Surface modification techniques for endothelial cell seeding in PDMS microfluidic devices

F Akther, SB Yakob, NT Nguyen, HT Ta - Biosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip cell culture techniques have been gaining popularity by offering
the possibility of reducing the amount of samples and reagents and greater control over …

Functionalization and surface modifications of bioactive glasses (BGs): tailoring of the biological response working on the outermost surface layer

S Kargozar, F Kermani, S Mollazadeh Beidokhti… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bioactive glasses (BGs) are routinely being used as potent materials for hard and soft tissue
engineering applications; however, improving their biological activities through surface …

Hierarchical vessel network-supported tumor model-on-a-chip constructed by induced spontaneous anastomosis

Y Zhou, Y Wu, R Paul, X Qin, Y Liu - ACS applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The vascular system in living tissues is a highly organized system that consists of vessels
with various diameters for nutrient delivery and waste transport. In recent years, many vessel …

Marangoni flows drive the alignment of fibrillar cell-laden hydrogels

BA Nerger, PT Brun, CM Nelson - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
When a sessile droplet containing a solute in a volatile solvent evaporates, flow in the
droplet can transport and assemble solute particles into complex patterns. Transport in …

Pneumatic unidirectional cell stretching device for mechanobiological studies of cardiomyocytes

J Kreutzer, M Viehrig, RP Pölönen, F Zhao… - … and Modeling in …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, we present a transparent mechanical stimulation device capable of uniaxial
stimulation, which is compatible with standard bioanalytical methods used in cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive polydimethylsiloxane surface for optimal human mesenchymal stem cell sheet culture

Z Qian, D Ross, W Jia, Q Xing, F Zhao - Bioactive materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) sheets hold great potential in engineering three-
dimensional (3D) completely biological tissues for diverse applications. Conventional cell …

On‐chip determination of tissue‐specific metastatic potential of breast cancer cells

B Firatligil‐Yildirir, G Bati‐Ayaz… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metastasis is one of the major obstacles for breast cancer patients. Limitations of current
models demand the development of custom platforms to predict metastatic potential and …

Covalent Immobilization of Collagen Type I to a Polydimethylsiloxane Surface for Preventing Cell Detachment by Retaining Collagen Molecules under Uniaxial Cyclic …

K Mori, K Kataoka, Y Akiyama, T Asahi - Biomacromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surface modification of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with an extracellular matrix (ECM) is
useful for enhancing stable cell attachment. However, few studies have investigated the …

Recent advances in regenerative tissue fabrication: Tools, materials, and microenvironment in hierarchical aspects

MC Ratri, AI Brilian, A Setiawati… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As part of regenerative medicine, artificial, hierarchical tissue engineering is a favorable
approach to satisfy the needs of patients for new tissues and organs to replace those with …

Bioactivation of 3D cell-Imprinted polydimethylsiloxane surfaces by bone protein nanocoating for bone tissue engineering

M Babaei, B Nasernejad, E Sharifikolouei… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Physical and chemical parameters that mimic the physiological niche of the human body
have an influence on stem cell fate by creating directional signals to cells. Micro/nano cell …