Title: Injectable, Rapid Gelling and Highly Flexible Hydrogel Composites as Growth Factor and Cell Carriers.
Publication of the Month 2009
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: SPINK1 N34S Is Strongly Associated With Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis but Is Not a Risk Factor for the First or Sentinel Acute Pancreatitis Event.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Transoral Endoscopic Inner Layer Esophagectomy: Management of High-Grade Dysplasia and Superficial Cancer with Organ Preservation.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Emergent or Just Complex?
Summary: Efforts toward creating artificial cells are shedding light on how life may have emerged. The concept of emergence in the physical and biological sciences is an elusive one. The term refers to phenomena in which the complexity of structures or behaviors in systems with many interacting components exceeds that predicted from knowledge of the individual components and the forces between them.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: An Exploratory Pathways Analysis of Temporal Changes Induced by Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat Bladder Wall: Insights on Remodeling and Inflammation.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Cell derived hierarchical assembly of a novel phosphophoryn-based biomaterial.
Summary: Phosphophoryn (PP) is an acidic phosphoprotein belonging to the small integrin-bindingligand N-linked glycoprotein (SIBLING) protein family. PP is highly phosphorylated with approximately 200 phosphates per molecule and has a high affinity for calcium. The aim of this manuscript is to demonstrate that PP has the ability to self-assemble when it is overexpressed in a mammalian cell in the presence of calcium. Our data show that when PP is overexpressed using an adenovirus, the self-assembly occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which contains high calcium concentration.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Delivery of adipose-derived precursor cells for peripheral nerve repair
Summary: To test the hypothesis that the transplantation of adipose precursor cells (APCs) improves nerve regeneration and functional recovery, human APCs were transplanted into the lumen of a nerve guide in a 6-mm unilateral sciatic nerve defect in athymic rats. The three control groups for the study were biodegradable, polycaprolactone-based nerve conduit without APCs, autograft, and empty defect. Behavioral tests were performed every 3 weeks, and the sciatic functional index (SFI) was calculated based on measurements from the hindlimb prints.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Repair of the tympanic membrane with urinary bladder matrix.
Summary: OBJECTIVES: To test urinary bladder matrix (UBM) as a potential treatment for tympanic membrane (TM) healing and regeneration.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: A unified mathematical model for the prediction of controlled release from surface and bulk eroding polymer matrices.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Endotoxin uptake in mouse liver is blocked by endotoxin pretreatment through a suppressor of cytokine signaling-1-dependent mechanism.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: Transient elastic support for vein grafts using a constricting microfibrillar polymer wrap.
Summary: Arterial vein grafts (AVGs) often fail due to intimal hyperplasia, thrombosis, or accelerated atherosclerosis. Various approaches have been proposed to address AVG failure, including delivery of temporary mechanical support, many of which could be facilitated by perivascular placement of a biodegradable polymer wrap. The purpose of this work was to demonstrate that a polymer wrap can be applied to vein segments without compromising viability/function, and to demonstrate one potential application, i.e., gradually imposing the mid-wall circumferential wall stress (CWS) in wrapped veins exposed to arterial levels of pressure. Poly(ester urethane)urea, collagen, and elastin were combined in solution, and then electrospun onto freshly-excised porcine internal jugular vein segments. Tissue viability was assessed via Live/Dead staining for necrosis, and vasomotor challenge with epinephrine and sodium nitroprusside for functionality. Wrapped vein segments were also perfused for 24h within an ex vivo vascular perfusion system under arterial conditions (pressure = 120/80 mmHg; flow = 100 mL/min), and CWS was calculated every hour. Our results showed that the electrospinning process had no deleterious effects on tissue viability, and that the mid-wall CWS vs. time profile could be dictated through the composition and degradation of the electrospun wrap. This may have important clinical applications by enabling the engineering of an improved AVG.
By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Publication of the Month 2009, Publication of the Month | July 30, 2015
Title: The Role of the Biochemical and Biophysical Environment in Chondrogenic Stem Cell Differentiation Assays and Cartilage Tissue Engineering.