Fundamentals of microfluidic cell culture in controlled microenvironments

EWK Young, DJ Beebe - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidics has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach cell biology research.
The dimensions of microfluidic channels are well suited to the physical scale of biological …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane fouling phenomena in microfluidic systems: from technical challenges to scientific opportunities

AI Cirillo, G Tomaiuolo, S Guido - Micromachines, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The almost ubiquitous, though undesired, deposition and accumulation of
suspended/dissolved matter on solid surfaces, known as fouling, represents a crucial issue …

Atherosclerotic geometries exacerbate pathological thrombus formation poststenosis in a von Willebrand factor-dependent manner

E Westein, AD van der Meer, MJE Kuijpers… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque causes thrombus formation and precipitates
cardiovascular diseases. In addition to the thrombogenic content of a plaque, also the …

A systems approach to hemostasis: 1. The interdependence of thrombus architecture and agonist movements in the gaps between platelets

JD Welsh, TJ Stalker, R Voronov… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014‏ - ashpublications.org
Hemostatic thrombi develop a characteristic architecture in which a core of highly activated
platelets is covered by a shell of less-activated platelets. Here we have used a systems …

Irreversible, direct bonding of nanoporous polymer membranes to PDMS or glass microdevices

K Aran, LA Sasso, N Kamdar, JD Zahn - Lab on a Chip, 2010‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A method for integrating porous polymer membranes such as polycarbonate,
polyethersulfone and polyethylene terephthalate to microfluidic devices is described. The …

Native extracellular matrix-derived semipermeable, optically transparent, and inexpensive membrane inserts for microfluidic cell culture

MJ Mondrinos, YS Yi, NK Wu, X Ding, D Huh - Lab on a Chip, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Semipermeable cell culture membranes are commonly used in multilayered microfluidic
devices to mimic the basement membrane in vivo and to create compartmentalized …

Microfluidics and coagulation biology

TV Colace, GW Tormoen, OJT McCarty… - Annual review of …, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
The study of blood ex vivo can occur in closed or open systems, with or without flow.
Microfluidic devices, which constrain fluids to a small (typically submillimeter) scale, facilitate …

Translational nanomedicine: status assessment and opportunities

JS Murday, RW Siegel, J Stein, JF Wright - … : Nanotechnology, Biology and …, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Nano-enabled technologies hold great promise for medicine and health. The rapid progress
by the physical sciences/engineering communities in synthesizing nanostructures and …

Technology advancements in blood coagulation measurements for point-of-care diagnostic testing

M Mohammadi Aria, A Erten, O Yalcin - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
In recent years, blood coagulation monitoring has become crucial to diagnosing causes of
hemorrhages, develo** anticoagulant drugs, assessing bleeding risk in extensive surgery …

Thrombin flux and wall shear rate regulate fibrin fiber deposition state during polymerization under flow

KB Neeves, DAR Illing, SL Diamond - Biophysical journal, 2010‏ - cell.com
Thrombin is released as a soluble enzyme from the surface of platelets and tissue-factor-
bearing cells to trigger fibrin polymerization during thrombosis under flow conditions …