Search Results - "Beekers, Ines"
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Opening of endothelial cell–cell contacts due to sonoporation
Published in Journal of controlled release (10-06-2020)“…Ultrasound insonification of microbubbles can locally increase vascular permeability to enhance drug delivery. To control and optimize the therapeutic…”
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Ligand Distribution and Lipid Phase Behavior in Phospholipid-Coated Microbubbles and Monolayers
Published in Langmuir (31-03-2020)“…Phospholipid-coated targeted microbubbles are ultrasound contrast agents that can be used for molecular imaging and enhanced drug delivery. However, a better…”
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Viability of endothelial cells after ultrasound-mediated sonoporation: Influence of targeting, oscillation, and displacement of microbubbles
Published in Journal of controlled release (28-09-2016)“…Microbubbles (MBs) have been shown to create transient or lethal pores in cell membranes under the influence of ultrasound, known as ultrasound-mediated…”
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High-Resolution Imaging of Intracellular Calcium Fluctuations Caused by Oscillating Microbubbles
Published in Ultrasound in medicine & biology (01-08-2020)“…Ultrasound insonification of microbubbles can locally enhance drug delivery, but the microbubble–cell interaction remains poorly understood. Because…”
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Internalization of targeted microbubbles by endothelial cells and drug delivery by pores and tunnels
Published in Journal of controlled release (01-07-2022)“…Ultrasound insonification of microbubbles can locally enhance drug delivery by increasing the cell membrane permeability. To aid development of a safe and…”
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Ultrasonic Characterization of Ibidi μ-Slide I Luer Channel Slides for Studies With Ultrasound Contrast Agents
Published in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control (01-05-2023)“…Understanding and controlling the ultrasound contrast agent (UCA)'s response to an applied ultrasound pressure field are crucial when investigating ultrasound…”
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Vancomycin-decorated microbubbles as a theranostic agent for Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
Published in International journal of pharmaceutics (20-11-2021)“…[Display omitted] Bacterial biofilms are a huge burden on our healthcare systems worldwide. The lack of specificity in diagnostic and treatment possibilities…”
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Whole blood transcriptome in long-COVID patients reveals association with lung function and immune response
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-09-2024)“…[Display omitted] Months after infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, at least 10% of patients still experience complaints. Long-COVID…”
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Combined Confocal Microscope and Brandaris 128 Ultra-High-Speed Camera
Published in Ultrasound in medicine & biology (01-09-2019)“…Controlling microbubble-mediated drug delivery requires the underlying biological and physical mechanisms to be unraveled. To image both microbubble…”
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The Impact of Lipid Handling and Phase Distribution on the Acoustic Behavior of Microbubbles
Published in Pharmaceutics (19-01-2021)“…Phospholipid-coated microbubbles are ultrasound contrast agents that can be employed for ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery. For safe and effective…”
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Theranostic Microbubbles with Homogeneous Ligand Distribution for Higher Binding Efficacy
Published in Pharmaceutics (28-01-2022)“…Phospholipid-coated targeted microbubbles are used for ultrasound molecular imaging and locally enhanced drug delivery, with the binding efficacy being an…”
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Dispersing and Sonoporating Biofilm-Associated Bacteria with Sonobactericide
Published in Pharmaceutics (30-05-2022)“…Bacteria encased in a biofilm poses significant challenges to successful treatment, since both the immune system and antibiotics are ineffective…”
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Long COVID exhibits clinically distinct phenotypes at 3–6 months post-SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from the P4O2 consortium
Published in BMJ open respiratory research (24-04-2024)“…BackgroundFour months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, 22%–50% of COVID-19 patients still experience complaints. Long COVID is a heterogeneous disease and finding…”
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The spatial distribution of the ligand on targeted microbubbles influences the binding efficacy
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-04-2022)“…An important trait of targeted microbubbles is their binding to biomarkers for ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery. Using organic solvents in…”
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The OrganoPlate® as vessel-on-a-chip model to investigate increased microbubble-mediated vascular permeability
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-04-2022)“…The vessel wall is an important barrier modulating drug delivery to the underlying diseased tissue. Oscillating microbubbles can be used to locally enhance…”
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Microbubble-endothelial cell interactions in 3D: Internalization of microbubbles and pore or tunnel formation for drug delivery
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-04-2022)“…Ultrasound-activated microbubbles can locally enhance vascular drug delivery, but fully understanding the mechanism requires further investigation. The aims of…”
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Phospholipid-coated microbubbles: Controlling response to ultrasound
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-09-2018)“…Variability in response to ultrasound is an issue when microbubbles are used for drug delivery. This may be caused by immiscible phospholipid components and…”
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Acoustic Characterization of a Vessel-on-a-Chip Microfluidic System for Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Delivery
Published in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control (01-04-2018)“…Ultrasound in the presence of gas-filled microbubbles can be used to enhance local uptake of drugs and genes. To study the drug delivery potential and its…”
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Corrections to "Vibrational Responses of Bound and Nonbound Targeted Lipid-Coated Single Microbubbles"
Published in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control (01-06-2021)“…In the above article <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">[1] , the authors regret that there was a mistake in calculating the mol% of the microbubble coating…”
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Acoustic Characterization of the CLINIcell for Ultrasound Contrast Agent Studies
Published in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control (01-01-2019)“…Ultrasound contrast agents consist of gas-filled coated microbubbles that oscillate upon ultrasound insonification. Their characteristic oscillatory response…”
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