Thermally drawn fibers as nerve guidance scaffolds

RA Koppes, S Park, T Hood, X Jia, NA Poorheravi… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Synthetic neural scaffolds hold promise to eventually replace nerve autografts for tissue
repair following peripheral nerve injury. Despite substantial evidence for the influence of …

EndOxy: mid‐term stability and shear stress resistance of endothelial cells on PDMS gas exchange membranes

A Hellmann, S Klein, F Hesselmann… - Artificial …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Endothelialized oxygenator devices (EndOxy) with a physiological, nonthrombogenic, and
anti‐inflammatory surface offer the potential to overcome current shortcomings of …

Comparison of two substrate materials used as negative control in endothelialization studies: Glass versus polymeric tissue culture plate

A Krüger-Genge, C Schulz, K Kratz… - Clinical …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
The endothelialization of synthetic surfaces applied as cardiovascular implant materials is
an important issue to ensure the anti-thrombotic quality of a biomaterial. However, the rapid …

Monolayer formation and shear-resistance of human vein endothelial cells on gelatin-based hydrogels with tailorable elasticity and degradability

C Schulz, R Vukićević, A Krüger-Genge… - Clinical …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
The formation of a functionally-confluent and shear-resistant endothelial cell (EC) monolayer
on cardiovascular implants is a promising strategy to prevent thrombogenic processes after …

Shear resistance of endothelial cells in a pathological environment

A Krüger-Genge, F Jung… - Clinical …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: Endothelial cells (EC) in vivo are strongly influenced by changes of the
milieu exterieur. Under pathological conditions EC can become activated eg in hypoxic …

Heart valve stenosis in laser spotlights: insights into a complex disease

P Büttner, R Galli, A Jannasch… - Clinical …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Degenerative heart valve disease is a life-threatening disease affecting about 3% of the
population over 65 years. Up to date, cardiac surgery with heart valve replacement is the …

Substrate-enzyme affinity-based surface modification strategy for endothelial cell-specific binding under shear stress

S Lee, R Ganesan, A Krüger-Genge… - Clinical …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Establishing an endothelial cell (EC) monolayer on top of the blood contacting surface of
grafts is considered to be a promising approach for creating a hemocompatible surface …

[PDF][PDF] Monolayer formation and shear-resistance of human umbilical vein endothelial cells on gelatin-based hydrogels with tailorable elsticity and degradability

C Schulz, R Vukicevic, A Krueger-Genge, AT Neffe… - hereon.de
The formation of a functionally-confluent and shear-resistant endothelial cell (EC) monolayer
on cardiovascular implants is a promising strategy to prevent thrombogenic processes after …