Human tendon-on-a-chip for modeling vascular inflammatory fibrosis

H Awad, R Ajalik, R Alenchery, I Linares, T Wright… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Understanding vascular inflammation and myofibroblast crosstalk is critical to developing
therapies for fibrotic diseases. Here we report the development of a novel human Tendon-on …

Human tendon-on-a-chip for modeling vascular inflammatory fibrosis

H Awad, R Ajalik, R Alenchery, I Linares, T Wright… - europepmc.org
Understanding vascular inflammation and myofibroblast crosstalk is critical to developing
therapies for fibrotic diseases. Here we report the development of a novel human Tendon-on …

A MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF INFLAMMATION AND FIBROSIS IN TENDON FIBROVASCULAR SCAR

H Awad - Orthopaedic Proceedings, 2024 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Vascular inflammation and activation of myofibroblasts are significant contributors to the
progression of fibrosis, which can severely impair tissue function. In various tissues …

Writing 3D In Vitro Models of Human Tendon within a Biomimetic Fibrillar Support Platform

RF Monteiro, SM Bakht, M Gomez-Florit… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tendinopathies are poorly understood diseases for which treatment remains challenging.
Relevant in vitro models to study human tendon physiology and pathophysiology are …

Extrinsic macrophages protect while tendon progenitors degrade: insights from a tissue engineered model of tendon compartmental crosstalk

T Stauber, M Wolleb, A Duss, PK Jaeger… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tendons are among the most mechanically stressed tissues of the body, with a functional
core of type‐I collagen fibers maintained by embedded stromal fibroblasts known as …

Engineering Tendon Assembloids to Probe Cellular Crosstalk in Disease and Repair

T Stauber, M Wolleb… - Journal of Visualized …, 2024 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Tendons enable locomotion by transferring muscle forces to bones. They rely on a tough
tendon core comprising collagen fibers and stromal cell populations. This load-bearing core …

[HTML][HTML] The tendon microenvironment: Engineered in vitro models to study cellular crosstalk

M Gomez-Florit, CJ Labrador-Rached… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tendinopathy is a multi-faceted pathology characterized by alterations in tendon
microstructure, cellularity and collagen composition. Challenged by the possibility of …

Author Spotlight: Advancing Tendon Research by Developing Mouse Assembloids to Understand Cellular Mechanisms

T Stauber, M Wolleb, JG Snedeker - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2024 - jove.com
Tendons enable locomotion by transferring muscle forces to bones. They rely on a tough
tendon core comprising collagen fibers and stromal cell populations. This load-bearing core …

Classical and non-classical fibrosis phenotypes are revealed by lung and cardiac like microvascular tissues on-chip

A Akinbote, V Beltran-Sastre, M Cherubini… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fibrosis, a hallmark of many cardiac and pulmonary diseases, is characterized by excess
deposition of extracellular matrix proteins and increased tissue stiffness. This serious …

Lineage Tracing and Spatial Transcriptomics Illustrate the Role of Myofibroblasts During Fibrotic Tendon Healing

JE Ackerman - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Acute tendon injuries represent a major clinical burden, due in part to tendon's fibrotic
healing process. Complete restoration of functional properties is prevented by excessive …