Hipster microcarriers: Exploring geometrical and topographical cues of non-spherical microcarriers in biomedical applications

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Marinho Bjørge ◽  
Clara R Correia ◽  
Joao Mano
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Native Tissue ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Topographical Cues

Structure and organisation are key aspects of the native tissue environment, which ultimately condition cell fate via a myriad of processes, including the activation of mechanotransduction pathways. By modulating the...

Regenerative medicine under control of 3D scaffolds: Current state and progress of tissue scaffolds

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Golchin ◽  
Sina Farzaneh ◽  
Bahareh Porjabbar ◽  
Fatemeh Sadegian ◽  
Masoumeh Estaji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regenerative Medicine ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Scaffold ◽  
3D Scaffolds ◽  
Nutrient Delivery ◽  
Cell Functions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Biomaterial Scaffolds

: Currently, combining stem cells [SCs] with biomaterial scaffolds provides a promising strategy for the future of biomedicine and regenerative medicine [RG]. The cells need similar substrates of extra cellular matrix [ECM] for normal tissue development that signifies the importance of three dimensional [3D] scaffolds to determine cell fate. Herein, we present the great importance and also positive contributions of corresponding 3D scaffolds on cell functions including cell interactions, cell migrations, and nutrient delivery. Further on, the synthesis techniques which are recruited to fabricate the 3D scaffolds, are discussed besides the related studies of 3D scaffold for different tissues are reported in this paper completely. This review focuses on 3D scaffolds that have been used for tissue engineering purposes and directing stem cell fate as a means of producing replacements for biomedical applications.

Three-dimensional nano-biointerface as a new platform for guiding cell fate

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 2385-2401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueli Liu ◽  
Shutao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Biological Studies

The recent explorations of three-dimensional nano-biointerfaces for cell-related fundamental biological studies and advanced biomedical applications are reviewed.

scholarly journals The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Adult Lung Regeneration and Maintenance

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoqun Wang ◽  
Monica Cassandras ◽  
Tien Peng
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Hedgehog Signaling ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Cell Fates ◽  
Adult Lung ◽  
Hh Signaling ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Lung Regeneration

As a secreted morphogen, Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) determines differential cell fates, behaviors, and functions by forming a gradient of Hedgehog (Hh) activation along an axis of Hh-receptive cells during development. Despite clearly delineated roles for Hh during organ morphogenesis, whether Hh continues to regulate cell fate and behavior in the same fashion in adult organs is less understood. Adult organs, particularly barrier organs interfacing with the ambient environment, are exposed to insults that require renewal of cellular populations to maintain structural integrity. Understanding key aspects of Hh’s ability to generate an organ could translate into conceptual understanding of Hh’s ability to maintain organ homeostasis and stimulate regeneration. In this review, we will summarize the current knowledge about Hh signaling in regulating adult lung regeneration and maintenance, and discuss how alteration of Hh signaling contributes to adult lung diseases.

scholarly journals Borax induces osteogenesis by stimulating NaBC1 transporter via activation of BMP pathway

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Rico ◽  
Aleixandre Rodrigo-Navarro ◽  
Laura Sánchez Pérez ◽  
Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Original Function ◽  
Stem Cell Fate ◽  
Osteopontin Expression ◽  
Bmp Pathway ◽  
The Media

AbstractThe intrinsic properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) make them ideal candidates for tissue engineering applications. Efforts have been made to control MSC behavior by using material systems to engineer synthetic extracellular matrices and/or include soluble factors in the media. This work proposes a simple approach based on ion transporter stimulation to determine stem cell fate that avoids the use of growth factors. Addition of borax alone, transported by the NaBC1-transporter, enhanced MSC adhesion and contractility, promoted osteogenesis and inhibited adipogenesis. Stimulated-NaBC1 promoted osteogenesis via the BMP canonical pathway (comprising Smad1/YAP nucleus translocation and osteopontin expression) through a mechanism that involves simultaneous NaBC1/BMPR1A and NaBC1/α5β1/αvβ3 co-localization. We describe an original function for NaBC1 transporter, besides controlling borate homeostasis, capable of stimulating growth factor receptors and fibronectin-binding integrins. Our results open up new biomaterial engineering approaches for biomedical applications by a cost-effective strategy that avoids the use of soluble growth factors.

