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Mukherjee T, Usman M, Mehdi RR, Mendiola E, Ohayon J, Lindquist D, Shah D, Sadayappan S, Pettigrew R, Avazmohammadi R. In-silico heart model phantom to validate cardiac strain imaging. Comput Biol Med 2024; 181:109065. [PMID: 39217965 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.109065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 08/15/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
The quantification of cardiac strains as structural indices of cardiac function has a growing prevalence in clinical diagnosis. However, the highly heterogeneous four-dimensional (4D) cardiac motion challenges accurate "regional" strain quantification and leads to sizable differences in the estimated strains depending on the imaging modality and post-processing algorithm, limiting the translational potential of strains as incremental biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction. There remains a crucial need for a feasible benchmark that successfully replicates complex 4D cardiac kinematics to determine the reliability of strain calculation algorithms. In this study, we propose an in-silico heart phantom derived from finite element (FE) simulations to validate the quantification of 4D regional strains. First, as a proof-of-concept exercise, we created synthetic magnetic resonance (MR) images for a hollow thick-walled cylinder under pure torsion with an exact solution and demonstrated that "ground-truth" values can be recovered for the twist angle, which is also a key kinematic index in the heart. Next, we used mouse-specific FE simulations of cardiac kinematics to synthesize dynamic MR images by sampling various sectional planes of the left ventricle (LV). Strains were calculated using our recently developed non-rigid image registration (NRIR) framework in both problems. Moreover, we studied the effects of image quality on distorting regional strain calculations by conducting in-silico experiments for various LV configurations. Our studies offer a rigorous and feasible tool to standardize regional strain calculations to improve their clinical impact as incremental biomarkers.
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- Tanmay Mukherjee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Savoie Mont-Blanc University, Polytech Annecy-Chambéry, Le Bourget du Lac, France; Laboratory TIMC-CNRS, UMR 5525, Grenoble-Alpes University, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Wang Y, Fu Y, Wang Q, Kong D, Wang Z, Liu J. Recent advancements in polymeric heart valves: From basic research to clinical trials. Mater Today Bio 2024; 28:101194. [PMID: 39221196 PMCID: PMC11364905 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2024.101194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2024] [Revised: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Valvular heart diseases (VHDs) have become one of the most prevalent heart diseases worldwide, and prosthetic valve replacement is one of the effective treatments. With the fast development of minimal invasive technology, transcatheter valves replacement has been exploring in recent years, such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) technology. In addition, basic research on prosthetic valves has begun to shift from traditional mechanical valves and biological valves to the development of polymeric heart valves. The polymeric heart valves (PHVs) have shown a bright future due to their advantages of longer durability, better biocompatibility and reduced cost. This review gives a brief history of the development of polymeric heart valves, provides a summary of the types of polymer materials suitable for heart leaflets and the emerging processing/preparation methods for polymeric heart valves in the basic research. Besides, we facilitate a deeper understanding of polymeric heart valve products that are currently in preclinical/clinical studies, also summary the limitations of the present researches as well as the future development trends. Hence, this review will provide a holistic understanding for researchers working in the field of prosthetic valves, and will offer ideas for the design and research of valves with better durability and biocompatibility.
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- Yuanchi Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Institute of Transplant Medicine, Nankai University School of Medicine, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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Hwang DG, Kang W, Park SM, Jang J. Biohybrid printing approaches for cardiac pathophysiological studies. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 260:116420. [PMID: 38805890 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Bioengineered hearts, which include single cardiomyocytes, engineered heart tissue, and chamber-like models, generate various biosignals, such as contractility, electrophysiological, and volume-pressure dynamic signals. Monitoring changes in these signals is crucial for understanding the mechanisms of disease progression and developing potential treatments. However, current methodologies face challenges in the continuous monitoring of bioengineered hearts over extended periods and typically require sacrificing the sample post-experiment, thereby limiting in-depth analysis. Thus, a biohybrid system consisting of living and nonliving components was developed. This system primarily features heart tissue alongside nonliving elements designed to support or comprehend its functionality. Biohybrid printing technology has simplified the creation of such systems and facilitated the development of various functional biohybrid systems capable of measuring or even regulating multiple functions, such as pacemakers, which demonstrates its versatility and potential applications. The future of biohybrid printing appears promising, with the ongoing exploration of its capabilities and potential directions for advancement.
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- Dong Gyu Hwang
- Center for 3D Organ Printing and Stem Cells, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37563, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence IT Engineering (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence IT Engineering (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea; School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea; Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea; Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for 3D Organ Printing and Stem Cells, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37563, Republic of Korea; Department of Convergence IT Engineering (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea; School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea; Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Dang C, Wang Z, Hughes-Riley T, Dias T, Qian S, Wang Z, Wang X, Liu M, Yu S, Liu R, Xu D, Wei L, Yan W, Zhu M. Fibres-threads of intelligence-enable a new generation of wearable systems. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:8790-8846. [PMID: 39087714 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00286e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Fabrics represent a unique platform for seamlessly integrating electronics into everyday experiences. The advancements in functionalizing fabrics at both the single fibre level and within constructed fabrics have fundamentally altered their utility. The revolution in materials, structures, and functionality at the fibre level enables intimate and imperceptible integration, rapidly transforming fibres and fabrics into next-generation wearable devices and systems. In this review, we explore recent scientific and technological breakthroughs in smart fibre-enabled fabrics. We examine common challenges and bottlenecks in fibre materials, physics, chemistry, fabrication strategies, and applications that shape the future of wearable electronics. We propose a closed-loop smart fibre-enabled fabric ecosystem encompassing proactive sensing, interactive communication, data storage and processing, real-time feedback, and energy storage and harvesting, intended to tackle significant challenges in wearable technology. Finally, we envision computing fabrics as sophisticated wearable platforms with system-level attributes for data management, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and closed-loop intelligent networks.
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- Chao Dang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- Nottingham School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, Dryden Street, Nottingham, NG1 4GG, UK.
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- Nottingham School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, Dryden Street, Nottingham, NG1 4GG, UK.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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Mukherjee T, Usman M, Mehdi RR, Mendiola E, Ohayon J, Lindquist D, Shah D, Sadayappan S, Pettigrew R, Avazmohammadi R. In-silico heart model phantom to validate cardiac strain imaging. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.08.05.606672. [PMID: 39149320 PMCID: PMC11326205 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.05.606672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
Abstract
The quantification of cardiac strains as structural indices of cardiac function has a growing prevalence in clinical diagnosis. However, the highly heterogeneous four-dimensional (4D) cardiac motion challenges accurate "regional" strain quantification and leads to sizable differences in the estimated strains depending on the imaging modality and post-processing algorithm, limiting the translational potential of strains as incremental biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction. There remains a crucial need for a feasible benchmark that successfully replicates complex 4D cardiac kinematics to determine the reliability of strain calculation algorithms. In this study, we propose an in-silico heart phantom derived from finite element (FE) simulations to validate the quantification of 4D regional strains. First, as a proof-of-concept exercise, we created synthetic magnetic resonance (MR) images for a hollow thick-walled cylinder under pure torsion with an exact solution and demonstrated that "ground-truth" values can be recovered for the twist angle, which is also a key kinematic index in the heart. Next, we used mouse-specific FE simulations of cardiac kinematics to synthesize dynamic MR images by sampling various sectional planes of the left ventricle (LV). Strains were calculated using our recently developed non-rigid image registration (NRIR) framework in both problems. Moreover, we studied the effects of image quality on distorting regional strain calculations by conducting in-silico experiments for various LV configurations. Our studies offer a rigorous and feasible tool to standardize regional strain calculations to improve their clinical impact as incremental biomarkers.
