Water-soluble conjugated polymers for imaging, diagnosis, and therapy

C Zhu, L Liu, Q Yang, F Lv, S Wang - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers (CPs) are characterized by a delocalized electronic structure that
exhibits efficient coupling between optoelectronic segments. Excitons can be efficiently …

Biomedical applications of electrical stimulation

S Zhao, AS Mehta, M Zhao - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2020 - Springer
This review provides a comprehensive overview on the biomedical applications of electrical
stimulation (EStim). EStim has a wide range of direct effects on both biomolecules and cells …

Influence of electrotaxis on cell behaviour

B Cortese, IE Palamà, S D'Amone, G Gigli - Integrative Biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the mechanism of cell migration and interaction with the microenvironment is
not only of critical significance to the function and biology of cells, but also has extreme …

Electrophoresis of cellular membrane components creates the directional cue guiding keratocyte galvanotaxis

GM Allen, A Mogilner, JA Theriot - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
Background Motile cells exposed to an external direct current electric field will reorient and
migrate along the direction of the electric potential in a process known as galvanotaxis. The …

Extracellular electrical fields direct wound healing and regeneration

MA Messerli, DM Graham - The Biological Bulletin, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
Endogenous DC electric fields (EFs) are important, fundamental components of
development, regeneration, and wound healing. The fields are the result of polarized ion …

Electric field stimulation for tissue engineering applications

CNM Ryan, MN Doulgkeroglou, DI Zeugolis - BMC Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Electric fields are involved in numerous physiological processes, including directional
embryonic development and wound healing following injury. To study these processes in …

Improving anti-hemolytic, antibacterial and wound healing properties of alginate fibrous wound dressings by exchanging counter-cation for infected full-thickness skin …

M Zare-Gachi, H Daemi, J Mohammadi, P Baei… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, considerable effort is made to overcome bacterial diseases and combat bacterial
resistance. In this context, development of safe and efficient antimicrobial wound dressings …

Lipid rafts sense and direct electric field-induced migration

B Lin, S Tsao, A Chen, SK Hu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Endogenous electric fields (EFs) are involved in developmental regulation and wound
healing. Although the phenomenon is known for more than a century, it is not clear how cells …

Osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells by nanoscale mechanotransduction

H Nikukar, S Reid, PM Tsimbouri, MO Riehle… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
It is likely that mesenchymal stem cells will find use in many autologous regenerative
therapies. However, our ability to control cell stem growth and differentiation is presently …

Bioelectric control of metastasis in solid tumors

SL Payne, M Levin, MJ Oudin - Bioelectricity, 2019 - liebertpub.com
As the leading cause of death in cancer, there is an urgent need to develop treatments to
target the dissemination of primary tumor cells to secondary organs, known as metastasis …