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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
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the use of a heparin dose‐response test in dogs to determine the optimal heparin dose during intravascular procedures and assessment of the in vitro heparin response in healthy dogs

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Background No guidelines for administering and monitoring anticoagulants intraprocedurally are currently available in dogs, despite the prevalence of procedures necessitating systemic anticoagulation with heparin.
A. Hellemans, N. Devriendt, L. Duchateau, K. M. J. Devreese, F. De Somer, T. Bosmans, G. Mampaey, P. Smets   +7 more
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Spontaneous heparin-induced thrombocytopenia presenting as bilateral adrenal hemorrhages and pulmonary embolism after total knee arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2015
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome is an acquired potentially life-threatening prothrombotic disorder caused by antibodies that recognize complexes of platelet factor 4 bound to heparin or heparin-like molecules. It typically occurs after exposure
Amro Elshoury, MBChB, Maha Khedr, MBChB, Mostafa M. Abousayed, MD, Syed Mehdi, MD   +3 more
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Heparin-Independent and Heparin-Dependent Anti-CXCL4 Antibodies Have a Reciprocal Expression in a Systemic Sclerosis Patients’ Cohort

Antibodies, 2022
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic disease characterized by skin/internal organ fibrosis, vasculopathy and autoimmunity. Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 4 (CXCL4) is an early SSc biomarker that predicts worse disease outcome.
Raffaella Palazzo, Katia Stefanantoni, Marius Cadar, Alessia Butera, Valeria Riccieri, Roberto Lande, Loredana Frasca   +6 more
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An Ultrafast Self‐Gelling Versatile Hydrogel for Rapid Infected Burn Wound Repair in Military Medicine

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A self‐gelling PG@PAC (POD/Gel‐CDH@PA/CHX) powder is developed for infected burn care in austere settings. Upon contact with wound exudate, it instantly forms an adhesive hydrogel, providing simultaneous hemostasis, broad‐spectrum antibacterial activity, reactive oxygen species scavenging, and immunomodulation. In a murine model of S.
Liping Zhang, Zhangrui Wu, Xiansheng Zhao, Geng Wang, Quyang Yang, Minxia zhang, Xiaowei Wang, Xiujun Cheng, Changyue Wu, Dan Wu, Yutian Yang, Canbin Dong, Tao Zhang, Weiqiang Tan, Ningwen Zhu   +14 more
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VIVID: A qPCR‐Based Platform for Sensitive and Quantitative In Vivo Tracking of Extracellular Vesicles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces VIVID (Vesicle In Vivo Identification using DNA), a qPCR‐based platform that tracks PCR‐amplifiable DNA tags loaded in the EVs for accurate and quantifiable EV biodistribution in vivo. ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent promising carriers for nucleic acid therapeutics, offering advantages over synthetic nanoparticles ...
Oscar Boyadjian, Talin Ebrahimian, Jonathan Miranda O'Connor, Janusz Rak, Stephanie Lehoux, Maryam Tabrizian   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crude Heparin Preparations Unveil the Presence of Structurally Diverse Oversulfated Contaminants

Molecules, 2019
Nowadays, pharmaceutical heparin is purified from porcine and bovine intestinal mucosa. In the past decade there has been an ongoing concern about the safety of heparin, since in 2008, adverse effects associated with the presence of an oversulfated ...
Aline Mendes, Maria C. Z. Meneghetti, Marcelly Valle Palladino, Giselle Zenker Justo, Guilherme L. Sassaki, Jawed Fareed, Marcelo A. Lima, Helena B. Nader   +7 more
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Nano‐ and Micro‐Sized Solid Materials Used as Antiviral Agents

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Due to the rise of viral infections in humans and possible viral outbreaks, the use of nano‐ or micro‐sized materials as antiviral agents is rapidly increasing. This review explores their antiviral properties against RNA and DNA viruses, either as a prevention or a treatment tool, by delving into their mechanisms of action and how to properly assess ...
Orfeas‐Evangelos Plastiras, Imelda Raczkiewicz, Peggy Bouquet, Jean‐Philippe Dacquin, Jeremy Dhainaut, Anne Goffard, Christophe Volkringer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modulation of Interleukin-12 activity in the presence of heparin

Scientific Reports, 2017
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), especially heparin and heparan sulfate (HS), modulate the functions of numerous cytokines. The aims of this multidisciplinary research were to characterize heparin binding to interleukin-12 (IL-12) and determine the mechanism(s)
Srinivas Jayanthi, Bhanu prasanth Koppolu, Khue G. Nguyen, Sean G. Smith, Barbara K. Felber, Thallapuranam Krishnaswamy Suresh Kumar, David A. Zaharoff   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug‐Free Thrombolysis Mediated by Physically Activated Micro/Nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Overview of particle‐mediated thrombolytic effects (thermal, mechanical, and chemical) and their activating physical stimuli (light, ultrasound, and magnetic field) in drug‐free thrombolysis. ABSTRACT Thrombus‐associated disorders rank among the world's leading causes of death, with ischemic heart disease and stroke as the main contributors.
Pierre Sarfati, Yoann Lalatonne, Cédric Chauvierre   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source