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- Tanmay Mukherjee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Savoie Mont-Blanc University, Polytech Annecy-Chambéry, Le Bourget du Lac, France
- Laboratory TIMC-CNRS, UMR 5525, Grenoble-Alpes University, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Okhovatian S, Khosravi R, Wang EY, Zhao Y, Radisic M. Biofabrication strategies for cardiac tissue engineering. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2024; 88:103166. [PMID: 38941865 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Biofabrication technologies hold the potential to provide high-throughput, easy-to-operate, and cost-effective systems that recapitulate complexities of the native heart. The size of the fabricated model, printing resolution, biocompatibility, and ease-of-fabrication are some of the major parameters that can be improved to develop more sophisticated cardiac models. Here, we review recent cardiac engineering technologies ranging from microscaled organoids, millimeter-scaled heart-on-a-chip platforms, in vitro ventricle models sized to the fetal heart, larger cardiac patches seeded with billions of cells, and associated biofabrication technologies used to produce these models. Finally, advancements that facilitate model translation are discussed, such as their application as carriers for bioactive components and cells in vivo or their capability for drug testing and disease modeling in vitro.
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- Sargol Okhovatian
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada; Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada.
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Hwang DG, Choi H, Yong U, Kim D, Kang W, Park SM, Jang J. Bioprinting-Assisted Tissue Assembly for Structural and Functional Modulation of Engineered Heart Tissue Mimicking Left Ventricular Myocardial Fiber Orientation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400364. [PMID: 38717016 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Left ventricular twist is influenced by the unique oriented structure of myocardial fibers. Replicating this intricate structural-functional relationship in an in vitro heart model remains challenging, mainly due to the difficulties in achieving a complex structure with synchrony between layers. This study introduces a novel approach through the utilization of bioprinting-assisted tissue assembly (BATA)-a synergistic integration of bioprinting and tissue assembly strategies. By flexibly manufacturing tissue modules and assembly platforms, BATA can create structures that traditional methods find difficult to achieve. This approach integrates engineered heart tissue (EHT) modules, each with intrinsic functional and structural characteristics, into a layered, multi-oriented tissue in a controlled manner. EHTs assembled in different orientations exhibit various contractile forces and electrical signal patterns. The BATA is capable of constructing complex myocardial fiber orientations within a chamber-like structure (MoCha). MoCha replicates the native cardiac architecture by exhibiting three layers and three alignment directions, and it reproduces the left ventricular twist by exhibiting synchronized contraction between layers and mimicking the native cardiac architecture. The potential of BATA extends to engineering tissues capable of constructing and functioning as complete organs on a large scale. This advancement holds the promise of realizing future organ-on-demand technology.
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- Dong Gyu Hwang
- Center for 3D Organ Printing and Stem Cells, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37563, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
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- Future IT Innovation Laboratory, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence IT engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- Department of Convergence IT engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- Department of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
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- Center for 3D Organ Printing and Stem Cells, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37563, Republic of Korea
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- Future IT Innovation Laboratory, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- Department of Convergence IT engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, 37666, Republic of Korea
- Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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Li G, Wang G, Wei W, Li Z, Xiao Q, He H, Luo D, Chen L, Li J, Zhang X, Song Y, Bai S. Cardiorespiratory motion characteristics and their dosimetric impact on cardiac stereotactic body radiotherapy. Med Phys 2024. [PMID: 38994881 DOI: 10.1002/mp.17284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiac stereotactic body radiotherapy (CSBRT) is an emerging and promising noninvasive technique for treating refractory arrhythmias utilizing highly precise, single or limited-fraction high-dose irradiations. This method promises to revolutionize the treatment of cardiac conditions by delivering targeted therapy with minimal exposure to surrounding healthy tissues. However, the dynamic nature of cardiorespiratory motion poses significant challenges to the precise delivery of dose in CSBRT, introducing potential variabilities that can impact treatment efficacy. The complexities of the influence of cardiorespiratory motion on dose distribution are compounded by interplay and blurring effects, introducing additional layers of dose uncertainty. These effects, critical to the understanding and improvement of the accuracy of CSBRT, remain unexplored, presenting a gap in current clinical literature. PURPOSE To investigate the cardiorespiratory motion characteristics in arrhythmia patients and the dosimetric impact of interplay and blurring effects induced by cardiorespiratory motion on CSBRT plan quality. METHODS The position and volume variations in the substrate target and cardiac substructures were evaluated in 12 arrhythmia patients using displacement maximum (DMX) and volume metrics. Moreover, a four-dimensional (4D) dose reconstruction approach was employed to examine the dose uncertainty of the cardiorespiratory motion. RESULTS Cardiac pulsation induced lower DMX than respiratory motion but increased the coefficient of variation and relative range in cardiac substructure volumes. The mean DMX of the substrate target was 0.52 cm (range: 0.26-0.80 cm) for cardiac pulsation and 0.82 cm (range: 0.32-2.05 cm) for respiratory motion. The mean DMX of the cardiac structure ranged from 0.15 to 1.56 cm during cardiac pulsation and from 0.35 to 1.89 cm during respiratory motion. Cardiac pulsation resulted in an average deviation of -0.73% (range: -4.01%-4.47%) in V25 between the 3D and 4D doses. The mean deviations in the homogeneity index (HI) and gradient index (GI) were 1.70% (range: -3.10%-4.36%) and 0.03 (range: -0.14-0.11), respectively. For cardiac substructures, the deviations in D50 due to cardiac pulsation ranged from -1.88% to 1.44%, whereas the deviations in Dmax ranged from -2.96% to 0.88% of the prescription dose. By contrast, the respiratory motion led to a mean deviation of -1.50% (range: -10.73%-4.23%) in V25. The mean deviations in HI and GI due to respiratory motion were 4.43% (range: -3.89%-13.98%) and 0.18 (range: -0.01-0.47) (p < 0.05), respectively. Furthermore, the deviations in D50 and Dmax in cardiac substructures for the respiratory motion ranged from -0.28% to 4.24% and -4.12% to 1.16%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Cardiorespiratory motion characteristics vary among patients, with the respiratory motion being more significant. The intricate cardiorespiratory motion characteristics and CSBRT plan complexity can induce substantial dose uncertainty. Therefore, assessing individual motion characteristics and 4D dose reconstruction techniques is critical for implementing CSBRT without compromising efficacy and safety.
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- Guangjun Li
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Institute of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Radiotherapy Physics & Technology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Xu F, Jin H, Liu L, Yang Y, Cen J, Wu Y, Chen S, Sun D. Architecture design and advanced manufacturing of heart-on-a-chip: scaffolds, stimulation and sensors. MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING 2024; 10:96. [PMID: 39006908 PMCID: PMC11239895 DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00692-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
Abstract
Heart-on-a-chip (HoC) has emerged as a highly efficient, cost-effective device for the development of engineered cardiac tissue, facilitating high-throughput testing in drug development and clinical treatment. HoC is primarily used to create a biomimetic microphysiological environment conducive to fostering the maturation of cardiac tissue and to gather information regarding the real-time condition of cardiac tissue. The development of architectural design and advanced manufacturing for these "3S" components, scaffolds, stimulation, and sensors is essential for improving the maturity of cardiac tissue cultivated on-chip, as well as the precision and accuracy of tissue states. In this review, the typical structures and manufacturing technologies of the "3S" components are summarized. The design and manufacturing suggestions for each component are proposed. Furthermore, key challenges and future perspectives of HoC platforms with integrated "3S" components are discussed. Architecture design concepts of scaffolds, stimulation and sensors in chips.
