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Induced cell migration based on a bioactive hydrogel sheet combined with a perfused microfluidic system
, Article Biomedical Materials (Bristol) ; Volume 15, Issue 4 , May , 2020 ; Jafarkhani, M ; Salehi, Z ; Mashayekhan, S ; Kowsari Esfahan, R ; Dolatshahi Pirouz, A ; Bonakdar, S ; Shokrgozar, M. A ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Physics Publishing
2020
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Endothelial cell migration is a crucial step in the process of new blood vessel formation - a necessary process to maintain cell viability inside thick tissue constructs. Here, we report a new method for maintaining cell viability and inducing cell migration using a perfused microfluidic platform based on collagen gel and a gradient hydrogel sheet. Due to the helpful role of the extracellular matrix components in cell viability, we developed a hydrogel sheet from decellularized tissue (DT) of the bovine heart and chitosan (CS). The results showed that hydrogel sheets with an optimum weight ratio of CS/DT = 2 possess a porosity of around 75%, a mechanical strength of 23 kPa, and display cell...
Developing hyaluronic acid microgels for sustained delivery of platelet lysate for tissue engineering applications
, Article International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ; Volume 144 , 2020 , Pages 837-846 ; Abdekhodaie, M. J ; Karperien, M ; Mousavi, A ; Alvi, M ; Dijkstra, P. J ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2020
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Platelet lysate (PL), a blood product that contains high concentrations of growth factors (GFs), can be considered as a cost-effective source of multiple GFs. In this study, hyaluronic acid (HA) based microgels were developed for delivery of PL proteins. Spherical microgel were prepared using a water in oil emulsion method. First, hyaluronic acid was grafted with tyramine groups, after which prepared microdroplets were crosslinked via an enzymatic reaction in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and horseradish peroxidase. Because of electrostatic interactions, these microgels are promising carriers for positively charged proteins entrapment like most of the GFs. When microgels are incubated in...
Graphene/Cuo2nanoshuttles with controllable release of oxygen nanobubbles promoting interruption of bacterial respiration
, Article ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces ; Volume 12, Issue 32 , 2020 , Pages 35813-35825 ; Akhavan, O ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Bakhshi, B ; Sharif University of Technology
American Chemical Society
2020
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An oxygen nanoshuttle based on a reduced graphene oxide/copper peroxide (rGO/CuO2) nanocomposite has been presented to deliver in situ oxygen nanobubbles (O2 NBs) for combating bacterial infections. In the presence of rGO, the solid source of oxygen (i.e., CuO2) was decomposed (in response to environmental conditions such as pH and temperature) into O2 NBs in a more controllable and long-lasting trend (from 60 to 144 h). In a neutral buffer, the O2 NBs experienced growth and collapse evolutions, creating a dynamic micro-nanoenvironment around the nanocomposite. In addition to effective battling against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, the O2 NBs demonstrated superior...
Bioengineering approaches for corneal regenerative medicine
, Article Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine ; Volume 17, Issue 5 , July , 2020 , Pages 567-593 ; Abdekhodaie, M. J ; Mashayekhan, S ; Baradaran Rafii, A ; Djalilian, A. R ; Sharif University of Technology
Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society
2020
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Background:: Since the cornea is responsible for transmitting and focusing light into the eye, injury or pathology affecting any layer of the cornea can cause a detrimental effect on visual acuity. Aging is also a reason for corneal degeneration. Depending on the level of the injury, conservative therapies and donor tissue transplantation are the most common treatments for corneal diseases. Not only is there a lack of donor tissue and risk of infection/rejection, but the inherent ability of corneal cells and layers to regenerate has led to research in regenerative approaches and treatments. Methods:: In this review, we first discussed the anatomy of the cornea and the required properties for...
