Enhanced in vivo survival of Schwann cells by a synthetic oxygen carrier promotes sciatic nerve regeneration and functional recovery

T Ma, L Zhu, Y Yang, X Quan, L Huang… - Journal of tissue …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Local hypoxia in the early stages of peripheral nerve injury is a challenge for axonal
regeneration. To address this issue, perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA)‐based oxygen carrying …

[PDF][PDF] Macro-, micro-and mesoporous materials for tissue engineering applications.

OA Chanes-Cuevas, A Perez-Soria… - AIMS Materials …, 2018 - aimspress.com
Macro-, micro- and mesoporous materials for tissue engineering applications Page 1 AIMS
Materials Science, 5(6): 1124–1140. DOI: 10.3934/matersci.2018.6.1124 Received: 17 …

Microfluidic Hydrogel Hanging‐Drop Network for Long‐Term Culturing of 3D Microtissues and Simultaneous High‐Resolution Imaging

EA Aeby, PM Misun, A Hierlemann… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) microtissues, cultured in microfluidic platforms, enable to
study complex biological mechanisms that cannot be replicated in two‐dimensional cell …

Multi-organ on a chip for personalized precision medicine

V Palaninathan, V Kumar, T Maekawa… - MRS …, 2018 - cambridge.org
The inefficiencies of the current pipeline from discovery to clinical approval of drugs demand
a surrogate method to indicate adverse drug reactions, eg liver damage. Organ-on-chip …

Microstructure guided multi-scale liquid patterning on an open surface

D Park, M Kang, JW Choi, SM Paik, J Ko, S Lee, Y Lee… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid patterning is a quintessential aspect in cell-based screening. While there are a variety
of methods to handle microliquids utilizing surface treatments, complex microfluidic systems …

Universal, Surfactant‐Free Preparation of Hydrogel Beads on Superamphiphobic and Slippery Surfaces

C Schlaich, Y Fan, P Dey, J Cui, Q Wei… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study a surfactant‐free and shape controllable preparation of microgel beads using
super‐repellent surfaces is reported. The extreme hydrophobicity and the interfacial tension …

Increased internal porosity and surface area of hydroxyapatite accelerates healing and compensates for low bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell concentrations in …

ER Dawson, RK Suzuki, MA Samano, MB Murphy - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Volume and rate of tissue regeneration may be enhanced with
increased scaffold porosity as well as increased numbers of non-cultured bone marrow …

Controlled shear flow directs osteogenesis on UHMWPE-based hybrid nanobiocomposites in a custom-designed PMMA microfluidic device

S Naskar, AK Panda, V Kumaran… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The combinatorial influence of a biophysical cue (substrate stiffness) and biomechanical cue
(shear flow) on the osteogenesis modulation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) is …

Bioreactors and microfluidics for osteochondral interface maturation

RF Canadas, AP Marques, RL Reis… - … , Current Strategies, and …, 2018 - Springer
The cell culture techniques are in the base of any biology-based science. The standard
techniques are commonly static platforms as Petri dishes, tissue culture well plates, T-flasks …

In vitro microscale models for embryogenesis

J Rico‐Varela, D Ho, LQ Wan - Advanced biosystems, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Embryogenesis is a highly regulated developmental process requiring complex mechanical
and biochemical microenvironments to give rise to a fully developed and functional embryo …