Search Results - "Wong, Keith H.K"
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Microfluidic Models of Vascular Functions
Published in Annual review of biomedical engineering (15-08-2012)“…In vitro studies of vascular physiology have traditionally relied on cultures of endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and pericytes grown on…”
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Effect of mechanical factors on the function of engineered human blood microvessels in microfluidic collagen gels
Published in Biomaterials (01-08-2010)“…Abstract This work examines how mechanical signals affect the barrier function and stability of engineered human microvessels in microfluidic type I collagen…”
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The role of cyclic AMP in normalizing the function of engineered human blood microvessels in microfluidic collagen gels
Published in Biomaterials (01-06-2010)“…Abstract Nearly all engineered tissues must eventually be vascularized to survive. To this end, we and others have recently developed methods to synthesize…”
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A highly-occupied, single-cell trapping microarray for determination of cell membrane permeability
Published in Lab on a chip (21-11-2017)“…Semi- and selective permeability is a fundamentally important characteristic of the cell membrane. Membrane permeability can be determined by monitoring the…”
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Design principles for lymphatic drainage of fluid and solutes from collagen scaffolds
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A (01-01-2018)“…In vivo, tissues are drained of excess fluid and macromolecules by the lymphatic vascular system. How to engineer artificial lymphatics that can provide…”
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Anti-thrombotic strategies for microfluidic blood processing
Published in Lab on a chip (24-07-2018)“…The redundant mechanisms involved in blood coagulation are crucial for rapid hemostasis. Yet they also create challenges in blood processing in medical devices…”
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Crosslinking of collagen scaffolds promotes blood and lymphatic vascular stability
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A (01-09-2014)“…The low stiffness of reconstituted collagen hydrogels has limited their use as scaffolds for engineering implantable tissues. Although chemical crosslinking…”
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Enhanced Isolation and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Nanoparticle Binding and Ligand Exchange in a Microfluidic Chip
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (22-02-2017)“…The detection of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of cancer patients has the potential to be a powerful and noninvasive method for examining…”
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Microfluidic Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters by Size and Asymmetry
Published in Scientific reports (26-05-2017)“…Circulating tumor cell clusters (CTC clusters) are potent initiators of metastasis and potentially useful clinical markers for patients with cancer. Although…”
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The Lipogenic Regulator SREBP2 Induces Transferrin in Circulating Melanoma Cells and Suppresses Ferroptosis
Published in Cancer discovery (01-03-2021)“…Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are shed by cancer into the bloodstream, where a viable subset overcomes oxidative stress to initiate metastasis. We show that…”
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Three-Dimensional Blood-Brain Barrier Model for in vitro Studies of Neurovascular Pathology
Published in Scientific reports (27-10-2015)“…Blood–brain barrier (BBB) pathology leads to neurovascular disorders and is an important target for therapies. However, the study of BBB pathology is difficult…”
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Microfluidic isolation of platelet-covered circulating tumor cells
Published in Lab on a chip (11-10-2017)“…The interplay between platelets and tumor cells is known to play important roles in metastasis by enhancing tumor cell survival, tumor-vascular interactions,…”
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Neutrophil extracellular traps are increased in cancer patients but does not associate with venous thrombosis
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Whole blood stabilization for the microfluidic isolation and molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells
Published in Nature communications (23-11-2017)“…Precise rare-cell technologies require the blood to be processed immediately or be stabilized with fixatives. Such restrictions limit the translation of…”
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Megakaryocytes contain extranuclear histones and may be a source of platelet-associated histones during sepsis
Published in Scientific reports (12-03-2020)“…Histones are typically located within the intracellular compartment, and more specifically, within the nucleus. When histones are located within the…”
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Artificial lymphatic drainage systems for vascularized microfluidic scaffolds
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A (01-08-2013)“…The formation of a stably perfused microvasculature continues to be a major challenge in tissue engineering. Previous work has suggested the importance of a…”
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Megakaryocytes respond during sepsis and display innate immune cell behaviors
Published in Frontiers in immunology (02-03-2023)“…Megakaryocytes (MKs) are precursors to platelets, the second most abundant cells in the peripheral circulation. However, while platelets are known to…”
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The Role of Physical Stabilization in Whole Blood Preservation
Published in Scientific reports (15-02-2016)“…The rapid degradation of blood ex vivo imposes logistical limitations on the utilization of blood-borne cells in medical diagnostics and scientific…”
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Microengineering in cardiovascular research: new developments and translational applications
Published in Cardiovascular research (01-04-2015)“…Microfluidic, cellular co-cultures that approximate macro-scale biology are important tools for refining the in vitro study of organ-level function and…”
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Ultra-fast vitrification of patient-derived circulating tumor cell lines
Published in PloS one (23-02-2018)“…Emerging technologies have enabled the isolation and characterization of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from the blood of metastatic cancer patients. CTCs…”
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