Thermal conductivity of the cell membrane in the presence of cholesterol and amyloid precursor protein
, Article Physical Review E ; Volume 102, Issue 4 , 2020 ; Ejtehadi, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
American Physical Society
2020
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The cell membrane is responsible for the transportation of heat between inside and outside the cell. Whether the thermal properties of the cell membrane are affected by the cholesterol concentration or the membrane proteins has not been investigated so far. Although the experimental measurement of the membrane thermal conductivity was not available until very recently, computational methods have been widely used for this purpose. In this study, we carry out molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the relation between the concentration of cholesterol and the thermal conductivity of a model membrane. Our results suggest an increase in the membrane thermal conductivity upon increasing the...
MicroRNA profiling reveals important functions of miR-125b and let-7a during human retinal pigment epithelial cell differentiation
, Article Experimental Eye Research ; Volume 190 , 2020 ; Satarian, L ; Moradi, S ; Sharifi Zarchi, A ; Günther, S ; Kamal, A ; Totonchi, M ; Mowla, S. J ; Braun, T ; Baharvand, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Academic Press
2020
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Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells are indispensable for eye organogenesis and vision. To realize the therapeutic potential of in vitro-generated RPE cells for cell-replacement therapy of RPE-related retinopathies, molecular mechanisms of RPE specification and maturation need to be investigated. So far, many attempts have been made to decipher the regulatory networks involved in the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into RPE cells. Here, we exploited a highly-efficient RPE differentiation protocol to determine global expression patterns of microRNAs (miRNAs) during human embryonic stem cell (hESC) differentiation into RPE using small RNA sequencing. Our results revealed a...
Investigating the effect of reagent parameters on the efficiency of cell lysis within droplets
, Article Physics of Fluids ; Volume 32, Issue 6 , 2020 ; Hassani Gangaraj, M ; Sharif University of Technology
American Institute of Physics Inc
2020
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Cell lysis is an essential primary step in cell assays. In the process of cell lysis, the cell membrane is destroyed and the substances inside the cell are extracted. By utilizing a droplet-based microfluidic platform for cell lysis, the mixer unit that is required for mixing lysis reagents with the cells can be excluded, and thus, the complexity of the fabrication process is reduced. In addition, lysing the cells within the droplets will prevent the cells from exposure to the channel walls, and as a result, cleanliness of the samples and the device is maintained. In this study, cell lysis within the droplets and the parameters affecting the efficiency of this process are investigated using...
Investigation of a Novel Microfluidic Device for Label-Free Ferrohydrodynamic Cell Separation on a Rotating Disk
, Article IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ; Volume 67, Issue 2 , 2020 , Pages 372-378 ; Besanjideh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
IEEE Computer Society
2020
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Negative magnetophoresis is a novel and attractive method for continuous microparticle sorting inside a magnetic medium. In this method, diamagnetic particles are sorted based on their sizes using magnetic buoyancy force and without any labeling process. Although this method provides some attractive features, such as low-cost fabrication and ease of operation, there are some obstacles that adversely affect its performance, especially for biological applications. Most types of magnetic media, such as ferrofluids, are not biocompatible, and the time-consuming process of sample preparation can be threatening to the viability of the cells within the sample. Furthermore, in this method, both the...
Enzymatic outside-in cross-linking enables single-step microcapsule production for high-throughput three-dimensional cell microaggregate formation
, Article Materials Today Bio ; Volume 6 , 2020 ; Salehi, S. S ; Henke, S ; Shamloo, A ; Kamperman, T ; Karperien, M ; Leijten, J ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2020
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Cell-laden hydrogel microcapsules enable the high-throughput production of cell aggregates, which are relevant for three-dimensional tissue engineering and drug screening applications. However, current microcapsule production strategies are limited by their throughput, multistep protocols, and limited amount of compatible biomaterials. We here present a single-step process for the controlled microfluidic production of single-core microcapsules using enzymatic outside-in cross-linking of tyramine-conjugated polymers. It was hypothesized that a physically, instead of the conventionally explored biochemically, controlled enzymatic cross-linking process would improve the reproducibility,...