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- Feng Xu
- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
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- Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, 510080 China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515 China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
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Sengupta PP, Chandrashekhar Y. AI for Cardiac Function Assessment: Automation, Intelligence, and the Knowledge Gaps. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2024; 17:843-845. [PMID: 38960558 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Chen L, Mei S, Fu K, Zhou J. Spinning the Future: The Convergence of Nanofiber Technologies and Yarn Fabrication. ACS NANO 2024; 18:15358-15386. [PMID: 38837241 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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The rapid advancement in nanofiber technologies has revolutionized the domain of yarn materials, marking a significant leap in textile technology. This review dissects the nexus between cutting-edge nanofiber technologies and yarn manufacturing, aiming to illuminate the pathway toward engineering advanced textiles with unparalleled functionality. It first discusses the fundamentals of nanofiber assemblies and spinning techniques, primarily focusing on electrospinning, centrifugal spinning, and blow spinning. Additionally, the study delves into integrating nanofiber spinning technologies with traditional and modern yarn fabrication principles, elucidating the design principles that underlie the creation of yarns incorporating nanofibers. Twisting technologies are explored to examine how they can be optimized and adapted for incorporating nanofibers, thus enabling the production of innovative nanofiber-based yarns. Special attention is given to scalable strategies like centrifugal and blow spinning, which are spotlighted for their efficiency and scalability in fabricating nanofiber yarns. This review further analyses recently developed nanofiber yarn applications, including wearable sensors, biomedical devices, moisture management textiles, and energy harvesting and storage devices. We finally present a forward-looking perspective to address unresolved issues in nanofiber-based yarn technologies.
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- Long Chen
- Hubei Digital Textile Equipment Key Laboratory, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei 430200, China
- The Advanced Textile Technology Innovation Center (Jianhu Laboratory), Shaoxing 312000, China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, Laboratory of Advanced Electronic and Fiber Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
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- Hubei Digital Textile Equipment Key Laboratory, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei 430200, China
- The Advanced Textile Technology Innovation Center (Jianhu Laboratory), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, Laboratory of Advanced Electronic and Fiber Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
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Farsheed AC, Zevallos-Delgado C, Yu LT, Saeidifard S, Swain JWR, Makhoul JT, Thomas AJ, Cole CC, Garcia Huitron E, Grande-Allen KJ, Singh M, Larin KV, Hartgerink JD. Tunable Macroscopic Alignment of Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofibers. ACS NANO 2024; 18:12477-12488. [PMID: 38699877 PMCID: PMC11285723 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Progress in the design and synthesis of nanostructured self-assembling systems has facilitated the realization of numerous nanoscale geometries, including fibers, ribbons, and sheets. A key challenge has been achieving control across multiple length scales and creating macroscopic structures with nanoscale organization. Here, we present a facile extrusion-based fabrication method to produce anisotropic, nanofibrous hydrogels using self-assembling peptides. The application of shear force coinciding with ion-triggered gelation is used to kinetically trap supramolecular nanofibers into aligned, hierarchical macrostructures. Further, we demonstrate the ability to tune the nanostructure of macroscopic hydrogels through modulating phosphate buffer concentration during peptide self-assembly. In addition, increases in the nanostructural anisotropy of fabricated hydrogels are found to enhance their strength and stiffness under hydrated conditions. To demonstrate their utility as an extracellular matrix-mimetic biomaterial, aligned nanofibrous hydrogels are used to guide directional spreading of multiple cell types, but strikingly, increased matrix alignment is not always correlated with increased cellular alignment. Nanoscale observations reveal differences in cell-matrix interactions between variably aligned scaffolds and implicate the need for mechanical coupling for cells to understand nanofibrous alignment cues. In total, innovations in the supramolecular engineering of self-assembling peptides allow us to decouple nanostructure from macrostructure and generate a gradient of anisotropic nanofibrous hydrogels. We anticipate that control of architecture at multiple length scales will be critical for a variety of applications, including the bottom-up tissue engineering explored here.
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- Adam C Farsheed
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Lu RXZ, Zhao Y, Radisic M. The emerging role of heart-on-a-chip systems in delineating mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-induced cardiac dysfunction. Bioeng Transl Med 2024; 9:e10581. [PMID: 38818123 PMCID: PMC11135153 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a major global health concern since its emergence in 2019, with over 680 million confirmed cases as of April 2023. While COVID-19 has been strongly associated with the development of cardiovascular complications, the specific mechanisms by which viral infection induces myocardial dysfunction remain largely controversial as studies have shown that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 can lead to heart failure both directly, by causing damage to the heart cells, and indirectly, by triggering an inflammatory response throughout the body. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of potential mechanisms that drive heart failure based on in vitro studies. We also discuss the significance of three-dimensional heart-on-a-chip technology in the context of the current and future pandemics.
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- Rick Xing Ze Lu
- Institute of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Institute of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Toronto General Hospital Research InstituteUniversity Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Institute of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Toronto General Hospital Research InstituteUniversity Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Terence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular ResearchUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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Yao ZF, Kuang Y, Wu HT, Lundqvist E, Fu X, Celt N, Pei J, Yee A, Ardoña HAM. Selective Induction of Molecular Assembly to Tissue-Level Anisotropy on Peptide-Based Optoelectronic Cardiac Biointerfaces. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2312231. [PMID: 38335948 PMCID: PMC11126358 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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The conduction efficiency of ions in excitable tissues and of charged species in organic conjugated materials both benefit from having ordered domains and anisotropic pathways. In this study, a photocurrent-generating cardiac biointerface is presented, particularly for investigating the sensitivity of cardiomyocytes to geometrically comply to biomacromolecular cues differentially assembled on a conductive nanogrooved substrate. Through a polymeric surface-templated approach, photoconductive substrates with symmetric peptide-quaterthiophene (4T)-peptide units assembled as 1D nanostructures on nanoimprinted polyalkylthiophene (P3HT) surface are developed. The 4T-based peptides studied here can form 1D nanostructures on prepatterned polyalkylthiophene substrates, as directed by hydrogen bonding, aromatic interactions between 4T and P3HT, and physical confinement on the nanogrooves. It is observed that smaller 4T-peptide units that can achieve a higher degree of assembly order within the polymeric templates serve as a more efficient driver of cardiac cytoskeletal anisotropy than merely presenting aligned -RGD bioadhesive epitopes on a nanotopographic surface. These results unravel some insights on how cardiomyocytes perceive submicrometer dimensionality, local molecular order, and characteristics of surface cues in their immediate environment. Overall, the work offers a cardiac patterning platform that presents the possibility of a gene modification-free cardiac photostimulation approach while controlling the conduction directionality of the biotic and abiotic components.
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- Ze-Fan Yao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Center of Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Center of Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Kieda J, Shakeri A, Landau S, Wang EY, Zhao Y, Lai BF, Okhovatian S, Wang Y, Jiang R, Radisic M. Advances in cardiac tissue engineering and heart-on-a-chip. J Biomed Mater Res A 2024; 112:492-511. [PMID: 37909362 PMCID: PMC11213712 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Recent advances in both cardiac tissue engineering and hearts-on-a-chip are grounded in new biomaterial development as well as the employment of innovative fabrication techniques that enable precise control of the mechanical, electrical, and structural properties of the cardiac tissues being modelled. The elongated structure of cardiomyocytes requires tuning of substrate properties and application of biophysical stimuli to drive its mature phenotype. Landmark advances have already been achieved with induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac patches that advanced to human testing. Heart-on-a-chip platforms are now commonly used by a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Here, we provide an overview of cardiac physiology in order to better define the requirements for functional tissue recapitulation. We then discuss the biomaterials most commonly used in both cardiac tissue engineering and heart-on-a-chip, followed by the discussion of recent representative studies in both fields. We outline significant challenges common to both fields, specifically: scalable tissue fabrication and platform standardization, improving cellular fidelity through effective tissue vascularization, achieving adult tissue maturation, and ultimately developing cryopreservation protocols so that the tissues are available off the shelf.
