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Additively Manufactured Geometry‐Reconfigurable Soft Neural Probes With Monolithic Multifunctionality

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A geometry‐reconfigured additive manufacturing strategy converts planar printed soft materials into soft compact neural probes with integrated hydrogel electrodes and microfluidic channels. The resulting NeuroMAP platform enables scalable multichannel recording, localized chemical delivery, stable in vivo electrophysiological recording, and reduced ...
Hyunjin Lee, Xinyi Wang, Sirui Li, Jihyang Park, Hyunseok Lee, Jianting Yao, Kedar Narayan, Yuqi Wang, Jiashu Ren, Yueqi Deng, Salahuddin Ahmed, Denver I. Greenawalt, Archana Pandiyan, Loganathan Veeramuthu, Chi‐Ching Kuo, Tao Zhou   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guanosine‐Quadruplex Hydrogels as Dynamic, Mechanically Tunable and Ion Conductive 3D Scaffolds for Cell Culture Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Versatile guanosine‐quadruplex (GQ) hydrogels are developed as dynamic biomatrices for cell culture. These scaffolds are fabricated under mild aqueous conditions, present improved stability, tunable mechanical properties within physiological ranges; fibrillar, porous microstructure, ion conductivity, and cytocompatibility.
Neha Thakur, Minye Jin, Pavel Milkin, Deepa Negi, Carla Cofiño Fabres, Hubert Gojzewski, Leonid Ionov, Alla Synytska, Andries van der Meer, Robert Passier, Julieta I. Paez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Engineered Nanoparticles on Exopolymeric Substances Release from Marine Phytoplankton

Nanoscale Research Letters, 2017
Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), products from modern nanotechnologies, can potentially impact the marine environment to pose serious threats to marine ecosystems.
Meng-Hsuen Chiu, Zafir A. Khan, Santiago G. Garcia, Andre D. Le, Agnes Kagiri, Javier Ramos, Shih-Ming Tsai, Hunter W. Drobenaire, Peter H. Santschi, Antonietta Quigg, Wei-Chun Chin   +10 more
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Remote Activation of Wnt Signaling and Cell Proliferation by E‐Cadherin Magnetomechanical Stimulation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A pioneering magnetogenetic toolkit enables non‐invasive, precise spatiotemporal modulation of intracellular Wnt/β‐catenin signaling. Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs@E/EC15) target cellular E‐cadherins to generate localized magnetomechanical forces under low‐intensity magnetic fields.
Christian Castro‐Hinojosa, Pablo Martínez‐Vicente, Lucía G. Recaredo, Susel Del Sol‐Fernández, Pilar Gomollón‐Zueco, Yilian Fernández‐Afonso, Raluca M. Fratila, María Moros   +7 more
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Effects of C/N in the substrate on the simultaneous production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and extracellular polymeric substances by Haloferax mediterranei via kinetic model analysis

, 2017
A study of the effect of extracellular carbon source distribution on polyhydroxyalkanoates and extracellular polymeric substances byHaloferax mediterranei viakinetic model analysis.
You-Wei Cui, Xiao-Yu Gong, Yun-Peng Shi
core   +1 more source

Configuration‐Encoded Cell Alignment by Light‐Gated Silicon Photovoltaic Microcell Arrays

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Light‐gated silicon photovoltaic microcells convert pulsed illumination into localized electrical cues. Arranging otherwise similar microcells into four‐lobed, six‐lobed, or circular patterns directs fibroblasts into corresponding local arrangements without wired stimulation.
Yifan Tao, Ilayda Namli, Joseph Christakiran Moses, Youdi Liu, Suihong Liu, Syed Hasan Askari Rizvi, Yasar Ozer Yilmaz, Ibrahim T. Ozbolat   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unique gel-like colony forming bacterium Novosphingobium pituita sp. nov., isolated from a membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating sewage

Heliyon
A novel, gelatinous, colony-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated IK01T was isolated from biofilms formed on the membrane surface of a sewage-treating membrane bioreactor (MBR).
Tomoya Ikarashi, Uchini S. Bandaranayake, Takahiro Watari, Takashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Hatamoto   +4 more
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Biomimetic Hybrid‐Membrane Nanoreactor for Deep‐Seated Photodynamic Immunotherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Dual Catalysis‐Enhanced ROS Amplification and cGAS‐STING Activation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
UCNP@MnOx‐Hyp@HRM (UMHM) enables tumor targeting and accumulation. Under 808 nm NIR irradiation, PDT/CDT synergistically triggers ICD and cGAS–STING immunity for deep hepatocellular carcinoma therapy. ABSTRACT Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is promising against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Wen Li, Jianzhang Luo, Pei Lu, Dongqing Liu, Huijun Yi, Xiaoyuan Yi, Bixia Chi, Wen Chen, Qingyu Zeng, Feifei He, Liyan Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of the tyrosine kinase Wzc (Sll0923) and the phosphatase Wzb (Slr0328) in the production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) by Synechocystis PCC 6803

MicrobiologyOpen, 2019
Many cyanobacteria produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) mainly composed of heteropolysaccharides with unique characteristics that make them suitable for biotechnological applications.
Sara B. Pereira, Marina Santos, José P. Leite, Carlos Flores, Carina Eisfeld, Zsófia Büttel, Rita Mota, Federico Rossi, Roberto De Philippis, Luís Gales, João H. Morais‐Cabral, Paula Tamagnini   +11 more
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The secretory products of Trichomonas vaginalis decrease fertilizing capacity of mice sperm in vitro

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2015
Trichomonas vaginalis infection is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in humans and is now recognized as an important cause of infertility in men.
Jaesook Roh, Young-Su Lim, Min-Young Seo, Yuri Choi, Jae-Sook Ryu   +4 more
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