[HTML][HTML] Cellular mechanotransduction: from tension to function

F Martino, AR Perestrelo, V Vinarský, S Pagliari… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Living cells are constantly exposed to mechanical stimuli arising from the surrounding
extracellular matrix (ECM) or from neighboring cells. The intracellular molecular processes …

High-throughput methods in the discovery and study of biomaterials and materiobiology

L Yang, S Pijuan-Galito, HS Rho, AS Vasilevich… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The complex interaction of cells with biomaterials (ie, materiobiology) plays an increasingly
pivotal role in the development of novel implants, biomedical devices, and tissue …

Tailoring mechanical properties of decellularized extracellular matrix bioink by vitamin B2-induced photo-crosslinking

J Jang, TG Kim, BS Kim, SW Kim, SM Kwon, DW Cho - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
We have developed two-step process that uses sequential vitamin B2-induced UVA
crosslinking and thermal gelation to solidify decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) …

Cardiac fibroblasts and mechanosensation in heart development, health and disease

M Pesce, GN Duda, G Forte, H Girao, A Raya… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The term 'mechanosensation'describes the capacity of cells to translate mechanical stimuli
into the coordinated regulation of intracellular signals, cellular function, gene expression …

Electrical and mechanical stimulation of cardiac cells and tissue constructs

WL Stoppel, DL Kaplan, LD Black III - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The field of cardiac tissue engineering has made significant strides over the last few
decades, highlighted by the development of human cell derived constructs that have shown …

Extracellular matrix–mediated maturation of human pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiac monolayer structure and electrophysiological function

TJ Herron, AMD Rocha, KF Campbell… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Human pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs)
monolayers generated to date display an immature embryonic-like functional and structural …

Tough and flexible CNT–polymeric hybrid scaffolds for engineering cardiac constructs

M Kharaziha, SR Shin, M Nikkhah, SN Topkaya… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past few years, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted toward the
development of biomimetic scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering. However, most of the …

Multiscale analysis of extracellular matrix remodeling in the failing heart

AR Perestrelo, AC Silva, J Oliver-De La Cruz… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Cardiac ECM (extracellular matrix) comprises a dynamic molecular network
providing structural support to heart tissue function. Understanding the impact of ECM …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex in muscle cell mechanotransduction

DGS Wilson, A Tinker, T Iskratsch - Communications Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Dystrophin is the central protein of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) in skeletal
and heart muscle cells. Dystrophin connects the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix …

Introduction to cell–hydrogel mechanosensing

M Ahearne - Interface focus, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The development of hydrogel-based biomaterials represents a promising approach to
generating new strategies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In order to …