised of 5FU-bearing Nanoparticles Bonded to Microbubbles Inhibit Solid Tumor Growth and Improve Survival. MOLECULAR THERAPY, 22(2), 321-328. doi:10.1038/mt.2013.259
Meisner, J. K., Song, J., Annex, B. H., & Price, R. J. (2013). Myoglobin Overexpression Inhibits Reperfusion in the Ischemic Mouse Hindlimb through Impaired Angiogenesis but Not Arteriogenesis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, 183(6), 1710-1718. doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.08.005
Meisner, J. K., Niu, J., Sumer, S., & Price, R. J. (2013). Trans-illuminated laser speckle imaging of collateral artery blood flow in ischemic mouse hindlimb. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, 18(9). doi:10.1117/1.JBO.18.9.096011
Bruce, A., Meisner, J. K., Price, R. J., & Peirce, S. M. (2013). Monocyte Recruitment during Microvascular Arteriogenesis is Induced by Altered Flow and Influenced by Proximity of Venules to Collateral Arterioles. FASEB JOURNAL, 27. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2012
Meisner, J. K., Sumer, S., Murrell, K. P., Higgins, T. J., & Price, R. J. (2012). Laser Speckle Flowmetry Method for Measuring Spatial and Temporal Hemodynamic Alterations Throughout Large Microvascular Networks. MICROCIRCULATION, 19(7), 619-631. doi:10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00197.x
Burke, C. W., Suk, J. S., Kim, A. J., Hsiang, Y. -H. J., Klibanov, A. L., Hanes, J., & Price, R. J. (2012). Markedly enhanced skeletal muscle transfection achieved by the ultrasound-targeted delivery of non-viral gene nanocarriers with microbubbles. JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 162(2), 414-421. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.07.005
Meisner, J. K., Song, J., & Price, R. J. (2012). Arteriolar and Venular Remodeling Are Differentially Regulated by Bone Marrow-Derived Cell-Specific CX3CR1 and CCR2 Expression. PLOS ONE, 7(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046312
2011
Burke, C. W., Hsiang, Y. -H. J., Alexander, E., Kilbanov, A. L., & Price, R. J. (2011). Covalently Linking Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles to Microbubbles Before Intravenous Injection Improves their Ultrasound-Targeted Delivery to Skeletal Muscle. SMALL, 7(9), 1227-1235. doi:10.1002/smll.201001934
Burke, C. W., Klibanov, A. L., Sheehan, J. P., & Price, R. J. (2011). Inhibition of glioma growth by microbubble activation in a subcutaneous model using low duty cycle ultrasound without significant heating. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 114(6), 1654-1661. doi:10.3171/2010.11.JNS101201
2010
Burke, C. W., & Price, R. J. (2010). Contrast ultrasound targeted treatment of gliomas in mice via drug-bearing nanoparticle delivery and microvascular ablation.. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (46), 2145. doi:10.3791/2145
Meisner, J. K., & Price, R. J. (2010). Spatial and Temporal Coordination of Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Activity during Arteriogenesis: Regulation of the Endogenous Response and Therapeutic Implications. MICROCIRCULATION, 17(8), 583-599. doi:10.1111/j.1549-8719.2010.00051.x