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Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu, Lorenzo Moroni, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Vincent Flacher, Paul Wieringa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between the triglyceride-glucose index and arterial stiffness in Japanese individuals with normoglycaemia: a cross-sectional study

BMC Endocrine Disorders
Background The association between the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and arterial stiffness in individuals with normoglycaemia remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between the TyG index and arterial stiffness in Japanese individuals ...
Yuying Cai, Wenyue Sha, Hailian Deng, Tuming Zhang, Linlin Yang, Yueying Wu, Jinhua Luo, Guangyan Liu, Yu Yang, Dehui Feng   +9 more
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Magnetically Driven Biofabrication for Tissue Engineering: From Nanoparticle Design to Mag‐ATMP Translation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Magnetically responsive nanoparticles enable remote control over biomaterials, cells, and engineered tissues. This review summarizes material design, biological safety, fabrication and actuation strategies, computational validation, and translational pathways that support the development of magnetic tissue‐engineering platforms and future magnetically ...
Konstantinos Ioannidis, Dimitrios Lefas, Maya Guilliams, Jackie Van Grootenbril, Isaak Decoene, Dimitrios Sakellariou, Bart Smeets, Stefanos Mourdikoudis, Ioannis Papantoniou   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypertension and arterial stiffness in heart transplantation patients

Clinics
OBJECTIVES: Post-transplantation hypertension is prevalent and is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and subsequent graft dysfunction. The present study aimed to identify the factors associated with arterial stiffness as measured by the ...
João David de Souza-Neto, ĺtalo Martins de Oliveira, Hermano Alexandre Lima-Rocha, José Wellington Oliveira-Lima, Fernando Bacal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lipoprotein(a) and Arterial Stiffness Parameters [PDF]

Pulse, 2015
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Circulating lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] and arterial stiffness are markers associated with the atherosclerotic processes. With regard to cardiovascular outcomes, the relationship between Lp(a) and arterial stiffness has not been sufficiently summarized.
Alexander, Sorokin, Kazuhiko, Kotani
openaire   +2 more sources

Optical Detection of Cellular Signals at Material Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Emerging functional materials are transforming optical detection of cellular signals. This review highlights optical techniques that exploit the unique optical properties of diverse materials to detect and quantify cellular electrical, chemical, and mechanical signals, and discusses key opportunities and challenges.
Xuchen Ren, Jitong Ren, Zixin Zhang, Koney Eungkon Kim, Francis L. Hong, Yuecheng Peter Zhou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PO-23 A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON THE EFFECT OF ACUTE AEROBIC EXERCISE ON ARTERIAL STIFFNESS REVEALS A DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE IN THE UPPER AND LOWER ARTERIAL SEGMENTS

Artery Research, 2016
Objectives: The overall impact of resistance-type exercises and chronic physical activity on the modulation of arterial stiffness has been well characterized; however, the impact of acute aerobic exercise remains unclear.
Alexandra B. Cooke, Andrew F. Mutter, Oliver Saleh, Yessica-Haydee Gomez, Stella S. Daskalopoulou   +4 more
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Bioengineered Interfaces for Peripheral Nerve Sensory Restoration

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Half of amputees abandon their prosthetics for lack of feeling. This review charts the full path from peripheral nerve injury to restored sensation, through surgical, regenerative, noninvasive, and implanted approaches, and shows how injury type and interface material properties determine which strategy can deliver naturalistic feedback, and why ...
Sydney Swedick, Salim El Hadwe, Kesi Liang, George G. Malliaras, Damiano G. Barone   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of different metrics as an index for the assessment of arterial stiffness

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2018
Elevated intravascular pressure is a contributing factor to increased arterial stiffness, and is a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Assessment of arterial stiffness is of importance in evaluating cardiovascular risk.
Camille Leblanc, Hilary R Strong, Reza Tabrizchi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extrusion Bioprinting for Wound Healing: Innovations in Functionalized Bioinks and Bioprinting Technology

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Extrusion‐based bioprinting (EBB) has emerged as a versatile biofabrication platform capable of precisely depositing bioinks composed of biomaterials, cells, and bioactive agents to generate patient‐specific, biomimetic skin constructs. This paper presents a state‐of‐the‐art and forward‐looking overview of EBB for wound healing, encompassing printing ...
Hien‐Phuong Le, Anh Tuan Trong Tran, Ammara Waheed, Tran Thanh Tung, Dusan Losic   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source