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Bidirectional Mechanical Response Between Cells and Their Microenvironment

Frontiers in Physics, 2021
Cell migration and invasion play a role in many physiological and pathological processes and are therefore subject of intensive research efforts. Despite of the intensively investigated biochemical processes associated with the migration and invasion of ...
Claudia Tanja Mierke
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Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace, Alyssa Borges, Charles Arnaud, Tove Karlsson, Nina K. Bröker, Stefanie Barbirz, Marta Bally   +6 more
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Integrating mechanical cues in in vitro models of immune-related fibrotic diseases

Frontiers in Immunology
Fibrosis is a pathological process characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) and tissue stiffening, leading to organ failure and representing a common end-stage manifestation of numerous chronic diseases. The immune system plays
Chaoyang Song, Chaoyang Song, Mengqi Zhu, Mengqi Zhu, Peiwen Li, Peiwen Li, Qiao Mao, Qiao Mao, Chongyuan Zhu, Chongyuan Zhu, Ning Li, Ning Li, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yu Du, Yu Du, Mian Long, Mian Long   +17 more
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Microbiome−host proteostasis crosstalk—An emerging perspective on mechanisms and interventions toward healthy longevity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proteostasis and the gut microbiota play a key role in shaping host physiology. Microbiota‐derived metabolites, vitamins, and RNA modulate host proteostasis. Findings from model systems, including C. elegans, indicate microbes can either stabilize or disrupt host proteostasis.
Abhishek Anil Dubey, Maria Ermolaeva
wiley   +1 more source

From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa, Shinya Sugimoto, Toshiro Sato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liver organoids: modelling complexity in homeostasis and disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Studying liver in vitro has been challenging because simple 2D cell cultures fail to capture liver's cellular and architectural complexity. To bridge this gap, scientists increasingly use organoids, 3D liver models which better mimic liver composition and function. This review examines recent advances in liver organoid complexity and realism, discusses
Anna M. Dowbaj, Meritxell Huch
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Kidney-on-a-Chip: Mechanical Stimulation and Sensor Integration

Sensors, 2022
Bioengineered in vitro models of the kidney offer unprecedented opportunities to better mimic the in vivo microenvironment. Kidney-on-a-chip technology reproduces 2D or 3D features which can replicate features of the tissue architecture, composition, and
Dan Wang, Matthew Gust, Nicholas Ferrell
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The microbiome in human skin aging

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana, Cornelia Wiegand, Omid Omrani, Mario Fabri   +3 more
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Extracellular Mechanical Stimuli Alters the Metastatic Progression of Prostate Cancer Cells within 3D Tissue Matrix

Bioengineering, 2023
This study aimed to understand extracellular mechanical stimuli’s effect on prostate cancer cells’ metastatic progression within a three-dimensional (3D) bone-like microenvironment.
Maggie Ditto, Diego Jacho, Kathryn M. Eisenmann, Eda Yildirim-Ayan   +3 more
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