scholarly journals Translational control of gurken mRNA in Drosophila development

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Derrick ◽  
Timothy T. Weil
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Translational Control ◽  
Mrna Translation ◽  
Nurse Cells ◽  
Processing Bodies ◽  
Over Expression ◽  
Egg Chambers ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Spatiotemporal Control

ABSTRACTLocalised mRNA translation is a widespread mechanism for targeting protein synthesis, important for cell fate, motility and pathogenesis. In Drosophila, the spatiotemporal control of gurken/TGF-α mRNA translation is required for establishing the embryonic body axes. A number of recent studies have highlighted key aspects of the mechanism of gurken mRNA translational control at the dorsoanterior corner of the mid-stage oocyte. Orb/CPEB and Wispy/GLD-2 are required for polyadenylation of gurken mRNA, but mis-localised gurken mRNA in the oocyte is not fully polyadenylated1. At the dorsoanterior corner, Orb and gurken mRNA have been shown to be enriched at the edge of Processing bodies, where translation occurs2. Over-expression of Orb in the adjacent nurse cells, where gurken mRNA is transcribed, is sufficient to cause mis-expression of Gurken protein3. In orb mutant egg chambers, reducing the activity of CK2, a Serine/Threonine protein kinase, enhances polarity defects, consistent with a phenotype relating to a mutation of a factor involved in gurken translation4. Here we show that sites phosphorylated by CK2 overlap with active Orb and with Gurken protein expression. We also consolidate the current literature into a working model for gurken mRNA translational control and review the role of kinases, cell cycle factors and polyadenylation machinery highlighting a multitude of conserved factors and mechanisms in the Drosophila egg chamber.

scholarly journals Acquisition of alveolar fate and differentiation competence by human fetal lung epithelial progenitor cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyungtae Lim ◽  
Walfred Tang ◽  
Dawei Sun ◽  
Peng He ◽  
Sarah Teichmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Human Lung ◽  
Fetal Lung ◽  
Alveolar Type ◽  
Alveolar Development ◽  
Wnt Inhibitor ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Epithelial Progenitor Cells

Variation in lung alveolar development is strongly linked to disease susceptibility. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying alveolar development are difficult to study in humans. Using primary human fetal lungs we have characterized a tip progenitor cell population with alveolar fate potential. These data allowed us to benchmark a self-organising organoid system which captures key aspects of lung lineage commitment and can be efficiently differentiated to alveolar type 2 cell fate. Our data show that Wnt and FGF signalling, and the downstream transcription factors NKX2.1 and TFAP2C, promote human alveolar or airway fate respectively. Moreover, we have functionally validated cell-cell interactions in human lung alveolar patterning. We show that Wnt signalling from differentiating fibroblasts promotes alveolar type 2 cell identity, whereas myofibroblasts secrete the Wnt inhibitor, NOTUM, providing spatial patterning. Our organoid system recapitulates key aspects of human lung development allowing mechanistic experiments to determine the underpinning molecular regulation.

Applications of Scanning Microscopy in Biomedical Research

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 354-355
Author(s):  
T. L. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dental Enamel ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Whole Mount ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Content Information ◽  
Sectioned Tissue

Biomedical applications of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) have increased in number quite rapidly over the last several years. Studies have been made of cells, whole mount tissue, sectioned tissue, particles, human chromosomes, microorganisms, dental enamel and skeletal material. Many of the advantages of using this instrument for such investigations come from its ability to produce images that are high in information content. Information about the chemical make-up of the specimen, its electrical properties and its three dimensional architecture all may be represented in such images. Since the biological system is distinctive in its chemistry and often spatially scaled to the resolving power of the SEM, these images are particularly useful in biomedical research.In any form of microscopy there are two parameters that together determine the usefulness of the image. One parameter is the size of the volume being studied or resolving power of the instrument and the other is the amount of information about this volume that is displayed in the image. Both parameters are important in describing the performance of a microscope. The light microscope image, for example, is rich in information content (chemical, spatial, living specimen, etc.) but is very limited in resolving power.

