The field of immunoengineering aims to develop novel therapies and modern vaccines to
manipulate and modulate the immune system and applies innovative technologies toward …

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is produced in the pituitary and is essential for
reproduction. It specifically binds to a membrane receptor (FSHR) expressed in somatic cells …

Microfluidic designs are versatile examples of technology miniaturisation that find their
applications in various cell biology research, especially to investigate the influence of …

Our understanding of adipose tissue biology has steadily evolved. While structural and
energy storage functionalities have been in the forefront, a key endocrine role for adipocytes …

Intracellular signaling pathways are affected by the temporal nature of external chemical
signaling molecules such as neurotransmitters or hormones. Developing high-throughput …

Cells constantly encounter a wide range of environmental signals and rely on their signaling
pathways to initiate reliable responses. Understanding the underlying signaling …

With the rise of research utilizing microphysiological systems (MPSs), the need for tools that
enable the physiological mimicking of the relevant cellular environment is vital. The limited …

Cell signaling is a fast, dynamic, and complex process, which controls a variety of critical
physiological functions. Methods to investigate such dynamic information, however, suffer …

Mammalian cells respond in a variable manner when provided with physiological pulses of
ligand, such as low concentrations of acetylcholine present for just tens of seconds or TNFα …

Living cells utilize signaling pathways to sense, transduce, and process information. As the
extracellular stimulation often has rich temporal characteristics which may govern dynamic …