[HTML][HTML] The mechanical characterization of blood vessels and their substitutes in the continuous quest for physiological-relevant performances. A critical review

DB Camasão, D Mantovani - Materials Today Bio, 2021 - Elsevier
During the last 50 years, novel biomaterials and tissue engineering techniques have been
investigated to produce alternative vascular substitutes that recapitulate the unique elastic …

Spheroids-on-a-chip: Recent advances and design considerations in microfluidic platforms for spheroid formation and culture

K Moshksayan, N Kashaninejad, ME Warkiani… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
A cell spheroid is a three-dimensional (3D) aggregation of cells. Synthetic, in-vitro spheroids
provide similar metabolism, proliferation, and species concentration gradients to those found …

Learn to write badly: How to succeed in the social sciences

M Billig - Cambridge, UK: Cambridge, 2013 - ceeol.com
Michael Billig, Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2013, 234 str. Sarah J. Tracy, Qualitative Research Methods …

Engineering biofunctional in vitro vessel models using a multilayer bioprinting technique

J Schöneberg, F De Lorenzi, B Theek, A Blaeser… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Recent advances in the field of bioprinting have led to the development of perfusable
complex structures. However, most of the existing printed vascular channels lack the …

The role of tissue engineering in articular cartilage repair and regeneration

L Zhang, J Hu, KA Athanasiou - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2009 - dl.begellhouse.com
Articular cartilage repair and regeneration continue to be largely intractable because of the
poor regenerative properties of this tissue. The field of articular cartilage tissue engineering …

Characterizing the mechanics of cultured cell monolayers

AR Harris, L Peter, J Bellis, B Baum… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
One-cell-thick monolayers are the simplest tissues in multicellular organisms, yet they fulfill
critical roles in development and normal physiology. In early development, embryonic …

[图书][B] Introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology

GL Hornyak, HF Tibbals, J Dutta, JJ Moore - 2008 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

Nuclear lamin A/C harnesses the perinuclear apical actin cables to protect nuclear morphology

JK Kim, A Louhghalam, G Lee, BW Schafer… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The distinct spatial architecture of the apical actin cables (or actin cap) facilitates rapid
biophysical signaling between extracellular mechanical stimuli and intracellular responses …

Biomechanics of the optic nerve head

IA Sigal, CR Ethier - Experimental eye research, 2009 - Elsevier
Biomechanical factors acting at the level of the lamina cribrosa (LC) are postulated to play a
role in retinal ganglion cell dysfunction and loss in glaucoma. In support of this postulate, we …

Reversing Blood Flows Act through klf2a to Ensure Normal Valvulogenesis in the Developing Heart

J Vermot, AS Forouhar, M Liebling, D Wu… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Heart valve anomalies are some of the most common congenital heart defects, yet neither
the genetic nor the epigenetic forces guiding heart valve development are well understood …