Physical and mechanical regulation of macrophage phenotype and function

FY McWhorter, CT Davis, WF Liu - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015‏ - Springer
Macrophages are tissue-resident immune cells that play a critical role in maintaining
homeostasis and fighting infection. In addition, these cells are involved in the progression of …

The mechanobiology of aging

JM Phillip, I Aifuwa, J Walston… - Annual review of …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
Aging is a complex, multifaceted process that induces a myriad of physiological changes
over an extended period of time. Aging is accompanied by major biochemical and …

Modulation of macrophage phenotype by cell shape

FY McWhorter, T Wang, P Nguyen, T Chung… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Phenotypic polarization of macrophages is regulated by a milieu of cues in the local tissue
microenvironment. Although much is known about how soluble factors influence …

Micro-and nanopatterned topographical cues for regulating macrophage cell shape and phenotype

TU Luu, SC Gott, BWK Woo, MP Rao… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Controlling the interactions between macrophages and biomaterials is critical for modulating
the response to implants. While it has long been thought that biomaterial surface chemistry …

Microfluidic heart on a chip for higher throughput pharmacological studies

A Agarwal, JA Goss, A Cho, ML McCain, KK Parker - Lab on a Chip, 2013‏ - pubs.rsc.org
We present the design of a higher throughput “heart on a chip” which utilizes a semi-
automated fabrication technique to process sub millimeter sized thin film cantilevers of soft …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of negative pressure wound therapy on wound healing

C Huang, T Leavitt, LR Bayer, DP Orgill - Current problems in surgery, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC), sometimes referred to as microdeformational wound
therapy (MDWT) or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), has revolutionized wound …

Stimuli-responsive engineered living materials

LK Rivera-Tarazona, ZT Campbell, TH Ware - Soft Matter, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive materials are able to undergo controllable changes in materials
properties in response to external cues. Increasing efforts have been directed towards …

Mechanotherapy: revisiting physical therapy and recruiting mechanobiology for a new era in medicine

C Huang, J Holfeld, W Schaden, D Orgill… - Trends in molecular …, 2013‏ - cell.com
It has long been thought that the effectiveness and efficiency of physical therapy would
improve if our understanding of the cell biology/biochemistry that participates in mechanics …

Bridging the gap: from 2D cell culture to 3D microengineered extracellular matrices

Y Li, KA Kilian - Advanced healthcare materials, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Historically the culture of mammalian cells in the laboratory has been performed on planar
substrates with media cocktails that are optimized to maintain phenotype. However, it is …

Performance of a multilayered small-diameter vascular scaffold dual-loaded with VEGF and PDGF

F Han, X Jia, D Dai, X Yang, J Zhao, Y Zhao, Y Fan… - Biomaterials, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The urgent needs of functional arterial replacements for curing the vascular system diseases
have been proposed for many years. However, an ideal small-diameter vascular scaffold …