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A Molecular Shielding Strategy to Develop Low Protein Binding, Renal Clearable Pan‐Cancer Near‐Infrared Probes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A molecular shielding strategy to convert “protein‐sticky” and “non‐tumor specific” clinical ICG dye, into a “low protein binding” and “tumor‐targeting” dye with prolonged blood circulation and renal clearance is described. These shielded ICGs demonstrate strong tumor accumulation and optimal tissue clearance, resulting in high tumor‐to‐background ...
Li Xiang, Kailin Mooney, Mingchong Dai, Morgan R. Stewart, Samantha Holland, Michael I. Henderson, Samuel Drennan, Ramon F. Barajas Jr., Jared M. Fischer, Adem Yildirim   +9 more
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Breaking the fortress: a mechanistic review of meningitis-causing bacteria breaching tactics in blood brain barrier

Cell Communication and Signaling
The blood-brain barrier is a physiological protective barrier around blood vessels in the brain. It prevents most bacteria and harmful substances from entering the brain through the blood.
Yingying Quan, Yuxin Wang, Shuji Gao, Shuo Yuan, Shenao Song, Baobao Liu, Yang Wang   +6 more
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Interstitium‐Mimicking Porous Alveolar Membranes Enable Physiologic Aerosol Transport and Distinct Acute‐Chronic Lung Injury Responses

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An interstitium‐mimicking membrane combines three‐dimensional alveolar geometry, high pore interconnectivity, and mechanical compliance to overcome transport limitations of conventional lung‐on‐chip barriers. The resulting platform supports physiologic aerosol transport, quantitative analysis of cross‐barrier particle movement, and reveals divergent ...
Jae‐Won Choi, Sheng Zhang, Abbas Jalili, August Kohls, Woo‐Youl Maeng, Sikandar Azam, Wu Liu, Barbie Varghese, Yixin Zhao, Xi Ren, Shimin Liu, Si‐Yang Zheng   +11 more
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Group B Streptococci lyse endothelial cells to infect the brain in a zebrafish meningitis model.

PLoS Biology
To cause meningitis, bacteria move from the bloodstream to the brain, crossing the endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier. Most studies on how bacteria cross the blood-brain barrier have been performed in vitro using cultured endothelial cells, due
Sumedha Ravishankar, Samantha M Tuohey, Nicole O Ramos, Satoshi Uchiyama, Megan I Hayes, Kalisa Kang, Victor Nizet, Cressida A Madigan   +7 more
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A Bioinspired Sensory‐CAPode With Dual Functionality: Logic Gate and Real‐Time Biosensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An electrochemical capacitor diode (CAPode) redefines the frontier of iontronics by seamlessly unifying logic computing and biosensing within a single biocompatible platform. Inspired by nature's own ion‐channel circuitry, this elegant ionic system transforms complex chemical signals into precise electrical responses, paving the way for next‐generation
Hanfeng Zhou, Tianle Zheng, Haolin Jin, Xiongjun Zhou, Jiang Qu, Bilal Riaz, Ahmed Bahrawy, Jiajie Chen, Przemyslaw Galek, Julia Grothe, Stefan Kaskel   +10 more
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Unveiling the hidden connection: the blood-brain barrier’s role in epilepsy

Frontiers in Neurology
Epilepsy is characterized by abnormal synchronous electrical activity of neurons in the brain. The blood-brain barrier, which is mainly composed of endothelial cells, pericytes, astrocytes and other cell types and is formed by connections between a ...
Jinkun Han, Ying Wang, Penghu Wei, Di Lu, Yongzhi Shan   +4 more
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Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Flash Assembloids: A Rapid Biofabrication of a Platform for Modeling Early Glioblastoma Invasion at the Glioblastoma–Brain Organoid Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a bioengineered assembloid (ASM) system combining glioblastoma (GBM) cells in oxidized alginate (OA) microgels with dorsal organoids (DOs). This model simulates brain tumor‐host interactions, revealing enhanced GBM invasion, altered gene expression, and aggressive infiltration patterns, demonstrating ASM as a valuable platform for ...
Chao Liang, Henry Robert Howard, Shihui Chen, Won‐Young Choi, Summer Cao, Arthur Chien, Kevin Zou, Michael Kassiou, Fabien Delerue, Ho Sang Jung, Yeonju Park, Young Mee Jung, Yong‐Dae Kwon, Karrie M. Kiang, Gilberto Ka‐Kit Leung, Ryohichi Sugimura, Ann‐Na Cho, Sang Jin Lee   +17 more
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Breaking boundaries: role of the brain barriers in metastatic process

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Brain metastases (BMs) are the most common intracranial tumors in adults and occur 3–10 times more frequently than primary brain tumors. Despite intensive multimodal therapies, including resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, BMs are associated with ...
Nasim Izadi, Peter Solár, Klaudia Hašanová, Alemeh Zamani, Maryam Shahidian Akbar, Klára Mrázová, Martin Bartošík, Tomáš Kazda, Roman Hrstka, Marek Joukal   +9 more
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Spontaneous Helical Alignment of Smooth Muscle Cells to Form a Medial Layer for Engineered Microvasculature

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Spontaneous helical alignment of smooth muscle cells is induced within resistance‐vessel‐sized channels patterned within a hydrogel. The extent of the cells’ orientation angle is dependent on the presence and composition of ECM proteins lining the channel wall and cell seeding density.
Victoria D. Vest, Katherine J. Young, Isabella K. Holtz, Mark Mc Veigh, James D. West, Leon M. Bellan   +5 more
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