Mimicking stem cell niches to increase stem cell expansion

SM Dellatore, AS Garcia, WM Miller - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2008 - Elsevier
Niches regulate lineage-specific stem cell self-renewal versus differentiation in vivo and are
composed of supportive cells and extracellular matrix components arranged in a three …

[PDF][PDF] Inkjet printing of regenerated silk fibroin: From printable forms to printable functions

H Tao, B Marelli, M Yang, B An… - Advanced …, 2015 - rogersgroup.northwestern.edu
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201501425 a custom library of inkjet-printable, functional “silk inks” for
use in sensing, therapeutics, and regenerative medicine. To illustrate this concept, different …

Microarrays and microneedle arrays for delivery of peptides, proteins, vaccines and other applications

S Chandrasekhar, LK Iyer, JP Panchal… - Expert Opinion on …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Peptide and protein microarray and microneedle array technology provides
direct information on protein function and potential drug targets in drug discovery and …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered functional surfaces by laser microprocessing for biomedical applications

G Hu, K Guan, L Lu, J Zhang, N Lu, Y Guan - Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Metallic biomaterials are increasingly being used in various medical applications due to
their high strength, fracture resistance, good electrical conductivity, and biocompatibility …

“One cell− one well”: a new approach to inkjet printing single cell microarrays

AR Liberski, JT Delaney Jr… - ACS combinatorial …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A new approach to prepare arrays of sessile droplets of living single cell cultures using a
liquid hydrophobic barrier prevents the samples from dehydrating, and allows for spatially …

Microwell device for targeting single cells to electrochemical microelectrodes for high-throughput amperometric detection of quantal exocytosis

X Liu, S Barizuddin, W Shin, CJ Mathai… - Analytical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical microelectrodes are commonly used to detect spikes of amperometric
current that correspond to exocytosis of oxidizable transmitter from individual vesicles, ie …

3D microcontact printing for combined chemical and topographical patterning on porous cell culture membrane

J Borowiec, J Hampl, S Singh, S Haefner… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Micrometer-scale biochemical or topographical patterning is commonly used to guide the
cell attachment and growth, but the ability to combine these patterns into an integrated …

Micropatterning of proteins and mammalian cells on indium tin oxide

SS Shah, MC Howland, LJ Chen… - … applied materials & …, 2009 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a novel surface engineering approach that combines oxygen plasma
treatment and electrochemical activation to create micropatterned cocultures on indium tin …

Using growth factor arrays and micropatterned co-cultures to induce hepatic differentiation of embryonic stem cells

N Tuleuova, JY Lee, J Lee, E Ramanculov, MA Zern… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
The success in driving embryonic stem cells towards hepatic lineage has been confounded
by the complexity and cost of differentiation protocols that employ large quantities of …

Minireview: Laser-induced formation of microbubbles—biomedical implications

SD George, S Chidangil, D Mathur - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recent work is summarized that shows how microbubbles may have potential utility in
biomedical situations as (i) highly localized generators of intense white light in an aqueous …