Bioengineering translational models of lymphoid tissues

YS Michaels, CF Buchanan, N Gjorevski… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Bioengineered models of human tissues have the potential to revolutionize human health by
providing a translational platform to investigate disease mechanisms and develop new …

Recent advancements in regenerative approaches for thymus rejuvenation

H Sharma, L Moroni - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The thymus plays a key role in adaptive immunity by generating a diverse population of T
cells that defend the body against pathogens. Various factors from disease and toxic insults …

[HTML][HTML] Internal relative potency factors based on immunotoxicity for the risk assessment of mixtures of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human …

W Bil, V Ehrlich, G Chen, R Vandebriel… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Relative potency factors (RPFs) for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have
previously been derived based on liver effects in rodents for the purpose of performing …

Leveraging biomaterials for enhancing T cell immunotherapy

Z Liao, W Zhang, H Zheng, Y Wang, J Yu, H Li… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic roles of T cells in the immune system to recognize and destroy the infected or
mutated cells render T cell therapy a prospective treatment for a variety of diseases …

Differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into thymic epithelial cells and generation of thymic organoids: applications for therapeutic strategies against APECED

N Provin, M Giraud - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The thymus is a primary lymphoid organ essential for the induction of central immune
tolerance. Maturing T cells undergo several steps of expansion and selection mediated by …

Biomedical application of decellularized scaffolds

F Zhang, H Gao, X Jiang, F Yang, J Zhang… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tissue loss and end-stage organ failure are serious health problems across the world.
Natural and synthetic polymer scaffold material based artificial organs play an important role …

A bioartificial and vasculomorphic bone matrix‐based organoid mimicking microanatomy of flat and short bones

R Toni, F Barbaro, G Di Conza, N Zini… - … Research Part B …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We engineered an in vitro model of bioartificial 3D bone organoid consistent with an
anatomical and vascular microenvironment common to mammalian flat and short bones. To …

Rediscovering the human thymus through cutting-edge technologies

F Pala, LD Notarangelo, M Bosticardo - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Recent technological advances have transformed our understanding of the human thymus.
Innovations such as high-resolution imaging, single-cell omics, and organoid cultures …

The thymus road to a T cell: migration, selection, and atrophy

M Ruiz Pérez, P Vandenabeele… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The thymus plays a pivotal role in generating a highly-diverse repertoire of T lymphocytes
while preventing autoimmunity. Thymus seeding progenitors (TSPs) are a heterogeneous …

A Computational template for three-dimensional modeling of the vascular scaffold of the human thyroid gland

G Spaletta, M Sofroniou, F Barbaro… - … Engineering Part A, 2023 - liebertpub.com
We recently designed an innovative scaffold-bioreactor unit for the bioengineering of a three-
dimensional (3D) bioartificial human thyroid gland or its miniaturized replica as a part of a …