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Spontaneous Helical Alignment of Smooth Muscle Cells to Form a Medial Layer for Engineered Microvasculature

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Spontaneous helical alignment of smooth muscle cells is induced within resistance‐vessel‐sized channels patterned within a hydrogel. The extent of the cells’ orientation angle is dependent on the presence and composition of ECM proteins lining the channel wall and cell seeding density.
Victoria D. Vest, Katherine J. Young, Isabella K. Holtz, Mark Mc Veigh, James D. West, Leon M. Bellan   +5 more
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The direction of stretch-induced cell and stress fiber orientation depends on collagen matrix stress.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Cell structure depends on both matrix strain and stiffness, but their interactive effects are poorly understood. We investigated the interactive roles of matrix properties and stretching patterns on cell structure by uniaxially stretching U2OS cells ...
Abhishek Tondon, Roland Kaunas
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Hydrogel Microtube Drug Carrier for Catheter‐Based Intravascular Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This paper proposes hydrogel microtube carriers composed of barium alginate gel, enabling long‐term vascular retention without interrupting blood flow. Intravascular treatments have long been attracting attention for therapeutic efficacy, yet practical delivery methods remained unestablished.
Shota Sato, Hiroki Ohta, Naoki Takakura, Kentaro Kasa, Teppei Komatsu, Dai Kejia, Misato Yoshioka, Hirotaka James Okano, Hiroaki Onoe   +8 more
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In Vitro Reconstruction of Hybrid Arterial Media with Molecular and Cellular Orientations

Cell Transplantation, 1994
A hybrid medial tissue composed of a type I collagen gel, into which smooth muscle cells (SMCs) derived from bovine aortic media were 3-dimensionally (3D) embedded, was constructed around an elastomeric silicone tube (outer diameter: 8 mm). Subsequently,
Keiichi Kanda, Takehisa Matsuda
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
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Identification of adequate vehicles to carry nerve regeneration inducers using tubulisation

BMC Neuroscience, 2012
Background Axonal regeneration depends on many factors, such as the type of injury and repair, age, distance from the cell body and distance of the denervated muscle, loss of surrounding tissue and the type of injured nerve.
do Nascimento-Elias Adriana Helena, Fresnesdas Bruno César, Schiavoni Maria Cristina Lopes, de Almeida Natália Fernanda Gaspar, Santos Ana Paula, de Oliveira Ramos Jean, Junior Wilson Marques, Barreira Amilton Antunes   +7 more
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Conductive Hydrogels for Exogenous Sensing and Cell Fate Control

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We engineer electrically conductive hydrogels by combining sulfated glycosaminoglycans with semiconducting polymers. These hydrogels bind bioactive proteins, including growth factors, whose release or retention can be modulated by low‐voltage stimulation. The hydrogels are also integrated as 3D channels in organic electrochemical transistors as part of
Teuku Fawzul Akbar, Carlos Alejandro Jimenez‐Rodriguez, Railia Biktimirova, Ilka Hermes, Thomas Kurth, My Duyen Pham, Mikhail Tsurkan, Jens Friedrichs, Francis L. C. Morgan, Hans Kleemann, Olga Guskova, Uwe Freudenberg, Peter Fratzl, Carsten Werner, Christoph Tondera, Ivan R. Minev   +15 more
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Leaf‐Inspired Eutectic Skin With Extreme Fatigue Resistance and Robust Wet Adhesion for Amphibious Epidermal Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by Acorus calamus leaves, a heterogeneous eutectic skin integrates an aligned fibrous network within a hydrophobic eutectogel matrix. This hierarchical architecture triggers strain‐induced crystallization to achieve exceptional mechanical toughness and durable wet adhesion.
Jiayu Hou, Jiancheng Dong, Je Hyeong Kim, Chang Zhou, Shiyin Lin, Xingyu Liu, Hao Qiu, Mengting Zheng, Yuduo Zhang, Haijun Zhu, Kangjia Geng, Yidong Peng, Haoran Liu, Yunpeng Huang, Yongsheng Luo, Steve Park, Tianxi Liu   +16 more
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Nocturnal Intraocular Pressure Monitoring With a Soft Contact Lens Sensor for Glaucoma Management

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A soft contact lens sensor enables continuous, noninvasive monitoring of nocturnal intraocular pressure (IOP) under closed‐eye sleep conditions. By integrating a highly compliant inductive–capacitive circuit onto a commercial lens, the device achieves record sensitivity and stable performance.
Yumin Dai, Tristan Michael Long, Oluwabunmi T. Oladele, Youngoh Lee, Feiyang Li, Ziheng Wang, Yeonji Oh, Junsang Lee, Taewoong Park, Tianhao Yu, Seokkyoon Hong, Kyeonghee Lim, Jinheon Jeong, Dawn Meyer Schneider, Hyerim Ra, Bryan W. Boudouris, Gillian C. Shaw, Shin Ae Park, Pete S. Kollbaum, Chi Hwan Lee   +19 more
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Light Switchable Ionic Conductivity of Arylazopyrazole Modified Polysiloxanes

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We present a polysiloxane functionalized with a novel arylazopyrazole dye that undergoes reversible photoisomerization. Upon lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide addition and UV irradiation, the polymer exhibits a shift in tan(d) toward higher frequencies and enhanced ionic conductivity.
Malte S. Beccard, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Michael Bauer, Valentin Razvan Lupu, Philipp Scheidegger, Francesco Taddei, Frank A. Nüesch, Dorina M. Opris   +7 more
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