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3D (Bio) Printing Combined Fiber Fabrication Methods for Tissue Engineering Applications: Possibilities and Limitations

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biofabrication aims at providing innovative technologies and tools for the fabrication of tissue‐like constructs for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. By integrating multiple biofabrication technologies, such as 3D (bio) printing with fiber fabrication methods, it would be more realistic to reconstruct native tissue's ...
Waseem Kitana, Indra Apsite, Leonid Ionov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodegradable and Recyclable Luminescent Mixed‐Matrix‐Membranes, Hydrogels, and Cryogels based on Nanoscale Metal‐Organic Frameworks and Biopolymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The study presents biodegradable and recyclable mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs), hydrogels, and cryogels using luminescent nanoscale metal‐organic frameworks (nMOFs) and biopolymers. These bio‐nMOF‐MMMs combine europium‐based nMOFs as probes for the status of the materials with the biopolymers agar and gelatine and present alternatives to conventional ...
Moritz Maxeiner, Julian Burkhart, Kateryna Borysova, Chiara Mazzariol, Klaus Müller‐Buschbaum   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of Cell Communication: The Road not Taken. [PDF]

, 2009
In the post-genomic era the complex problem of evolutionary biology can be tackled from the top-down, the bottom-up, or from the middle-out. Given the emergent and contingent nature of this process, we have chosen to take the latter approach, both as a ...
Rehan, VK, Torday, JS
core   +1 more source

Expression of surfactant protein D in airways of asthmatics and interleukin-13 modulation of surfactant protein D in human models of airway epithelium

Respiratory Research, 2015
BackgroundSurfactant protein D (SP-D), a pattern recognition molecule, has been shown to play roles in host defense such as opsonisation, aggregation of pathogens, and modulation of the inflammatory response.
Jie Xu, G. Singhera, D. Dorscheid
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Substrate Stress Relaxation Regulates Cell‐Mediated Assembly of Extracellular Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Silicone‐based viscoelastic substrates with tunable stress relaxation reveal how matrix mechanics regulates cellular mechanosensing and cell‐mediated matrix remodelling in the stiff regime. High stress relaxation promotes assembly of fibronectin fibril‐like structures, increased nuclear localization of YAP and formation of β1 integrin‐enriched ...
Jonah L. Voigt, Jens Timmer, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surfactant proteins levels in asthmatic patients and their correlation with severity of asthma: a systematic review

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Surfactant decreases surface tension in the peripheral airways and plays a role in regulating the lung’s immune responses. Several reports have documented changes in surfactant proteins levels, especially surfactant protein D (SP-D) and ...
Sagad O.O. Mohamed, Amged Mohammed, Tarteel Mohamed, Hanaa Fadil, Mohamed S.K. Salih, Amna H. Mohamed, Alrumaisa Alhassan, Safaa G. A. Saeed, Fatima S.K. Salih, Huda M. A. Mustafa, Somaia M.M. Ahmed, Esraa M. A. Garalnabi, Nadeen M. Yousif, Alaa N.N. Ahmed, Abdalla O. O. Mohamedali   +14 more
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Surfactant Protein D Is a Biomarker of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Общая реаниматология, 2013
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the major problems of reanimatology. Current technologies allow diagnosis of early-stage ARDS. At the same time, no objective parameters for assessing structural damage to the air-blood barrier are ...
V. V. Moroz, A. M. Golubev, A. N. Kuzovlev, V. M Pisarev, A. K. Shabanov, M. A. Golubev   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive characterisation of pulmonary and serum surfactant protein D in COPD

Respiratory Research, 2011
Background Pulmonary surfactant protein D (SP-D) is considered as a candidate biomarker for the functional integrity of the lung and for disease progression, which can be detected in serum.
Erpenbeck Veit J, Beers Michael F, Holz Olaf, Atochina-Vasserman Elena N, Winkler Carla, Krug Norbert, Roepcke Stefan, Lauer Gereon, Elmlinger Martin, Hohlfeld Jens M   +9 more
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Surfactant protein D, Club cell protein 16, Pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine, C-reactive protein, and Fibrinogen biomarker variation in chronic obstructive lung disease

Respiratory Research, 2014
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multifaceted condition that cannot be fully described by the severity of airway obstruction. The limitations of spirometry and clinical history have prompted researchers to investigate a multitude of ...
S. Lock-Johansson, J. Vestbo, G. Sørensen   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source