How SIMS microscopy can be used in medicine

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1602-1603
Author(s):  
Philippe Fragu
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Biological Applications ◽  
The Past ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Secondary Ion ◽  
Chemical Integrity ◽  
Scientific Endeavour

The identification, localization and quantification of intracellular chemical elements is an area of scientific endeavour which has not ceased to develop over the past 30 years. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) microscopy is widely used for elemental localization problems in geochemistry, metallurgy and electronics. Although the first commercial instruments were available in 1968, biological applications have been gradual as investigators have systematically examined the potential source of artefacts inherent in the method and sought to develop strategies for the analysis of soft biological material with a lateral resolution equivalent to that of the light microscope. In 1992, the prospects offered by this technique are even more encouraging as prototypes of new ion probes appear capable of achieving the ultimate goal, namely the quantitative analysis of micron and submicron regions. The purpose of this review is to underline the requirements for biomedical applications of SIMS microscopy.Sample preparation methodology should preserve both the structural and the chemical integrity of the tissue.

Biomedical applications: Pitfalls in the practice

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
J. D. Shelburne ◽  
Peter Ingram ◽  
Victor L. Roggli ◽  
Ann LeFurgey
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Lung Tissue ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Tissue Sample ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Asbestos Fibers

At present most medical microprobe analysis is conducted on insoluble particulates such as asbestos fibers in lung tissue. Cryotechniques are not necessary for this type of specimen. Insoluble particulates can be processed conventionally. Nevertheless, it is important to emphasize that conventional processing is unacceptable for specimens in which electrolyte distributions in tissues are sought. It is necessary to flash-freeze in order to preserve the integrity of electrolyte distributions at the subcellular and cellular level. Ideally, biopsies should be flash-frozen in the operating room rather than being frozen several minutes later in a histology laboratory. Electrolytes will move during such a long delay. While flammable cryogens such as propane obviously cannot be used in an operating room, liquid nitrogen-cooled slam-freezing devices or guns may be permitted, and are the best way to achieve an artifact-free, accurate tissue sample which truly reflects the in vivo state. Unfortunately, the importance of cryofixation is often not understood. Investigators bring tissue samples fixed in glutaraldehyde to a microprobe laboratory with a request for microprobe analysis for electrolytes.

Biological and biomedical applications of collagenous biomaterials

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 856-857
Author(s):  
Yasushi P. Kato ◽  
Michael G. Dunn ◽  
Frederick H. Silver ◽  
Arthur J. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Collagen Fibers ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Cover Slip ◽  
Fibroblast Migration ◽  
Cellular Expression ◽  
Defect Repair

Collagenous biomaterials have been used for growing cells in vitro as well as for augmentation and replacement of hard and soft tissues. The substratum used for culturing cells is implicated in the modulation of phenotypic cellular expression, cellular orientation and adhesion. Collagen may have a strong influence on these cellular parameters when used as a substrate in vitro. Clinically, collagen has many applications to wound healing including, skin and bone substitution, tendon, ligament, and nerve replacement. In this report we demonstrate two uses of collagen. First as a fiber to support fibroblast growth in vitro, and second as a demineralized bone/collagen sponge for radial bone defect repair in vivo.For the in vitro study, collagen fibers were prepared as described previously. Primary rat tendon fibroblasts (1° RTF) were isolated and cultured for 5 days on 1 X 15 mm sterile cover slips. Six to seven collagen fibers, were glued parallel to each other onto a circular cover slip (D=18mm) and the 1 X 15mm cover slip populated with 1° RTF was placed at the center perpendicular to the collagen fibers. Fibroblast migration from the 1 x 15mm cover slip onto and along the collagen fibers was measured daily using a phase contrast microscope (Olympus CK-2) with a calibrated eyepiece. Migratory rates for fibroblasts were determined from 36 fibers over 4 days.

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