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The objective of this study was to evaluate the gene expression of four bone-related adhesive proteins during the early healing of bone defect and bone-implant interface in animal experiments. T-shaped hollow pure titanium implants with dual acid-etched surfaces were placed into femurs of 17 Sprague-Dawley rats, and bone defects with the same size were made in the same site in 15 rats. Newly formed...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the gene expression of four bone-related adhesive proteins during the early healing of bone defect and bone-implant interface in animal experiments. T-shaped hollow pure titanium implants with dual acid-etched surfaces were placed into femurs of 17 Sprague-Dawley rats, and bone defects with the same size were made in the same site in 15 rats. Newly formed...
For applications in cell biology, the ability to produce patterns of adhesion proteins for directing cell patterning is of particular interest. Often though, these patterns require extensive clean room facilities and intricate chrome masks to achieve very small feature sizes. We have developed a modified lift-off method for rapid prototyping of simple PLL structures that have features on a micron...
For applications in cell biology, the ability to produce patterns of adhesion proteins for directing cell patterning is of particular interest. Often though, these patterns require extensive clean room facilities and intricate chrome masks to achieve very small feature sizes. We have developed a modified lift-off method for rapid prototyping of simple PLL structures that have features on a micron...
Numerous in vivo morphogenetic processes such as angiogenesis occur within a three-dimensional context, where both soluble growth factor-mediated and insoluble adhesive signals modulate cellular behaviors such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Using microfabrication approaches to engineer the multidimensional cellular microenvironment, we are examining how these adhesive and growth...
Numerous in vivo morphogenetic processes such as angiogenesis occur within a three-dimensional context, where both soluble growth factor-mediated and insoluble adhesive signals modulate cellular behaviors such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Using microfabrication approaches to engineer the multidimensional cellular microenvironment, we are examining how these adhesive and growth...
Human embryonic germ (hEG) cells have the potential to self-renew over long periods of time and differentiate into various lineages. Cells derived from embryoid bodies of hEG cells express a broad spectrum of gene markers and have been induced towards cells of ecto-dermal and recently endo-dermal and mesenchymal lineages. LVEC cells express a number of surface marker proteins characteristic of mesenchymal...
Human embryonic germ (hEG) cells have the potential to self-renew over long periods of time and differentiate into various lineages. Cells derived from embryoid bodies of hEG cells express a broad spectrum of gene markers and have been induced towards cells of ecto-dermal and recently endo-dermal and mesenchymal lineages. LVEC cells express a number of surface marker proteins characteristic of mesenchymal...
The purpose of this paper is to introduce our design for transducing forces on the order of tens of piconewtons by optically measuring deflection of a microfabricated beam tip as it pulls on an array of flexible structures such as axons in an array of laminin-printed neurons. To achieve this we have designed polymeric beams with spring constants on the order of 10pN/mum. We have fabricated circular...
The purpose of this paper is to introduce our design for transducing forces on the order of tens of piconewtons by optically measuring deflection of a microfabricated beam tip as it pulls on an array of flexible structures such as axons in an array of laminin-printed neurons. To achieve this we have designed polymeric beams with spring constants on the order of 10pN/mum. We have fabricated circular...
A synthetic genetic circuit has been designed whose topology and function echo those of an electronic inverting amplifier. Several variants of this circuit have been built in our laboratory. This paper reports on the testing of one of these variants and contributes to the field both in terms of evaluating the specific amplifier performance and in terms of providing a methodology for performance evaluation...
A synthetic genetic circuit has been designed whose topology and function echo those of an electronic inverting amplifier. Several variants of this circuit have been built in our laboratory. This paper reports on the testing of one of these variants and contributes to the field both in terms of evaluating the specific amplifier performance and in terms of providing a methodology for performance evaluation...
Studies examining traumatic brain injury have suggested a 'window of opportunity' exists for therapeutic agents to mitigate edema and cellular toxicity effectively. However, successful therapy also relies on identifying the extent of blood-brain barrier disruption, which is associated with excessive extra-cellular concentrations of ions, excitatory amino acids, and serum proteins. The following study...
Studies examining traumatic brain injury have suggested a 'window of opportunity' exists for therapeutic agents to mitigate edema and cellular toxicity effectively. However, successful therapy also relies on identifying the extent of blood-brain barrier disruption, which is associated with excessive extra-cellular concentrations of ions, excitatory amino acids, and serum proteins. The following study...
Chronic tissue response induced by tethering is one of the major causes for implant failure in intracortical microelectrodes. In this study, we had explored the hypothesis that flexible interconnects could provide strain relief against forces of "micromotion" and hence could result in maintaining a healthy tissue surrounding the implant. Finite element modeling results indicated that flexible...
Chronic tissue response induced by tethering is one of the major causes for implant failure in intracortical microelectrodes. In this study, we had explored the hypothesis that flexible interconnects could provide strain relief against forces of "micromotion" and hence could result in maintaining a healthy tissue surrounding the implant. Finite element modeling results indicated that flexible...
With the ultimate goal to engineer a meniscus substitute based on autologous cells, we aimed this work at identifying (i) a human cell source capable of generating fibrocartilaginous tissues and (ii) a culture environment promoting the development of bi-zonal constructs, resembling the complex structure and function of a meniscus. The post-expansion differentiation capacity of different chondrogenic...
With the ultimate goal to engineer a meniscus substitute based on autologous cells, we aimed this work at identifying (i) a human cell source capable of generating fibrocartilaginous tissues and (ii) a culture environment promoting the development of bi-zonal constructs, resembling the complex structure and function of a meniscus. The post-expansion differentiation capacity of different chondrogenic...
Statistical image analysis has emerged as a basic methodology in the study of many real phenomena, which can be represented by sequences of binary images. Recent techniques, such as total internal reflection fluorescent microscopy, allow us to image simultaneously two fluorescent-tagged proteins which are relevant in important cellular processes, such as endocytosis. Here, we model these biological...
Statistical image analysis has emerged as a basic methodology in the study of many real phenomena, which can be represented by sequences of binary images. Recent techniques, such as total internal reflection fluorescent microscopy, allow us to image simultaneously two fluorescent-tagged proteins which are relevant in important cellular processes, such as endocytosis. Here, we model these biological...
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