Search Results - "Barradas, Ana M C"
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Osteoinductive ceramics as a synthetic alternative to autologous bone grafting
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-08-2010)“…Biomaterials can be endowed with biologically instructive properties by changing basic parameters such as elasticity and surface texture. However, translation…”
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Molecular mechanisms of biomaterial-driven osteogenic differentiation in human mesenchymal stromal cells
Published in Integrative biology (Cambridge) (24-07-2013)“…Calcium phosphate (CaP) based ceramics are used as bone graft substitutes in the treatment of bone defects. The physico-chemical properties of these materials…”
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Effects of the architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds on cell seeding and culturing
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-11-2010)“…The advance of rapid prototyping techniques has significantly improved control over the pore network architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds. In this…”
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The influence of genetic factors on the osteoinductive potential of calcium phosphate ceramics in mice
Published in Biomaterials (01-08-2012)“…Abstract The efficacy of calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics in healing large bone defects is, in general, not as high as that of autologous bone grafting…”
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Surface modifications by gas plasma control osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-08-2012)“…Numerous studies have shown that the physicochemical properties of biomaterials can control cell activity. Cell adhesion, proliferation, differentiation as…”
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A calcium-induced signaling cascade leading to osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells
Published in Biomaterials (01-04-2012)“…Abstract The response of osteoprogenitors to calcium (Ca2+ ) is of primary interest for both normal bone homeostasis and the clinical field of bone…”
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The size of surface microstructures as an osteogenic factor in calcium phosphate ceramics
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-07-2014)“…[Display omitted] The microporosity of calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics has been shown to have an essential role in osteoinduction by CaP ceramics after…”
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Osteoinductive biomaterials: current knowledge of properties, experimental models and biological mechanisms
Published in European cells & materials (22-05-2011)“…In the past thirty years, a number of biomaterials have shown the ability to induce bone formation when implanted at heterotopic sites, an ability known as…”
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Capture of Tumor Cells on Anti-EpCAM-Functionalized Poly(acrylic acid)-Coated Surfaces
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (15-06-2016)“…The presence of tumor cells in blood is predictive of short survival in several cancers and their isolation and characterization can guide toward the use of…”
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Development and analysis of multi-layer scaffolds for tissue engineering
Published in Biomaterials (01-10-2009)“…Abstract The development of 3D scaffolds consisting of stacked multi-layered porous sheets featuring microchannels is proposed and investigated in this work…”
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Towards the Biological Understanding of CTC: Capture Technologies, Definitions and Potential to Create Metastasis
Published in Cancers (04-12-2013)“…Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) are rare cells originated from tumors that travel into the blood stream, extravasate to different organs of which only a small…”
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'Smart' biomaterials and osteoinductivity
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Correspondence: 'Smart' biomaterials and osteoinductivity
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Molecular mechanisms of biomaterial-driven osteogenic differentiation in human mesenchymal stromal cellsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c3ib40027a
Published 24-06-2013“…Calcium phosphate (CaP) based ceramics are used as bone graft substitutes in the treatment of bone defects. The physico-chemical properties of these materials…”
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