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- Jennifer Kieda
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sriram M, Priya S, Katti DS. Polyhydroxybutyrate-based osteoinductive mineralized electrospun structures that mimic components and tissue interfaces of the osteon for bone tissue engineering. Biofabrication 2024; 16:025036. [PMID: 38471166 DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ad331a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Scaffolds for bone tissue engineering should enable regeneration of bone tissues with its native hierarchically organized extracellular matrix (ECM) and multiple tissue interfaces. To achieve this, inspired by the structure and properties of bone osteon, we fabricated polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)-based mineralized electrospun fibrous scaffolds. After studying multiple PHB-based fibers, we chose 7%PHB/1%Gelatin fibers (PG) to fabricate mineralized fibers that mimic mineralized collagen fibers in bone. The mineralized PG (mPG) surface had a rough, hydrophilic layer of low crystalline calcium phosphate which was biocompatible to bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs), induced their proliferation and was osteoinductive. Subsequently, by modulating the electrospinning process, we fabricated mPG-based novel higher order fibrous scaffolds that mimic the macroscale geometries of osteons of bone ECM. Inspired by the aligned collagen fibers in bone lamellae, we fabricated mPG scaffolds with aligned fibers that could direct anisotropic elongation of mouse BMSC (mBMSCs). Further, we fabricated electrospun mPG-based osteoinductive tubular constructs which can mimic cylindrical bone components like osteons or lamellae or be used as long bone analogues based on their dimensions. Finally, to regenerate tissue interfaces in bone, we introduced a novel bi-layered scaffold-based approach. An electrospun bi-layered tubular construct that had PG in the outer layer and 7%PHB/0.5%Polypyrrole fibers (PPy) in the inner layer was fabricated. The bi-layered tubular construct underwent preferential surface mineralization only on its outer layer. This outer mineralized layer supported osteogenesis while the inner PPy layer could support neural cell growth. Thus, the bi-layered tubular construct may be used to regenerate haversian canal in the osteons which hosts nerve fibers. Overall, the study introduced novel techniques to fabricate biomimetic structures that can regenerate components of bone osteon and its multiple tissue interfaces. The study lays foundation for the fabrication of a modular scaffold that can regenerate bone with its hierarchical structure and complex tissue interfaces.
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- M Sriram
- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Mehta Family Centre for Engineering in Medicine, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Mehta Family Centre for Engineering in Medicine, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Liu H, He L, Kuzmanović M, Huang Y, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Ren Y, Dong Y, Cardon L, Gou M. Advanced Nanomaterials in Medical 3D Printing. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2301121. [PMID: 38009766 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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3D printing is now recognized as a significant tool for medical research and clinical practice, leading to the emergence of medical 3D printing technology. It is essential to improve the properties of 3D-printed products to meet the demand for medical use. The core of generating qualified 3D printing products is to develop advanced materials and processes. Taking advantage of nanomaterials with tunable and distinct physical, chemical, and biological properties, integrating nanotechnology into 3D printing creates new opportunities for advancing medical 3D printing field. Recently, some attempts are made to improve medical 3D printing through nanotechnology, providing new insights into developing advanced medical 3D printing technology. With high-resolution 3D printing technology, nano-structures can be directly fabricated for medical applications. Incorporating nanomaterials into the 3D printing material system can improve the properties of the 3D-printed medical products. At the same time, nanomaterials can be used to expand novel medical 3D printing technologies. This review introduced the strategies and progresses of improving medical 3D printing through nanotechnology and discussed challenges in clinical translation.
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- Haofan Liu
- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Huahang Microcreate Technology Co., Ltd, Chengdu, 610042, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
- Chengdu OrganoidMed Medical Laboratory, Chengdu, 610000, China
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- Centre for Polymer and Material Technologies, Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, 9159052, Belgium
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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Farsheed AC, Zevallos-Delgado C, Yu LT, Saeidifard S, Swain JW, Makhoul JT, Thomas AJ, Cole CC, Huitron EG, Grande-Allen KJ, Singh M, Larin KV, Hartgerink JD. Tunable Macroscopic Alignment of Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofibers. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.02.578651. [PMID: 38352501 PMCID: PMC10862821 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.02.578651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Fibrous proteins that comprise the extracellular matrix (ECM) guide cellular growth and tissue organization. A lack of synthetic strategies able to generate aligned, ECM-mimetic biomaterials has hampered bottom-up tissue engineering of anisotropic tissues and led to a limited understanding of cell-matrix interactions. Here, we present a facile extrusion-based fabrication method to produce anisotropic, nanofibrous hydrogels using self-assembling peptides. The application of shear force coinciding with ion-triggered gelation is used to kinetically trap supramolecular nanofibers into aligned, hierarchical structures. We establish how modest changes in phosphate buffer concentration during peptide self-assembly can be used to tune their alignment and packing. In addition, increases in the nanostructural anisotropy of fabricated hydrogels are found to enhance their strength and stiffness under hydrated conditions. To demonstrate their utility as an ECM-mimetic biomaterial, aligned nanofibrous hydrogels are used to guide directional spreading of multiple cell types, but strikingly, increased matrix alignment is not always correlated with increased cellular alignment. Nanoscale observations reveal differences in cell-matrix interactions between variably aligned scaffolds and implicate the need for mechanical coupling for cells to understand nanofibrous alignment cues. In total, innovations in the supramolecular engineering of self-assembling peptides allow us to generate a gradient of anisotropic nanofibrous hydrogels, which are used to better understand directed cell growth.
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- Adam C. Farsheed
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Zhu Z, Chen T, Huang F, Wang S, Zhu P, Xu RX, Si T. Free-Boundary Microfluidic Platform for Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2304840. [PMID: 37722080 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Microfluidics, with its remarkable capacity to manipulate fluids and droplets at the microscale, has emerged as a powerful platform in numerous fields. In contrast to conventional closed microchannel microfluidic systems, free-boundary microfluidic manufacturing (FBMM) processes continuous precursor fluids into jets or droplets in a relatively spacious environment. FBMM is highly regarded for its superior flexibility, stability, economy, usability, and versatility in the manufacturing of advanced materials and architectures. In this review, a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in FBMM is provided, encompassing technical principles, advanced material manufacturing, and their applications. FBMM is categorized based on the foundational mechanisms, primarily comprising hydrodynamics, interface effects, acoustics, and electrohydrodynamic. The processes and mechanisms of fluid manipulation are thoroughly discussed. Additionally, the manufacturing of advanced materials in various dimensions ranging from zero-dimensional to three-dimensional, as well as their diverse applications in material science, biomedical engineering, and engineering are presented. Finally, current progress is summarized and future challenges are prospected. Overall, this review highlights the significant potential of FBMM as a powerful tool for advanced materials manufacturing and its wide-ranging applications.
