Chitosan: a potential biopolymer in drug delivery and biomedical applications

N Desai, D Rana, S Salave, R Gupta, P Patel… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, a biocompatible and biodegradable polysaccharide derived from chitin, has
surfaced as a material of promise for drug delivery and biomedical applications. Different …

Bioprinting of artificial blood vessels: current approaches towards a demanding goal

E Hoch, GEM Tovar, K Borchers - European Journal of Cardio …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Free-form fabrication techniques, often referred to as '3D printing', are currently tested with
regard to the processing of biological and biocompatible materials in general and for …

Hydrated human corneal stroma revealed by quantitative dynamic atomic force microscopy at nanoscale

D Xia, S Zhang, JØ Hjortdal, Q Li, K Thomsen… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The structures and mechanical properties of human tissues are significantly influenced by
water. The functionality of the human cornea can be linked to the hydrated collagen fibers …

[HTML][HTML] Software for bioprinting

C Pakhomova, D Popov, E Maltsev… - … Journal of Bioprinting, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The bioprinting of heterogeneous organs is a crucial issue. To reach the complexity of such
organs, there is a need for highly specialized software that will meet all requirements such …

Fabrication of silk fibroin film using centrifugal casting technique for corneal tissue engineering

MC Lee, DK Kim, OJ Lee, JH Kim… - … Research Part B …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Films prepared from silk fibroin have shown potential as biomaterials in tissue engineering
applications for the eye. Here, we present a novel process for fabrication of silk fibroin films …

Combined PI3K/Akt and Smad2 activation promotes corneal endothelial cell proliferation

AL Sabater, EJ Andreu… - … & visual science, 2017 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a culture method for expansion of
corneal endothelial cells (CEC) based on the combined activation of PI3K/Akt and Smad2 …

A cost-minimization analysis of tissue-engineered constructs for corneal endothelial transplantation

TE Tan, GSL Peh, BL George, HY Cajucom-Uy… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Corneal endothelial transplantation or endothelial keratoplasty has become the preferred
choice of transplantation for patients with corneal blindness due to endothelial dysfunction …

The effects of ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 on injectable spheroids of bovine corneal endothelial cells

Y Guo, Q Liu, Y Yang, X Guo, R Lian, S Li… - … " Cloning and Stem …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
The spheroids of 3-dimensional culture and Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y-
27632 have shown many advantages for the promotion of cellular viability and proliferation …

Cytotoxicity of Lidocaine to Human Corneal Endothelial Cells In Vitro

HZ Yu, YH Li, RX Wang, X Zhou, MM Yu… - Basic & clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Lidocaine has been reported to induce apoptosis on rabbit corneal endothelial cells.
However, the apoptotic effect and exact mechanism involved in cytotoxicity of lidocaine are …

Analysis of the corneal endothelium in eyes of chickens using contact specular microscopy.

L Albuquerque, LVRP Freitas, JAT Pigatto - 2015 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The corneal endothelium is a single layer of polygonal cells essential for corneal
transparency. The objective of this study was to assess the parameters corneal endothelial …