Strategies for the chemical and biological functionalization of scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering: a review

M Tallawi, E Rosellini, N Barbani… - Journal of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The development of biomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering (CTE) is challenging,
primarily owing to the requirement of achieving a surface with favourable characteristics that …

The functions and applications of RGD in tumor therapy and tissue engineering

F Wang, Y Li, Y Shen, A Wang, S Wang… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic (RGD), is the specific recognition site of integrins with theirs
ligands, and regulates cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. The RGD motif can …

Biomimetic 3D tissue models for advanced high-throughput drug screening

KH Nam, AST Smith, S Lone… - Journal of laboratory …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Most current drug screening assays used to identify new drug candidates are 2D cell-based
systems, even though such in vitro assays do not adequately re-create the in vivo complexity …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac ultrastructure inspired matrix induces advanced metabolic and functional maturation of differentiated human cardiomyocytes

J Afzal, Y Liu, W Du, Y Suhail, P Zong, J Feng, V Ajeti… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
The vast potential of human induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-
CMs) in preclinical models of cardiac pathologies, precision medicine, and drug screening …

RGD peptide as a targeting moiety for theranostic purpose: An update study

S Asati, V Pandey, V Soni - International Journal of Peptide Research and …, 2019 - Springer
In the current scenario, the utility of peptide as the targeting ligand has been increased for
the efficient diagnosis and treatment of tumor cells. Blood vessels of tumor cells show some …

MicroRNAs in bone balance and osteoporosis

J Chen, M Qiu, C Dou, Z Cao… - Drug Development …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Preclinical Research Bone is a rigid and dynamic organ that undergoes
continuous turnover. Bone homeostasis is maintained by osteoclast‐mediated bone …

Surface features of recombinant spider silk protein eADF4 (κ16)‐made materials are well‐suited for cardiac tissue engineering

J Petzold, TB Aigner, F Touska… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases causing high morbidity and mortality represent a major
socioeconomic burden. The primary cause of impaired heart function is often the loss of …

Poly (glycerol sebacate)/poly (butylene succinate-butylene dilinoleate) fibrous scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering

M Tallawi, DC Zebrowski, R Rai… - … Engineering Part C …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
The present article investigates the use of a novel electrospun fibrous blend of poly (glycerol
sebacate)(PGS) and poly (butylene succinate-butylene dilinoleate)(PBS-DLA) as a …

BNC1 regulates cell heterogeneity in human pluripotent stem cell-derived epicardium

L Gambardella, SA McManus, V Moignard… - …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
The murine developing epicardium heterogeneously expresses the transcription factors
TCF21 and WT1. Here, we show that this cell heterogeneity is conserved in human …

Recombinant spider silk protein eADF4 (C16)-RGD coatings are suitable for cardiac tissue engineering

JPM Kramer, TB Aigner, J Petzold, K Roshanbinfar… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Cardiac tissue engineering is a promising approach to treat cardiovascular diseases, which
are a major socio-economic burden worldwide. An optimal material for cardiac tissue …