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- Zhiqiang Zhu
- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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Aazmi A, Zhang D, Mazzaglia C, Yu M, Wang Z, Yang H, Huang YYS, Ma L. Biofabrication methods for reconstructing extracellular matrix mimetics. Bioact Mater 2024; 31:475-496. [PMID: 37719085 PMCID: PMC10500422 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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In the human body, almost all cells interact with extracellular matrices (ECMs), which have tissue and organ-specific compositions and architectures. These ECMs not only function as cellular scaffolds, providing structural support, but also play a crucial role in dynamically regulating various cellular functions. This comprehensive review delves into the examination of biofabrication strategies used to develop bioactive materials that accurately mimic one or more biophysical and biochemical properties of ECMs. We discuss the potential integration of these ECM-mimics into a range of physiological and pathological in vitro models, enhancing our understanding of cellular behavior and tissue organization. Lastly, we propose future research directions for ECM-mimics in the context of tissue engineering and organ-on-a-chip applications, offering potential advancements in therapeutic approaches and improved patient outcomes.
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- Abdellah Aazmi
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Affiliated Stomatologic Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Center for Laboratory Medicine, Allergy Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Wang W, Ka SGS, Pan Y, Sheng Y, Huang YYS. Biointerface Fiber Technology from Electrospinning to Inflight Printing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 38109220 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Building two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) micro- and nanofibril structures with designable patterns and functionalities will offer exciting prospects for numerous applications spanning from permeable bioelectronics to tissue engineering scaffolds. This Spotlight on Applications highlights recent technological advances in fiber printing and patterning with functional materials for biointerfacing applications. We first introduce the current state of development of micro- and nanofibers with applications in biology and medical wearables. We then describe our contributions in developing a series of fiber printing techniques that enable the patterning of functional fiber architectures in three dimensions. These fiber printing techniques expand the material library and device designs, which underpin technological capabilities from enabling fundamental studies in cell migration to customizable and ecofriendly fabrication of sensors. Finally, we provide an outlook on the strategic pathways for developing the next-generation bioelectronics and "Fiber-of-Things" (FoT) using nano/micro-fibers as architectural building blocks.
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- Wenyu Wang
- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, 11 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FF Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Finkel S, Sweet S, Locke T, Smith S, Wang Z, Sandini C, Imredy J, He Y, Durante M, Lagrutta A, Feinberg A, Lee A. FRESH™ 3D bioprinted cardiac tissue, a bioengineered platform for in vitro pharmacology. APL Bioeng 2023; 7:046113. [PMID: 38046544 PMCID: PMC10693443 DOI: 10.1063/5.0163363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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There is critical need for a predictive model of human cardiac physiology in drug development to assess compound effects on human tissues. In vitro two-dimensional monolayer cultures of cardiomyocytes provide biochemical and cellular readouts, and in vivo animal models provide information on systemic cardiovascular response. However, there remains a significant gap in these models due to their incomplete recapitulation of adult human cardiovascular physiology. Recent efforts in developing in vitro models from engineered heart tissues have demonstrated potential for bridging this gap using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) in three-dimensional tissue structure. Here, we advance this paradigm by implementing FRESH™ 3D bioprinting to build human cardiac tissues in a medium throughput, well-plate format with controlled tissue architecture, tailored cellular composition, and native-like physiological function, specifically in its drug response. We combined hiPSC-CMs, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts in a cellular bioink and FRESH™ 3D bioprinted this mixture in the format of a thin tissue strip stabilized on a tissue fixture. We show that cardiac tissues could be fabricated directly in a 24-well plate format were composed of dense and highly aligned hiPSC-CMs at >600 million cells/mL and, within 14 days, demonstrated reproducible calcium transients and a fast conduction velocity of ∼16 cm/s. Interrogation of these cardiac tissues with the β-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol showed responses consistent with positive chronotropy and inotropy. Treatment with calcium channel blocker verapamil demonstrated responses expected of hiPSC-CM derived cardiac tissues. These results confirm that FRESH™ 3D bioprinted cardiac tissues represent an in vitro platform that provides data on human physiological response.
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- FluidForm, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA
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- FluidForm, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA
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- FluidForm, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA
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- In Vitro Safety Pharmacology, Genetic and Cellular Toxicology, Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
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- Division of Technology, Infrastructure, Operations and Experience, Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
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- Division of Technology, Infrastructure, Operations and Experience, Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
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- In Vitro Safety Pharmacology, Genetic and Cellular Toxicology, Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
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- FluidForm, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA
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Peters MM, Brister JK, Tang EM, Zhang FW, Lucian VM, Trackey PD, Bone Z, Zimmerman JF, Jin Q, Burpo FJ, Parker KK. Self-organizing behaviors of cardiovascular cells on synthetic nanofiber scaffolds. APL Bioeng 2023; 7:046114. [PMID: 38046543 PMCID: PMC10693444 DOI: 10.1063/5.0172423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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In tissues and organs, the extracellular matrix (ECM) helps maintain inter- and intracellular architectures that sustain the structure-function relationships defining physiological homeostasis. Combining fiber scaffolds and cells to form engineered tissues is a means of replicating these relationships. Engineered tissues' fiber scaffolds are designed to mimic the topology and chemical composition of the ECM network. Here, we asked how cells found in the heart compare in their propensity to align their cytoskeleton and self-organize in response to topological cues in fibrous scaffolds. We studied cardiomyocytes, valvular interstitial cells, and vascular endothelial cells as they adapted their inter- and intracellular architectures to the extracellular space. We used focused rotary jet spinning to manufacture aligned fibrous scaffolds to mimic the length scale and three-dimensional (3D) nature of the native ECM in the muscular, valvular, and vascular tissues of the heart. The representative cardiovascular cell types were seeded onto fiber scaffolds and infiltrated the fibrous network. We measured different cell types' propensity for cytoskeletal alignment in response to fiber scaffolds with differing levels of anisotropy. The results indicated that valvular interstitial cells on moderately anisotropic substrates have a higher propensity for cytoskeletal alignment than cardiomyocytes and vascular endothelial cells. However, all cell types displayed similar levels of alignment on more extreme (isotropic and highly anisotropic) fiber scaffold organizations. These data suggest that in the hierarchy of signals that dictate the spatiotemporal organization of a tissue, geometric cues within the ECM and cellular networks may homogenize behaviors across cell populations and demographics.
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- Michael M. Peters
- Disease Biophysics Group, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02134, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02134, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996, USA
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Esser TU, Anspach A, Muenzebrock KA, Kah D, Schrüfer S, Schenk J, Heinze KG, Schubert DW, Fabry B, Engel FB. Direct 3D-Bioprinting of hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes to Generate Functional Cardiac Tissues. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2305911. [PMID: 37655652 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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3D-bioprinting is a promising technology to produce human tissues as drug screening tool or for organ repair. However, direct printing of living cells has proven difficult. Here, a method is presented to directly 3D-bioprint human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes embedded in a collagen-hyaluronic acid ink, generating centimeter-sized functional ring- and ventricle-shaped cardiac tissues in an accurate and reproducible manner. The printed tissues contain hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes with well-organized sarcomeres and exhibit spontaneous and regular contractions, which persist for several months and are able to contract against passive resistance. Importantly, beating frequencies of the printed cardiac tissues can be modulated by pharmacological stimulation. This approach opens up new possibilities for generating complex functional cardiac tissues as models for advanced drug screening or as tissue grafts for organ repair or replacement.
