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... The external acid environment of cancer cells is different from that of normal cells, making a profound impact on cancer progression. Here we report a simple poly-l-lysine-modified graphene field-effect transistor (PLL@G-FET) for in situ monitoring of extracellular acidosis around cancer cells. PLL is a well-known material with good biocompatibility and is rich in amino groups that are sensitive t ...
... Cell manipulation in droplets has emerged as one of the great successes of microfluidic technologies, with the development of single-cell screening. However, the droplet format has also served to go beyond single-cell studies, namely by considering the interactions between different cells or between cells and their physical or chemical environment. These studies pose specific challenges linked to ...
cellculture, etc ; artificial cells; biotechnology; hydrogels; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Micro-fabrication and nano-fabrication provide useful approaches to address fundamental biological questions by mimicking the physiological microenvironment in which cells carry out their functions. In particular, 2D patterns and 3D scaffolds obtained via lithography, direct laser writing, and other techniques allow for shaping hydrogels, synthetic polymers and biologically derived materials to cr ...
cellculture, etc ; cell structures; endothelium; homeostasis; humans; Show all 5 Subjects
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... A variety of cells are subject to mechanical stretch in vivo, which plays a critical role in the function and homeostasis of cells, tissues, and organs. Deviations from the physiologically relevant mechanical stretch are often associated with organ dysfunction and various diseases. Although mechanical stretch is provided in some in vitro cell culture models, the effects of stretch dimensionality o ...
cellculture, etc ; benzene; chondrocytes; hydrogels; hydrophobicity; polymers; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Supramolecular materials based on the self-assembly of benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) offer an approach to mimic fibrous self-assembled proteins found in numerous natural systems. Yet, synthetic methods to rapidly build complexity, scalability, and multifunctionality into BTA-based materials are needed. The diversity of BTA structures is often hampered by the limited flexibility of existing de ...
cellculture, etc ; automation; biocompatible materials; bioprocessing; humans; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Industrial cell culture processes are inherently expensive, time-consuming, and variable. These limitations have become a critical bottleneck for the industrial translation of human cell and tissue biomanufacturing, as few human cell culture products deliver sufficient benefit, value, and consistency to offset their high manufacturing costs and produce useful clinical or biomedical solutions. Rece ...
cellculture, etc ; chitosan; chondroitin sulfate; hydrogels; viability; Show all 5 Subjects
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... In this study, the aggregation mechanism of polyion complex (PIC) particles from chitosan (CHI) and chondroitin sulfate C (CS) in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was analyzed, and a novel method for the fabrication of hydrogels via aggregation was developed. The PBS induced a decrease in the ζ-potential of the CS/CHI PIC particles, increase in their diameter, and aggregation in a concentration-dep ...
cellculture, etc ; chromatography; hydroxyapatite; mammals; monoclonal antibodies; Show all 5 Subjects
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... We describe and discuss a simple dry-compression technique for preparing a flat cuboid chromatography device containing a shallow packed-bed of crystalline hydroxyapatite nanoparticles. We then discuss the use of this device for fast protein separation in the bind-and-elute mode. Such separation could be carried out at quite low pressures, making it possible to use inexpensive low pressure chromat ...
cellculture, etc ; actin; cell division; microtubules; optogenetics; phenotype; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The plant cytoskeleton regulates fundamental biological processes, including cell division. How to experimentally perturb the cytoskeleton is a key question if one wants to understand the role of both actin filaments (AFs) and microtubules (MTs) in a given biological process. While a myriad of mutants are available, knock-out in cytoskeleton regulators, when nonlethal, often produce little or no p ...
cellculture, etc ; Arabidopsis thaliana; analytical chemistry; fractionation; proteomics; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Data-dependent acquisition (DDA) methods are the current standard for quantitative proteomics in many biological systems. However, DDA preferentially measures highly abundant proteins and generates data that is plagued with missing values, requiring extensive imputation. Here, we demonstrate that library-free BoxCarDIA acquisition, combining MS1-level BoxCar acquisition with MS2-level data-indepen ...
