Mucosa-interfacing electronics

K Nan, VR Feig, B Ying, JG Howarth, Z Kang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The surface mucosa that lines many of our organs houses myriad biometric signals and,
therefore, has great potential as a sensor–tissue interface for high-fidelity and long-term …

Imaging collagen in scar tissue: developments in second harmonic generation microscopy for biomedical applications

L Mostaço-Guidolin, NL Rosin, TL Hackett - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The ability to respond to injury with tissue repair is a fundamental property of all multicellular
organisms. The extracellular matrix (ECM), composed of fibrillar collagens as well as a …

Mucosa‐Like Conformal Hydrogel Coating for Aqueous Lubrication

MH Bai, B Zhao, ZYT Liu, ZL Zheng, X Wei… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mucosa is a protective and lubricating barrier in biological tissue, which has a great clinical
inspiration because of its slippery, soft, and hydrophilic surface. However, mimicking …

Actomyosin-mediated cellular tension drives increased tissue stiffness and β-catenin activation to induce epidermal hyperplasia and tumor growth

MS Samuel, JI Lopez, EJ McGhee, DR Croft… - Cancer cell, 2011 - cell.com
Tumors and associated stroma manifest mechanical properties that promote cancer.
Mechanosensation of tissue stiffness activates the Rho/ROCK pathway to increase …

Life‐long caloric restriction reduces oxidative stress and preserves nitric oxide bioavailability and function in arteries of old mice

AJ Donato, AE Walker, KA Magerko, RC Bramwell… - Aging cell, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aging impairs arterial function through oxidative stress and diminished nitric oxide (NO)
bioavailability. Life‐long caloric restriction (CR) reduces oxidative stress, but its impact on …

[图书][B] Second harmonic generation imaging

FS Pavone, PJ Campagnola - 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy began to emerge as a high-resolution
optical imaging modality in the late 1990s, about 10 years after two-photon excited …

Predicting bulk mechanical properties of cellularized collagen gels using multiphoton microscopy

CB Raub, AJ Putnam, BJ Tromberg, SC George - Acta biomaterialia, 2010 - Elsevier
Cellularized collagen gels are a common model in tissue engineering, but the relationship
between the microstructure and bulk mechanical properties is only partially understood …

Long-term changes to in vitro preserved bioengineered human trachea and their implications for decellularized tissues

S Baiguera, C Del Gaudio, MO Jaus, L Polizzi… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Bioengineered tissues created for transplant will be expected to survive and contribute to
function over the lifetime of the individual. To evaluate potential intrinsic changes and …

[HTML][HTML] Lifelong SIRT-1 overexpression attenuates large artery stiffening with advancing age

DR Machin, Y Auduong, VR Gogulamudi, Y Liu… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advanced age is accompanied by aortic stiffening that is associated with decreased
vascular expression of sirtuin-1 (SIRT-1). Interventions that increase SIRT-1 expression also …

Nonlinear optical microscopy and ultrasound imaging of human cervical structure

LM Reusch, H Feltovich, LC Carlson… - … of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The cervix softens and shortens as its collagen microstructure rearranges in preparation for
birth, but premature change may lead to premature birth. The global preterm birth rate has …