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- Tilman U Esser
- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Muscle Research Center Erlangen (MURCE), 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Muscle Research Center Erlangen (MURCE), 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Muscle Research Center Erlangen (MURCE), 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Rudolf Virchow Center, Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Rudolf Virchow Center, Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Muscle Research Center Erlangen (MURCE), 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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Zhang HL, Sinha S, Cameron RE, Best SM. Mimicking Transmural Helical Cardiomyofibre Orientation Using Bouligand-like Pore Structures in Ice-Templated Collagen Scaffolds. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:4420. [PMID: 38006145 PMCID: PMC10675392 DOI: 10.3390/polym15224420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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The helical arrangement of cardiac muscle fibres underpins the contractile properties of the heart chamber. Across the heart wall, the helical angle of the aligned fibres changes gradually across the range of 90-180°. It is essential to recreate this structural hierarchy in vitro for developing functional artificial tissue. Ice templating can achieve single-oriented pore alignment via unidirectional ice solidification with a flat base mould design. We hypothesise that the orientation of aligned pores can be controlled simply via base topography, and we propose a scalable base design to recapitulate the transmural fibre orientation. We have utilised finite element simulations for rapid testing of base designs, followed by experimental confirmation of the Bouligand-like orientation. X-ray microtomography of experimental samples showed a gradual shift of 106 ± 10°, with the flexibility to tailor pore size and spatial helical angle distribution for personalised medicine.
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- Huijie L. Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
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Dileep D, Syed TA, Sloan TFW, Dhandapany PS, Siddiqi K, Sirajuddin M. Cardiomyocyte orientation recovery at micrometer scale reveals long-axis fiber continuum in heart walls. EMBO J 2023; 42:e113288. [PMID: 37671467 PMCID: PMC10548172 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022113288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Coordinated cardiomyocyte contraction drives the mammalian heart to beat and circulate blood. No consensus model of cardiomyocyte geometrical arrangement exists, due to the limited spatial resolution of whole heart imaging methods and the piecemeal nature of studies based on histological sections. By combining microscopy and computer vision, we produced the first-ever three-dimensional cardiomyocyte orientation reconstruction across mouse ventricular walls at the micrometer scale, representing a gain of three orders of magnitude in spatial resolution. We recovered a cardiomyocyte arrangement aligned to the long-axis direction of the outer ventricular walls. This cellular network lies in a thin shell and forms a continuum with longitudinally arranged cardiomyocytes in the inner walls, with a complex geometry at the apex. Our reconstruction methods can be applied at fine spatial scales to further understanding of heart wall electrical function and mechanics, and set the stage for the study of micron-scale fiber remodeling in heart disease.
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- Drisya Dileep
- Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and DiseaseInstitute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative MedicineBengaluruIndia
- The University of Trans‐Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU)BengaluruIndia
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- School of Computer Science and Centre for Intelligent MachinesMcGill University, and MILA – Québec AI InstituteMontréalQCCanada
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and DiseaseInstitute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative MedicineBengaluruIndia
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- School of Computer Science and Centre for Intelligent MachinesMcGill University, and MILA – Québec AI InstituteMontréalQCCanada
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and DiseaseInstitute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative MedicineBengaluruIndia
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Kim SL, Trembley MA, Lee KY, Choi S, MacQueen LA, Zimmerman JF, de Wit LHC, Shani K, Henze DE, Drennan DJ, Saifee SA, Loh LJ, Liu X, Parker KK, Pu WT. Spatiotemporal cell junction assembly in human iPSC-CM models of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Stem Cell Reports 2023; 18:1811-1826. [PMID: 37595583 PMCID: PMC10545490 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023] Open
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Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited cardiac disorder that causes life-threatening arrhythmias and myocardial dysfunction. Pathogenic variants in Plakophilin-2 (PKP2), a desmosome component within specialized cardiac cell junctions, cause the majority of ACM cases. However, the molecular mechanisms by which PKP2 variants induce disease phenotypes remain unclear. Here we built bioengineered platforms using genetically modified human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes to model the early spatiotemporal process of cardiomyocyte junction assembly in vitro. Heterozygosity for truncating variant PKP2R413X reduced Wnt/β-catenin signaling, impaired myofibrillogenesis, delayed mechanical coupling, and reduced calcium wave velocity in engineered tissues. These abnormalities were ameliorated by SB216763, which activated Wnt/β-catenin signaling, improved cytoskeletal organization, restored cell junction integrity in cell pairs, and improved calcium wave velocity in engineered tissues. Together, these findings highlight the therapeutic potential of modulating Wnt/β-catenin signaling in a human model of ACM.
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- Sean L Kim
- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA; Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02134, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Sadri B, Gao W. Fibrous wearable and implantable bioelectronics. APPLIED PHYSICS REVIEWS 2023; 10:031303. [PMID: 37576610 PMCID: PMC10364553 DOI: 10.1063/5.0152744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Fibrous wearable and implantable devices have emerged as a promising technology, offering a range of new solutions for minimally invasive monitoring of human health. Compared to traditional biomedical devices, fibers offer a possibility for a modular design compatible with large-scale manufacturing and a plethora of advantages including mechanical compliance, breathability, and biocompatibility. The new generation of fibrous biomedical devices can revolutionize easy-to-use and accessible health monitoring systems by serving as building blocks for most common wearables such as fabrics and clothes. Despite significant progress in the fabrication, materials, and application of fibrous biomedical devices, there is still a notable absence of a comprehensive and systematic review on the subject. This review paper provides an overview of recent advancements in the development of fibrous wearable and implantable electronics. We categorized these advancements into three main areas: manufacturing processes, platforms, and applications, outlining their respective merits and limitations. The paper concludes by discussing the outlook and challenges that lie ahead for fiber bioelectronics, providing a holistic view of its current stage of development.
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- Behnam Sadri
- Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Choi S, Lee KY, Kim SL, MacQueen LA, Chang H, Zimmerman JF, Jin Q, Peters MM, Ardoña HAM, Liu X, Heiler AC, Gabardi R, Richardson C, Pu WT, Bausch AR, Parker KK. Fibre-infused gel scaffolds guide cardiomyocyte alignment in 3D-printed ventricles. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:1039-1046. [PMID: 37500957 PMCID: PMC10686196 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01611-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Hydrogels are attractive materials for tissue engineering, but efforts to date have shown limited ability to produce the microstructural features necessary to promote cellular self-organization into hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) organ models. Here we develop a hydrogel ink containing prefabricated gelatin fibres to print 3D organ-level scaffolds that recapitulate the intra- and intercellular organization of the heart. The addition of prefabricated gelatin fibres to hydrogels enables the tailoring of the ink rheology, allowing for a controlled sol-gel transition to achieve precise printing of free-standing 3D structures without additional supporting materials. Shear-induced alignment of fibres during ink extrusion provides microscale geometric cues that promote the self-organization of cultured human cardiomyocytes into anisotropic muscular tissues in vitro. The resulting 3D-printed ventricle in vitro model exhibited biomimetic anisotropic electrophysiological and contractile properties.
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- Suji Choi
- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Bioscience, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- Center for Functional Protein Assemblies, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- Center for Organoid Systems (COS), Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Bioscience, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- Center for Functional Protein Assemblies, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- Center for Organoid Systems (COS), Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- Max Planck School Matter to Life, Max Planck Schools, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Disease Biophysics Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
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Pitre NN, Moses JB, Tzeng E, Abramowitch S, Velankar SS. Crimped fiber composites: mechanics of a finite-length crimped fiber embedded in a soft matrix. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2023; 22:1083-1094. [PMID: 36862346 PMCID: PMC10656043 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01702-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Composites comprising crimped fibers of finite length embedded in a soft matrix have the potential to mimic the strain-hardening behavior of tissues containing fibrous collagen. Unlike continuous fiber composites, such chopped fiber composites would be flow-processable. Here, we study the fundamental mechanics of stress transfer between a single crimped fiber and the embedding matrix subjected to tensile strain. Finite element simulations show that fibers with large crimp amplitude and large relative modulus straighten significantly at small strain without bearing significant load. At large strain, they become taut and hence bear increasing load. Analogous to straight fiber composites, there is a region near the ends of each fiber which bears much lower stress than the midsection. We show that the stress-transfer mechanics can be captured by a shear lag model where the crimped fiber can be replaced with an equivalent straight fiber whose effective modulus is lower than that of the crimped fiber, but increases with applied strain. This allows estimating the modulus of a composite at low fiber fraction. The degree of strain hardening and the strain needed for strain hardening can be tuned by changing relative modulus of the fibers and the crimp geometry.
