Building blocks of microphysiological system to model physiology and pathophysiology of human heart

H Vuorenpää, M Björninen, H Välimäki, A Ahola… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microphysiological systems (MPS) are drawing increasing interest from academia and from
biomedical industry due to their improved capability to capture human physiology. MPS offer …

Bioactive glass and silica particles for skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue regeneration

D Ege, HH Lu, AR Boccaccini - Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, 2024 - liebertpub.com
When skeletal and cardiac tissues are damaged, surgical approaches are not always
successful and tissue regeneration approaches are investigated. Reports in the literature …

Development of in vitro cardiovascular tissue models within capillary circuit microfluidic devices fabricated with 3D stereolithography printing

A Esparza, N Jimenez, B Joddar, S Natividad-Diaz - SN Applied Sciences, 2023 - Springer
This study presents the development and morphology analysis of bioinspired 3D
cardiovascular tissue models cultured within a dynamic capillary circuit microfluidic device …

Steering cell orientation through light-based spatiotemporal modulation of the mechanical environment

I Jorba, S Gussenhoven, A van der Pol… - …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The anisotropic organization of cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential for the
physiological function of numerous biological tissues, including the myocardium. This …

GelMA hydrogel dual photo-crosslinking to dynamically modulate ECM stiffness

JJHM Smits, A Van Der Pol, MJ Goumans… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The dynamic nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM), particularly its stiffness, plays a pivotal
role in cellular behavior, especially after myocardial infarction (MI), where cardiac fibroblasts …

Distinct cytoskeletal regulators of mechanical memory in cardiac fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes

N Bouhrira, A Vite, KB Margulies - Basic Research in Cardiology, 2024 - Springer
Recognizing that cells “feel” and respond to their mechanical environment, recent studies
demonstrate that many cells exhibit a phenomenon of “mechanical memory” in which …