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Cell Architecture and Dynamics of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) on Hydrogels with Spatially Patterned Laminin and N-Cadherin

Published by American Chemical Society.Controlling cellular shape with micropatterning extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins on hydrogels has been shown to improve the reproducibility of the cell structure, enhancing our ability to collect statistics on sing ...

2024

A Three-Dimensional Engineered Cardiac In Vitro Model: Controlled Alignment of Cardiomyocytes in 3D Microphysiological Systems

Philippe Renaud, Fatemeh Navaee

Cardiomyocyte alignment in myocardium tissue plays a significant role in the physiological, electrical, and mechanical functions of the myocardium. It remains, however, difficult to align cardiac cells in a 3D in vitro heart model. This paper proposes a si ...

MDPI2023

Exploring the interplay of molecular pattern and valency for selective interactions at the bio-interface

Kaltrina Paloja

Cell-cell communication is fundamental for immune balance. Multivalent interactions of surface receptors at immune interfaces drive specific communication, with stimulatory and inhibitory signals guiding the immune outcome. Notably, the valency, affinity, ...

EPFL2023

3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule-organelle interaction in whole primary mouse beta cells

Martin Weigert

Microtubules play a major role in intracellular trafficking of vesicles in endocrine cells. Detailed knowledge of microtubule organization and their relation to other cell constituents is crucial for understanding cell function. However, their role in insu ...

Rockefeller University Press2021

New Stable Cell Lines Derived from the Proximal and Distal Intestine of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Retain Several Properties Observed In Vivo

Kristin Schirmer

We derived two novel cell lines from rainbow trout (RT) proximal (RTpi-MI) and distal intestine (RTdi-MI) and compared them with the previously established continuous cell line RTgutGC. Intestinal stem cells, differentiating and differentiated epithelial c ...

MDPI2021

MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING MONITOR QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES IN PANCREATIC ISLETS AND THEIR REGENERATION AFTER BETA CELL LOSS

Rolf Gruetter, Hongxia Lei

FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814-3998 USA2013

Artificial three-dimensional niches deconstruct pancreas development in vitro

Matthias Lütolf, Anne Grapin-Botton, Adrian Ranga, Samy Gobaa, Chiara Greggio, Filippo De Franceschi

In the context of a cellular therapy for diabetes, methods for pancreatic progenitor expansion and subsequent differentiation into insulin-producing beta cells would be extremely valuable. Here we establish three-dimensional culture conditions in Matrigel ...

Company Of Biologists Ltd2013

Reciprocal interactions between endothelial cells and macrophages in angiogenic vascular niches

Michele De Palma, Mario Leonardo Squadrito

The ability of macrophages to promote vascular growth has been associated with the secretion and local delivery of classic proangiogenic factors (e.g., VEGF-A and proteases). More recently, a series of studies have also revealed that physical contact of ma ...

Elsevier Inc2013

Characterization of semisynthetic and naturally Nα-acetylated α-synuclein in vitro and in intact cells: implications for aggregation and cellular properties of α-synuclein

Hilal Lashuel, Bruno Claude Daniel Fauvet, Mohamed Bilal Fares

N-terminal acetylation is a very common post-translational modification, although its role in regulating protein physical properties and function remains poorly understood. α-Synuclein (α-syn), a protein that has been linked to the pathogenesis of Parkinso ...

Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology Inc2012

Definition of in Vitro Microenvironments to Characterize and Control Pancreatic Progenitor Expansion and Differentiation

Chiara Greggio

The pancreas plays a central role in metabolism. The exocrine pancreas, composed of ductal and acinar cells, secretes and delivers digestive enzymes into the duodenum where they contribute to food digestion. The endocrine pancreas, constituted by the islet ...

EPFL2011

Real-Time Measurements of Protein Dynamics Using Fluorescence Activation-Coupled Protein Labeling Method

Kai Johnsson

We present a fluorescence activation-coupled protein labeling (FAPL) method, which employs small-molecular probes that exhibit almost no basal fluorescence but acquire strong fluorescence upon covalent binding to tag-proteins. This method enables real-time ...

2011

In vivo imaging of murine endocrine islets of Langerhans with extended-focus optical coherence microscopy

Theo Lasser, Anne Grapin-Botton, Martin Villiger, Joan Goulley

Aims/hypothesis Structural and functional imaging of the islets of Langerhans and the insulin-secreting beta cells represents a significant challenge and a long-lasting objective in diabetes research. In vivo microscopy offers a valuable insight into beta ...

Springer Verlag2009

Tissue engineering complex and mechanically active microenvironments for studies in asthma and cancer

Alice Anna Tomei

The goals of tissue engineering include recapitulating specific tissue functions for regenerative medicine and developing in vitro models of human tissues to study human physiology and pathophysiology and for testing and screening drugs before expensive cl ...

EPFL2008

Key events of pancreas formation are triggered in gut endoderm by ectopic expression of pancreatic regulatory genes

Anne Grapin-Botton

The mechanisms by which the epithelium of the digestive tract and its associated glands are specified are largely unknown. One clue is that several transcription factors are expressed in specific regions of the endoderm prior to and during organogenesis. P ...

2001