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- Nandan N Pitre
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
- McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
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Zhang ZJ, Ding LY, Zuo XL, Feng H, Xia Q. A new paradigm in transplant immunology: At the crossroad of synthetic biology and biomaterials. MED 2023:S2666-6340(23)00142-3. [PMID: 37244257 DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients require meticulously tailored immunosuppressive regimens to minimize graft loss and mortality. Traditional approaches focus on inhibiting effector T cells, while the intricate and dynamic immune responses mediated by other components remain unsolved. Emerging advances in synthetic biology and material science have provided novel treatment modalities with increased diversity and precision to the transplantation community. This review investigates the active interface between these two fields, highlights how living and non-living structures can be engineered and integrated for immunomodulation, and discusses their potential application in addressing the challenges in SOT clinical practice.
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- Zi-Jie Zhang
- Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Transplantation and Immunology, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Transplantation and Immunology, Shanghai 200127, China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Transplantation and Immunology, Shanghai 200127, China; Shanghai Institute of Transplantation, Shanghai 200127, China; Punan Branch (Shanghai Punan Hospital), Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Transplantation and Immunology, Shanghai 200127, China; Shanghai Institute of Transplantation, Shanghai 200127, China.
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Baghersad S, Sathish Kumar A, Kipper MJ, Popat K, Wang Z. Recent Advances in Tissue-Engineered Cardiac Scaffolds-The Progress and Gap in Mimicking Native Myocardium Mechanical Behaviors. J Funct Biomater 2023; 14:jfb14050269. [PMID: 37233379 DOI: 10.3390/jfb14050269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Heart failure is the leading cause of death in the US and worldwide. Despite modern therapy, challenges remain to rescue the damaged organ that contains cells with a very low proliferation rate after birth. Developments in tissue engineering and regeneration offer new tools to investigate the pathology of cardiac diseases and develop therapeutic strategies for heart failure patients. Tissue -engineered cardiac scaffolds should be designed to provide structural, biochemical, mechanical, and/or electrical properties similar to native myocardium tissues. This review primarily focuses on the mechanical behaviors of cardiac scaffolds and their significance in cardiac research. Specifically, we summarize the recent development of synthetic (including hydrogel) scaffolds that have achieved various types of mechanical behavior-nonlinear elasticity, anisotropy, and viscoelasticity-all of which are characteristic of the myocardium and heart valves. For each type of mechanical behavior, we review the current fabrication methods to enable the biomimetic mechanical behavior, the advantages and limitations of the existing scaffolds, and how the mechanical environment affects biological responses and/or treatment outcomes for cardiac diseases. Lastly, we discuss the remaining challenges in this field and suggestions for future directions to improve our understanding of mechanical control over cardiac function and inspire better regenerative therapies for myocardial restoration.
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- Somayeh Baghersad
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Yao Z, Lundqvist E, Kuang Y, Ardoña HAM. Engineering Multi-Scale Organization for Biotic and Organic Abiotic Electroactive Systems. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2205381. [PMID: 36670065 PMCID: PMC10074131 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Multi-scale organization of molecular and living components is one of the most critical parameters that regulate charge transport in electroactive systems-whether abiotic, biotic, or hybrid interfaces. In this article, an overview of the current state-of-the-art for controlling molecular order, nanoscale assembly, microstructure domains, and macroscale architectures of electroactive organic interfaces used for biomedical applications is provided. Discussed herein are the leading strategies and challenges to date for engineering the multi-scale organization of electroactive organic materials, including biomolecule-based materials, synthetic conjugated molecules, polymers, and their biohybrid analogs. Importantly, this review provides a unique discussion on how the dependence of conduction phenomena on structural organization is observed for electroactive organic materials, as well as for their living counterparts in electrogenic tissues and biotic-abiotic interfaces. Expansion of fabrication capabilities that enable higher resolution and throughput for the engineering of ordered, patterned, and architecture electroactive systems will significantly impact the future of bioelectronic technologies for medical devices, bioinspired harvesting platforms, and in vitro models of electroactive tissues. In summary, this article presents how ordering at multiple scales is important for modulating transport in both the electroactive organic, abiotic, and living components of bioelectronic systems.
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- Ze‐Fan Yao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
- Department of ChemistrySchool of Physical SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
- Department of ChemistrySchool of Physical SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
- Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research CenterUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCA92697USA
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Li H, Jin B, Wang Y, Deng B, Wang D, Tang BZ. As Fiber Meets with AIE: Opening a Wonderland for Smart Flexible Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2210085. [PMID: 36479736 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have recently been developed at a tremendous pace in the area of organic luminescent materials by virtue of their superior properties. However, the practical applications of AIEgens still face the challenge of transforming AIEgens from molecules into materials. Till now, many AIEgens have been integrated into fiber, endowing the fiber with prominent fluorescence and/or photosensitizing capacities. AIEgens and fiber complement each other for making progress in flexible smart materials, in which the utilization of AIEgens creates new application possibilities for fiber, and the fiber provides an excellent carrier for AIEgens towards realizing the conversion from molecule to materials and an ideal platform to research the aggregate state of AIEgens in mesoscale and macroscale. This review begins with a brief summary of the recent advances related to some typical AIEgens with various functions and the technology for the fabrication of AIEgen-functionalized fiber. The most representative applications are then highlighted by focusing on energy conversion, personal protective equipment, biomedical, sensor, and fluorescence-related fields. Finally, the challenges, opportunities, and tendencies in future development are discussed in detail. This review hopes to inspire innovation in AIEgens and fiber from the view of mesoscale and macroscale.
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- Haoxuan Li
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Textiles (Ministry of Education), Nonwoven Technology Laboratory, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Textiles (Ministry of Education), Nonwoven Technology Laboratory, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Centre for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Textiles (Ministry of Education), Nonwoven Technology Laboratory, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Centre for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518061, P. R. China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, P. R. China
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Sun L, Wang Y, Xu D, Zhao Y. Emerging technologies for cardiac tissue engineering and artificial hearts. SMART MEDICINE 2023; 2:e20220040. [PMID: 39188557 PMCID: PMC11235648 DOI: 10.1002/smmd.20220040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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Heart diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, have brought heavy burden on society for their high morbidity and mortality. In clinical, heart transplantation is recognized as an effective strategy to rescue the lives of patients, while it may suffer from lack of donors and possible immune responses. In view of this, tremendous efforts have been devoted to developing alternative strategies to recover the function and promote the regeneration of cardiac tissues. As an emerging field blending cell biology and material science, tissue engineering technique allows the construction of biomimetic living complexes as organ substitutes for heart repair. In this review, we will present the recent progress in cardiac tissue engineering and artificial hearts. After introducing the critical elements in cardiac tissue engineering, we will present advanced fabrication methods to achieve scaffolds with desired micro/nanostructure design as well as the applications of these bioinspired scaffolds. We will also discuss the current dilemma and possible development direction from a biomedical perspective.
