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From biophysics to cellular function: neural TELCs-membrane-anions capacitor transmembrane potential

Frontiers in Biophysics
Based on the transmembrane-electrostatically localized protons/cations charges (TELCs) theory, neural transmembrane potential including both resting and action potential is now well elucidated as the voltage contributed by the TELCs-membrane-anions ...
James Weifu Lee
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Controlling 3D Contractility via Engineered Fibrous Hydrogel Composites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tunable composite contractile assembly (CCA) is developed that can permit or resist contraction without changing cell‐adhesion and density, unlike collagen whose inherent coupling of these ECM cues limits its use as a platform in contractility studies.
Karen L. Xu, Yuqi Zhang, Alysse DeFoe, Georgios Kotsaris, Brendan Stoeckl, Matthew D. Davidson, Jason A. Burdick, Robert L. Mauck   +7 more
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Molecular and cellular biophysics [PDF]

Choice Reviews Online, 2008
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Engineering a Sonotherapeutic RBC Membrane‐Derived Nanoparticle Platform for the Treatment of Liver Cancer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, an RBC membrane‐derived nanoparticle (CMN‐ICG) is engineered to efficiently deliver a sonosensitizing agent, indocyanine green (ICG), for sonotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CMN‐ICG exhibits excellent cytocompatibility, significantly enhances hepatocyte uptake, and produces excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon ultrasound ...
Alap Ali Zahid, Aishik Chakraborty, Wei Luo, Juhi Bora, John Joseph Kelly, John Andrew Ronald, Arghya Paul   +6 more
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Cardiac‐Derived ECM Microspheres for Enhanced hiPSC‐CMs Maturation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cardiac extracellular matrix microspheres derived from decellularized porcine heart provide a biomimetic 3D microenvironment for human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC‐CMs). This platform supports short‐ and long‐term culture, enhances structural organization, and promotes electrophysiological and functional maturation of ...
Jiazhu Xu, Joel Aboagye, Marcella Edwards, Nick Rogozinski, Yufeng Wen, Angello Huerta Gomez, Zui Pan, Ge Zhang, Huaxiao Yang, Yi Hong   +9 more
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Kinetic and Mechanistic Release Studies on Hyaluronan Hydrogels for Their Potential Use as a pH-Responsive Drug Delivery Device

Gels
Hyaluronic acid, a biocompatible polymer, holds significant potential for drug delivery applications. Its variable degree of protonation, which entails tunable physical properties, makes it an ideal candidate for developing pH-sensitive hydrogels.
Saliha Erikci, Niklas van den Bergh, Heike Boehm   +2 more
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Bioinspired Stabilization of Fluorescent Au@SiO2 Tracers for Multimodal Biological Imaging

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a bioinspired stabilization strategy for fluorescent gold‐silica nanoparticles. Inspired by natural biosilica maturation, high‐temperature calcination transforms the silica shells, preventing dissolution in cell culture media and intracellular environments.
Wang Sik Lee, Henry Lee, Patricia Taladriz‐Blanco, Dimitri Vanhecke, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Alke Petri‐Fink   +5 more
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Long-tailed class I myosins rely on tail-mediated phosphoinositide recognition for specific membrane recruitment

Cell Communication and Signaling
Background Class I myosins are essential mediators of membrane–cytoskeleton interactions that support key cellular processes such as endocytosis, secretion, intracellular trafficking, and mitosis.
Girish Rajendraprasad, Despoina Kyriazi, Peter Franz, Almke Bader, Muriel Erent, Petra Uta, Matthias Preller, Tim Scholz, Georgios Tsiavaliaris   +8 more
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Nanodiamond‐Based Quantum Sensing Reveals Changes in Endo‐Lysosomal Activity of Stimulated Cardiac Fibroblasts in a Cellular Fibrosis Model

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Quantum sensing reveals intricate patterns linking endo‐lysosomal maturation to cardiac fibrosis progression, highlighting complexity in cellular remodeling. This study investigates fibroblast‐to‐myofibroblast transition under cell aging, stiffness, and TGF‐β stimulation, comparing nanodiamond uptake, endo‐lysosomal dynamics, and free radical ...
Aldona Mzyk, Ezgi Yilmaz, Giovanni D Angelo, Kirstine Berg‐Sørensen   +3 more
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Biophysical limits of ultrafast cellular motility

AbstractMany single-celled organisms and specialized cell types can surprisingly achieve speed and acceleration significantly faster than multicellular counterparts. These remarkable cellular machines must integrate energy storage and amplification in actuation, latches for triggered release, and energy dissipation without failure — all implemented in ...
Ray Chang, Manu Prakash
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