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Keratinocyte growth factor induces angiogenesis and protects endothelial barrier function [PDF]

, 1999
9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table.Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), also called fibroblast growth factor-7, is widely known as a paracrine growth and differentiation factor that is produced by mesenchymal cells and has been thought to act specifically on ...
Bouck, Noël P., Gillis, Paul, Jiménez, Benilde, Panos, Ralph J., Savla, Ushma, Volpert, Olga V., Waters, Christopher M.   +6 more
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Laser‐Assisted Processing and Modification of Bioactive Glasses: A Review

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Laser technologies provide powerful tools to process and transform bioactive glasses for advanced biomedical applications. This review discusses laser‐matter interaction mechanisms, laser surface engineering, and laser‐assisted fabrication of scaffolds and nanofibers.
Antonio Riveiro, Mario González‐Quintas, Mónica Fernández‐Arias, Jesús del Val, Félix Quintero, Rafael Comesaña, Fernando Lusquiños, Julian R. Jones, Juan Pou   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decellularized Extracellular Matrix (dECM) in Tendon Regeneration: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Decellularized Extracellular Matrix (dECM) offers a promising solution by replicating the native tendon microenvironment and promoting regeneration. This review highlights advances in the decellularization methods, as well as their integration with emerging technologies and translational progress in tendon tissue engineering.
Kumaresan Sakthiabirami, Yeonwoo Park, Seong Kyeong Jo, Min Hee Kim, Jae Hwang Song   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coacervates Made of Elastin‐Like Polypeptides Fused with Melanocyte‐Stimulating Hormone and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein Enhance Skin Wound Healing in Spinal Cord‐Injured Mice

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Pressure skin wounds are frequent complications after spinal cord injury (SCI), with impaired healing due to vascular and immune deficits. Elastin‐like polypeptides (ELP) fused to α‐MSH (MSH‐ELP) or MCP‐1 (MCP‐ELP) are developed and tested on these wounds. The resulting nanoparticles are non‐toxic and bioactive, and they enhance macrophage recruitment,
Suneel Kumar, Dhruv Patel, Greeshma Manjunath, Shashank Madhavan, Ashley Mathew, Dnyaneshwari Rananavare, Jahnavi Shah, Francois Berthiaume   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cholinergic neural activity directs retinal layer-specific angiogenesis and blood retinal barrier formation. [PDF]

, 2019
Blood vessels in the central nervous system (CNS) develop unique features, but the contribution of CNS neurons to regulating those features is not fully understood. We report that inhibiting spontaneous cholinergic activity or reducing starburst amacrine
Angelopoulos, CM, Bartakova, AB, Daneman, R, Goldberg, JL, Murphy, A, Nudleman, E, Pulido, RS, Shah, SH, Weiner, GA   +8 more
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Simvastatin Restores Uteroplacental Hemodynamics and Trophoblast Function in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Placenta‐on‐a‐Chip Model

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Simvastatin mitigates placental hypoperfusion in OAPS by ameliorating abnormal uteromaternal hemodynamics and enhancing trophoblast invasion via optimized endothelial cell interactions under pathological shear stress, as evidenced by results from a placenta‐on‐a‐chip platform.
Hongli Liu, Yuan Wang, Yanjun Cai, Ruixin Guo, Shunhua Liu, Tingting Chen, Tingting Sun, Ruiheng Huo, Tengwei Liu, Qingfeng Lv, Xietong Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of an Injectable Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin Hydrogel for Growth Factor Delivery in an Orthopedic Application

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces photo‐crosslinkable tyraminated poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin (PVA‐GT) hydrogels as tunable injectable platforms for tissue engineering and growth factor delivery applications. This schematic illustrates the two developed hydrogel formulations and the experimental workflow used to evaluate their physico‐chemical properties in vitro ...
Alessia Longoni, Gretel S. Major, Sam Arnold, Samuel Tomkins, Eugenia Spessot, Scott Loeffler, Kieran Lau, Richard Tan, Jessica Harte, Roslyn Kemp, Tess Reynolds, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina, Gary J. Hooper, Tim B. F. Woodfield, David C. Kieser, Khoon S. Lim   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of anti-VEGF drugs for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy

Health Technology Assessment
Background Non-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy are common complications of diabetes and a major cause of sight loss. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs represent a treatment option for people with diabetic retinopathy and ...
Robert Hodgson, Matthew Walton, Helen Fulbright, Laura Bojke, Ruth Walker, Alexis Llewellyn, Sofia Dias, Lesley Stewart, David Steel, John Lawrenson, Tunde Peto, Mark Simmonds   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paracrine Factor Local Gradient‐Generating System for Engineering Perfusable Vascularized Hepatocyte Tissues with Perfusion‐Induced Proliferation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A paracrine factor local gradient (PFLG)‐generating system enables microvessel penetration across 3D hepatocyte tissues. The resulting vascularized constructs recapitulate hepatic sinusoidal hepatocyte—endothelial contact architecture and enhance hepatic functions in vitro.
Yen‐Hsiang Huang, Tadahiro Yamashita, Ryo Sudo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced 3D Platforms for Modeling CNS Neuroinflammation: Cell Integration, Techniques, and Challenges

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the roles of key central nervous system cell types, the extracellular matrix, and the blood‐brain barrier in neuroinflammation, and their integration into diverse 3D culture systems. It examines major incorporation strategies, including direct co‐culture, hydrogel encapsulation, transwell migration assays, and bioprinting ...
Emmanuelle D. Aiyegbusi, Julia Di Stefano, Dearbhaile Dooley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source