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- Lingyu Sun
- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyInstitute of Translational MedicineNanjing Drum Tower HospitalSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyInstitute of Translational MedicineNanjing Drum Tower HospitalSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyInstitute of Translational MedicineNanjing Drum Tower HospitalSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyInstitute of Translational MedicineNanjing Drum Tower HospitalSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjingChina
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Yang B, Yang Z, Tang L. Recent progress in fiber-based soft electronics enabled by liquid metal. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1178995. [PMID: 37187888 PMCID: PMC10175636 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1178995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Soft electronics can seamlessly integrate with the human skin which will greatly improve the quality of life in the fields of healthcare monitoring, disease treatment, virtual reality, and human-machine interfaces. Currently, the stretchability of most soft electronics is achieved by incorporating stretchable conductors with elastic substrates. Among stretchable conductors, liquid metals stand out for their metal-grade conductivity, liquid-grade deformability, and relatively low cost. However, the elastic substrates usually composed of silicone rubber, polyurethane, and hydrogels have poor air permeability, and long-term exposure can cause skin redness and irritation. The substrates composed of fibers usually have excellent air permeability due to their high porosity, making them ideal substrates for soft electronics in long-term applications. Fibers can be woven directly into various shapes, or formed into various shapes on the mold by spinning techniques such as electrospinning. Here, we provide an overview of fiber-based soft electronics enabled by liquid metals. An introduction to the spinning technology is provided. Typical applications and patterning strategies of liquid metal are presented. We review the latest progress in the design and fabrication of representative liquid metal fibers and their application in soft electronics such as conductors, sensors, and energy harvesting. Finally, we discuss the challenges of fiber-based soft electronics and provide an outlook on future prospects.
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- Bowen Yang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Fundamental Research on Biomechanics in Clinical Application, School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fashion Accessory Art and Engineering College, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Zihan Yang, ; Lixue Tang,
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Fundamental Research on Biomechanics in Clinical Application, School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Zihan Yang, ; Lixue Tang,
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Cao D, Ding J. Recent advances in regenerative biomaterials. Regen Biomater 2022; 9:rbac098. [PMID: 36518879 PMCID: PMC9745784 DOI: 10.1093/rb/rbac098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Nowadays, biomaterials have evolved from the inert supports or functional substitutes to the bioactive materials able to trigger or promote the regenerative potential of tissues. The interdisciplinary progress has broadened the definition of 'biomaterials', and a typical new insight is the concept of tissue induction biomaterials. The term 'regenerative biomaterials' and thus the contents of this article are relevant to yet beyond tissue induction biomaterials. This review summarizes the recent progress of medical materials including metals, ceramics, hydrogels, other polymers and bio-derived materials. As the application aspects are concerned, this article introduces regenerative biomaterials for bone and cartilage regeneration, cardiovascular repair, 3D bioprinting, wound healing and medical cosmetology. Cell-biomaterial interactions are highlighted. Since the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, the review particularly mentions biomaterials for public health emergency. In the last section, perspectives are suggested: (i) creation of new materials is the source of innovation; (ii) modification of existing materials is an effective strategy for performance improvement; (iii) biomaterial degradation and tissue regeneration are required to be harmonious with each other; (iv) host responses can significantly influence the clinical outcomes; (v) the long-term outcomes should be paid more attention to; (vi) the noninvasive approaches for monitoring in vivo dynamic evolution are required to be developed; (vii) public health emergencies call for more research and development of biomaterials; and (viii) clinical translation needs to be pushed forward in a full-chain way. In the future, more new insights are expected to be shed into the brilliant field-regenerative biomaterials.
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- Dinglingge Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Sengupta PP, Chandrashekhar Y. Understanding Myocardial Biomechanics Through the Lens of Cardiac Imaging: A Shear Privilege. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 15:2158-2160. [PMID: 36481089 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bahú JO, Melo de Andrade LR, Crivellin S, Khouri NG, Sousa SO, Fernandes LMI, Souza SDA, Concha LSC, Schiavon MIRB, Benites CI, Severino P, Souto EB, Concha VOC. Rotary Jet Spinning (RJS): A Key Process to Produce Biopolymeric Wound Dressings. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14112500. [PMID: 36432691 PMCID: PMC9699276 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Wounds result from different causes (e.g., trauma, surgeries, and diabetic ulcers), requiring even extended periods of intensive care for healing, according to the patient's organism and treatment. Currently, wound dressings generated by polymeric fibers at micro and nanometric scales are promising for healing the injured area. They offer great surface area and porosity, mimicking the fibrous extracellular matrix structure, facilitating cell adhesion, migration, and proliferation, and accelerating the wound healing process. Such properties resulted in countless applications of these materials in biomedical and tissue engineering, also as drug delivery systems for bioactive molecules to help tissue regeneration. The techniques used to engineer these fibers include spinning methods (electro-, rotary jet-), airbrushing, and 3D printing. These techniques have important advantages, such as easy-handle procedure and process parameters variability (type of polymer), but encounter some scalability problems. RJS is described as a simple and low-cost technique resulting in high efficiency and yield for fiber production, also capable of bioactive agents' incorporation to improve the healing potential of RJS wound dressings. This review addresses the use of RJS to produce polymeric fibers, describing the concept, type of configuration, comparison to other spinning techniques, most commonly used polymers, and the relevant parameters that influence the manufacture of the fibers, for the ultimate use in the development of wound dressings.
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- Juliana O. Bahú
- INCT—BIOFABRIS, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Albert Einstein Ave., Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, nº. 500, Campinas 13083-852, São Paulo, Brazil
- Correspondence: (J.O.B.); (E.B.S.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande 79070-900, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- INCT—BIOFABRIS, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Albert Einstein Ave., Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, nº. 500, Campinas 13083-852, São Paulo, Brazil
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- INCT—BIOFABRIS, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Albert Einstein Ave., Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, nº. 500, Campinas 13083-852, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Nicolau St., Jd. Pitangueiras, Diadema 09913-030, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Nicolau St., Jd. Pitangueiras, Diadema 09913-030, São Paulo, Brazil
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- INCT—BIOFABRIS, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Albert Einstein Ave., Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, nº. 500, Campinas 13083-852, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate School, Sciences and Engineering, National University of Trujillo, Av. Juan Pablo II S/N Urb. San Andrés, Trujillo 13011, La Libertad, Peru
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- INCT—BIOFABRIS, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Albert Einstein Ave., Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, nº. 500, Campinas 13083-852, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Federal Laboratory of Agricultural and Livestock Defense (LFDA-SP), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), Campinas 70043-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Technology and Research Institute (ITP), Tiradentes University (UNIT), Murilo Dantas Ave., Farolândia, nº 300, Aracaju 49032-490, Sergipe, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto (FFUP), Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, nº 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
- REQUIMTE/UCIBIO, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº. 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
- Correspondence: (J.O.B.); (E.B.S.)
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- INCT—BIOFABRIS, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Albert Einstein Ave., Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, nº. 500, Campinas 13083-852, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Nicolau St., Jd. Pitangueiras, Diadema 09913-030, São Paulo, Brazil
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Uzoigwe CE, Ali O. Genetically Modified Porcine-to-Human Cardiac Xenotransplantation. N Engl J Med 2022; 387:1337. [PMID: 36198188 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2210401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Barts Health Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Sefton MV, Simmons CA. Hearts by design. Science 2022; 377:148-150. [DOI: 10.1126/science.add0829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Scalable biofabrication of heart helical tissue pattern augments pumping function
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- Michael V. Sefton
- Medicine by Design, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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