Thrombus structural composition in cardiovascular disease

G Alkarithi, C Duval, Y Shi, FL Macrae… - … , and vascular biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Thrombosis is a major complication of cardiovascular disease, leading to myocardial
infarction, acute ischemic stroke, or venous thromboembolism. Thrombosis occurs when a …

A review of cell adhesion studies for biomedical and biological applications

A Ahmad Khalili, MR Ahmad - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cell adhesion is essential in cell communication and regulation, and is of fundamental
importance in the development and maintenance of tissues. The mechanical interactions …

Multifunctional surface microrollers for targeted cargo delivery in physiological blood flow

Y Alapan, U Bozuyuk, P Erkoc, AC Karacakol, M Sitti - Science robotics, 2020 - science.org
Mobile microrobots offer great promise for minimally invasive targeted medical theranostic
applications at hard-to-access regions inside the human body. The circulatory system …

Soft erythrocyte-based bacterial microswimmers for cargo delivery

Y Alapan, O Yasa, O Schauer, J Giltinan, AF Tabak… - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
Bacteria-propelled biohybrid microswimmers have recently shown to be able to actively
transport and deliver cargos encapsulated into their synthetic constructs to specific regions …

Squeezing for life–properties of red blood cell deformability

R Huisjes, A Bogdanova, WW Van Solinge… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Deformability is an essential feature of blood cells (RBCs) that enables them to travel
through even the smallest capillaries of the human body. Deformability is a function of (i) …

Microrobotics and microorganisms: Biohybrid autonomous cellular robots

Y Alapan, O Yasa, B Yigit, IC Yasa… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Biohybrid microrobots, composed of a living organism integrated with an artificial carrier,
offer great advantages for the miniaturization of devices with onboard actuation, sensing …

Role of red blood cells in haemostasis and thrombosis

RI Litvinov, JW Weisel - ISBT science series, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to an obsolete notion that erythrocytes, or red blood cells (RBC s), play a passive
and minor role in haemostasis and thrombosis, over the past decades there has been …

Shape anisotropy-governed locomotion of surface microrollers on vessel-like microtopographies against physiological flows

U Bozuyuk, Y Alapan, A Aghakhani… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Surface microrollers are promising microrobotic systems for controlled navigation in the
circulatory system thanks to their fast speeds and decreased flow velocities at the vessel …

Effect of transfusion of red blood cells with longer vs shorter storage duration on elevated blood lactate levels in children with severe anemia: the TOTAL randomized …

A Dhabangi, B Ainomugisha, C Cserti-Gazdewich… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although millions of transfusions are given annually worldwide, the effect of red
blood cell (RBC) unit storage duration on oxygen delivery is uncertain. Objective To …

Microvascular thrombosis: experimental and clinical implications

MA Bray, SE Sartain, J Gollamudi, RE Rumbaut - Translational Research, 2020 - Elsevier
A significant amount of clinical and research interest in thrombosis is focused on large
vessels (eg, stroke, myocardial infarction, deep venous thrombosis, etc.); however …