Biohybrid robotics with living cell actuation

L Sun, Y Yu, Z Chen, F Bian, F Ye, L Sun… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As simulators of organisms in Nature, soft robots have been developed over the past few
decades. In particular, biohybrid robots constructed by integrating living cells with soft …

Engineering cell alignment in vitro

Y Li, G Huang, X Zhang, L Wang, Y Du, TJ Lu… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cell alignment plays a critical role in various cell behaviors including cytoskeleton
reorganization, membrane protein relocation, nucleus gene expression, and ECM …

Engineered meatballs via scalable skeletal muscle cell expansion and modular micro-tissue assembly using porous gelatin micro-carriers

Y Liu, R Wang, S Ding, L Deng, Y Zhang, J Li, Z Shi… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The emerging field of cultured meat faces several technical hurdles, including the scale-up
production of quality muscle and adipose progenitor cells, and the differentiation and …

Skeletal muscle tissue engineering: methods to form skeletal myotubes and their applications

S Ostrovidov, V Hosseini, S Ahadian… - … Engineering Part B …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Skeletal muscle tissue engineering (SMTE) aims to repair or regenerate defective skeletal
muscle tissue lost by traumatic injury, tumor ablation, or muscular disease. However, two …

3D printed oxidized alginate-gelatin bioink provides guidance for C2C12 muscle precursor cell orientation and differentiation via shear stress during bioprinting

T Distler, AA Solisito, D Schneidereit, O Friedrich… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Biofabrication can be a tool to three-dimensionally (3D) print muscle cells embedded inside
hydrogel biomaterials, ultimately aiming to mimic the complexity of the native muscle tissue …

Skeletal muscle-on-a-chip: an in vitro model to evaluate tissue formation and injury

G Agrawal, A Aung, S Varghese - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Engineered skeletal muscle tissues can be used for in vitro studies that require
physiologically relevant models of native tissues. Herein, we describe the development of a …

Thermally-triggered fabrication of cell sheets for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

H Takahashi, T Okano - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Cell transplantation is a promising approach for promoting tissue regeneration in the
treatment of damaged tissues or organs. Although cells have conventionally been delivered …

Integration of extracellular matrices into organ‐on‐chip systems

H Kutluk, EE Bastounis… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex, dynamic network present within all tissues and
organs that not only acts as a mechanical support and anchorage point but can also direct …

Hydrodynamics in cell studies

D Huber, A Oskooei, X Casadevall i Solvas… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hydrodynamic phenomena are ubiquitous in living organisms and can be used to
manipulate cells or emulate physiological microenvironments experienced in vivo …

Accelerating drug discovery via organs-on-chips

CY Chan, PH Huang, F Guo, X Ding, V Kapur, JD Mai… - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Considerable advances have been made in the development of micro-physiological
systems that seek to faithfully replicate the complexity and functionality of animal and human …