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Effects of dexamethasone on intracochlear inflammation and residual hearing after cochleostomy: A comparison of administration routes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Preservation of residual hearing after cochlear implant is an important issue with regards to hearing performance. Various methods of steroid administration have been widely used in clinical practice to reduce inflammation and preserve residual hearing ...
Ah-Ra Lyu, Dong Hyun Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Dong-Sik Shin, Sun-Ae Shin, Yong-Ho Park   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in critical illness [PDF]

, 1993
Plasma ACTH and cortisol concentrations are frequently elevated in patients in intensive care units (ICU). To examine the functional integrity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during critical illness, we evaluated prospectively 53 ICU patients ...
Allolio, B., Reincke, Martin, Winkelmann, W., Würth, G.   +3 more
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Microfluidic Modeling of Macrophage‐Induced Cardiac Inflammation Using NF‐κB Reporter Cardiomyocytes

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A cardiac inflammation model was developed to enable real‐time analysis of macrophage‐cardiomyocyte interactions using NF‐κB‐reporter cardiomyocytes and a microfluidic co‐culture system. A MATLAB‐based model was implemented to optimize cell density and medium resupply based on TNFα diffusion kinetics. Activation thresholds and stress responses in NF‐κB‐
Chao Liu, Xi Rui Qiang Lu, Seoyoung Jeong, Douglas H. Wu, Rodrigo A. Somoza, Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, Samuel E. Senyo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity programmed by prenatal dexamethasone and postnatal high-fat diet leads to distinct alterations in nutrition sensory signals and circadian-clock genes in visceral adipose tissue

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2019
Background Prenatal dexamethasone treatment has been shown to enhance the susceptibility of offspring to postnatal high-fat (HF) diet-induced programmed obesity.
Ching-Chou Tsai, Mao-Meng Tiao, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Li-Tung Huang, You-Lin Tain, I-Chun Lin, Yu-Ju Lin, Yun-Ju Lai, Chih-Cheng Chen, Kow-Aung Chang, Hong-Ren Yu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aqueous Two‐Phase Bioinks for Discrete Packing and Compartmentalization of 3D Bioprinted Cells

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Aqueous two‐phase systems (ATPS) enable the formation of biomimetic interfaces crucial for tissue engineering. However, clinical translation remains limited by the challenge of precisely controlling cellular compartmentalization. Here, we developed ATPS biomaterial inks for 3D bioprinting allowing tuneable droplet formation via NaCl modulation.
Martina Marcotulli, Arianna Iacomino, Federico Serpe, Lucia Iafrate, Marco Bastioli, Giorgia Montalbano, Biagio Palmisano, Silvia Franco, Roberta Angelini, Alessandro Corsi, Mara Riminucci, Giancarlo Ruocco, Chiara Scognamiglio, Andrea Barbetta, Gianluca Cidonio   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Floor‐Ceiling‐Chip, or 2 × 2D = Pseudo‐3D—Approaching 3D Cell Morphology and Organization between Two Opposing 2D Substrates with Cell‐Adhesive Protein Micropatterns

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Here, we present a novel 3D cell patterning and culture platform. The “Floor‐Ceiling‐Chip” (FC‐Chip) consists of two opposing track‐etched membranes, creating a pseudo‐3D microenvironment for the cells in between. By providing the membranes with micropatterned cell‐adhesive islands of varying geometries and sizes, the FC‐Chip enables control over cell ...
Urandelger Tuvshindorj, Francesca Giacomini, Esra Güben Kaçmaz, Tim ten Brink, Lorenzo Moroni, Zeinab Tahmasebi Birgani, Clemens van Blitterswijk, Pamela Habibović, Stefan Giselbrecht, Jan de Boer, Roman Truckenmüller   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of an Injectable Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin Hydrogel for Growth Factor Delivery in an Orthopedic Application

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces photo‐crosslinkable tyraminated poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin (PVA‐GT) hydrogels as tunable injectable platforms for tissue engineering and growth factor delivery applications. This schematic illustrates the two developed hydrogel formulations and the experimental workflow used to evaluate their physico‐chemical properties in vitro ...
Alessia Longoni, Gretel S. Major, Sam Arnold, Samuel Tomkins, Eugenia Spessot, Scott Loeffler, Kieran Lau, Richard Tan, Jessica Harte, Roslyn Kemp, Tess Reynolds, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina, Gary J. Hooper, Tim B. F. Woodfield, David C. Kieser, Khoon S. Lim   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of 17 beta-estradiol, progesterone, and dexamethasone on diapedesis and viability of bovine blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PDF]

, 2004
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) diapedesis and viability are influenced by steroid hormones.
Burvenich, Christian, Duchateau, Luc, Lamote, Inge, Meyer, Evelyne   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Regulation of cytochrome P450 mRNA expression in primary porcine hepatocytes by selected secondary plant metabolites from chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) [PDF]

, 2013
Chicory (Cichorium intybus) has been shown to induce enzymes of pharmacokinetic relevance (cytochrome P450; CYP). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of selected secondary plant metabolites with a global extract of chicory root, on the ...
Ekstrand, Bo, Klausen, Christina Lindgaard, Rasmussen, Martin Krøyer   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Paracrine Factor Local Gradient‐Generating System for Engineering Perfusable Vascularized Hepatocyte Tissues with Perfusion‐Induced Proliferation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A paracrine factor local gradient (PFLG)‐generating system enables microvessel penetration across 3D hepatocyte tissues. The resulting vascularized constructs recapitulate hepatic sinusoidal hepatocyte—endothelial contact architecture and enhance hepatic functions in vitro.
Yen‐Hsiang Huang, Tadahiro Yamashita, Ryo Sudo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source