cellculture, etc ; biocompatibility; biodegradability; metabolism; nanofibers; silk; temperature; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Temperature is one of the key parameters for activity of cells. The trade-off between sensitivity and biocompatibility of cell temperature measurement is a challenge for temperature sensor development. Herein, a highly sensitive, biocompatible, and degradable temperature sensor was proposed to detect the living cell extracellular environments. Biocompatible silk materials were applied as sensing a ...
cellculture, etc ; biocompatibility; crystallization; cytotoxicity; endothermy; thermal degradation; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The blends of poly(l-lactide acid-p-dioxanone-glycolide) (PLPG) with poly(d-lactide) (PDLA) (PLPG/PDLA) were prepared by a solution-casting method. The effects of PDLA on the properties of the PLPG were studied. DSC and WAXD results confirmed that PLA stereocomplex (sc-PLA) crystals were formed by blending PLLA segments in PLPG with PDLA, and the melting endotherm for both PLLA and sc-PLA relied o ...
cellculture, etc ; droplets; encapsulation; medicine; microfluidic technology; microgels; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Over the past decade, droplet microfluidics has attracted growing interest in biology, medicine, and engineering. In this feature article, we review the advances in droplet microfluidics, primarily focusing on the research conducted by our group. Starting from the introduction to the mechanisms of microfluidic droplet formation and the strategies for cell encapsulation in droplets, we then focus o ...
cellculture, etc ; Cricetulus griseus; biotechnology; glycosylation; protein value; therapeutics; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most widely used mammalian host cells for the commercial production of therapeutic proteins. Fed-batch culture is widely used to produce therapeutic proteins, including monoclonal antibodies, because of its operational simplicity and high product titer. Despite technical advances in the development of culture media and cell cultures, it is still challengin ...
cellculture, etc ; RNA interference; double-stranded RNA; mammals; viruses; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The antiviral defense directed by the RNAi pathway employs distinct specificity and effector mechanisms compared with other immune responses. The specificity of antiviral RNAi is programmed by siRNAs processed from virus-derived double-stranded RNA by Dicer endonuclease. Argonaute-containing RNA-induced silencing complex loaded with the viral siRNAs acts as the effector to mediate specific virus c ...
cellculture, etc ; chemistry; hybridization; hybrids; mechanistic models; process design; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In this work, we aim to introduce the concept of the degree of hybridization for cell culture process modeling. We propose that a family of hybrid models can be created with varying fractions of process knowledge explicitly encoded in the model, defined as the degree of hybridization, with the two extremes being fully data-driven (0%) and fully mechanistic (100%) models. Subsequently, the aim is t ...
cellculture, etc ; Enterovirus C; humans; monitoring; paralysis; phylogeny; Senegal; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Polioviruses have been eliminated in many countries; however, the number of acute flaccid paralysis cases has not decreased. Non-polio enteroviruses are passively monitored as part of the polio surveillance program. Previous studies have shown that some enteroviruses do not grow in conventional cell lines used for the isolation of poliovirus according to the WHO guidelines. In order to evaluate th ...
cellculture, etc ; fibroblasts; fibroins; glass; hyaluronic acid; hydrogels; mice; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Thiolated hyaluronic acid(THA) conjugates were synthesized and the selected THA was combined with silk fibroin(SF) and bioactive glass nanoparticles to build a novel type of composite hydrogel with dual-network structure. The optimally achieved gels showed greatly enhanced strength and stiffness compared to the gels built from either THA or SF while having well-defined elasticity and injectability ...
cellculture, etc ; data quality; fluorescence microscopy; membrane fluidity; photobiology; photochemistry; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Cell function is highly dependent on membrane structure, organization, and fluidity. Therefore, methods to probe the biophysical properties of biological membranes are required. Determination of generalized polarization (GP) values using Laurdan in fluorescence microscopy studies is one of the most widely-used methods to investigate changes in membrane fluidity in vitro and in vivo. In the last co ...
cellculture, etc ; animals; biocompatibility; biocompatible materials; biomimetics; medicine; organoids; peptides; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures offer an unparalleled platform to recreate spatial arrangements of cells in vitro. 3D cell culture systems have gained increasing interest due to their evident advantages in providing more physiologically relevant information and more predictive data compared to their two-dimensional (2D) counterpart. Design and well-established fabrication of organoids (a part ...