Investigation of the equivalent material properties and failure stress of the re-entrant composite lattice structures using an analytical model
, Article Composite Structures ; 2020 ; Farrokhabadi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
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In the present study, a novel theoretical model is developed, based on classical laminate theory, to predict the equivalent mechanical properties of the re-entrant lattice structures, which composed of continuous fiber reinforced composite struts. Three main mechanism of stretching, flexing and hinging are considered and a general closed-form formulation is derived to estimate the auxetic honeycomb's elastic and shear modulus as well as Poisson's ratios. In spite of previous studies in which the response of honeycomb structures is modeled using beam theory, here, each strut of unit cell is expressed as a composite laminate with orthotropic mechanical properties and classical laminate theory...
An interface–particle interaction approach for evaluation of the co-encapsulation efficiency of cells in a flow-focusing droplet generator
, Article Sensors (Switzerland) ; Volume 20, Issue 13 , 2020 , Pages 1-17 ; Saidi, M. S ; Ghadami, S ; Kashaninejad, N ; Sharif University of Technology
MDPI AG
2020
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Droplet-based microfluidics offers significant advantages, such as high throughput and scalability, making platforms based on this technology ideal candidates for point-of-care (POC) testing and clinical diagnosis. However, the efficiency of co-encapsulation in droplets is suboptimal, limiting the applicability of such platforms for the biosensing applications. The homogeneity of the bioanalytes in the droplets is an unsolved problem. While there is extensive literature on the experimental setups and active methods used to increase the efficiency of such platforms, passive techniques have received less attention, and their fundamentals have not been fully explored. Here, we develop a novel...
Biomimetic proteoglycan nanoparticles for growth factor immobilization and delivery
, Article Biomaterials Science ; Volume 8, Issue 4 , 2020 , Pages 1127-1136 ; Mostafavi, E ; Shokrgozar, M. A ; Tamjid, E ; Webster, T. J ; Annabi, N ; Simchi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Royal Society of Chemistry
2020
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The delivery of growth factors is often challenging due to their short half-life, low stability, and rapid deactivation. In native tissues, the sulfated residual of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) polymer chains of proteoglycans immobilizes growth factors through the proteoglycans'/proteins' complexation with nanoscale organization. These biological assemblies can influence growth factor-cell surface receptor interactions, cell differentiation, cell-cell signaling, and mechanical properties of the tissues. Here, we introduce a facile procedure to prepare novel biomimetic proteoglycan nanocarriers, based on naturally derived polymers, for the immobilization and controlled release of growth factors....
Numerical and analytical simulation of multilayer cellular scaffolds
, Article Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering ; Volume 42, Issue 5 , 2 May , 2020 ; Rahmati, S ; Nikkhoo, M ; Haghpanahi, M ; Akbari, J ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer
2020
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Due to the advent and maturity of the additive manufacturing technology, it is possible now to construct complex microstructures with unprecedented accuracy. In addition, to the influence of network unit cell types and porosities in recent years, researchers have studied the number of scaffold layers fabricated by additive manufacturing on mechanical properties. The objective of this paper is to assess the numerical and analytical simulations of the multilayer scaffolds. For this purpose, 54 different regular scaffolds with a unit cell composed of multilayer scaffolds were simulated under compressive loading and compared with the analytical relationships based on the Euler–Bernoulli and...
Asynchronous downlink massive MIMO networks: A stochastic geometry approach
, Article IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications ; Volume 19, Issue 1 , 2020 , Pages 579-594 ; Azimi Abarghouyi, S. M ; Makki, B ; Nasiri Kenari, M ; Svensson, T ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2020
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Massive multiple-input multiple-output (M-MIMO) is recognized as a promising technology for the next generation of wireless networks because of its potential to increase the spectral efficiency. In initial studies of M-MIMO, the system has been considered to be perfectly synchronized throughout the entire cells. However, perfect synchronization may be hard to attain in practice. Therefore, we study a M-MIMO system whose cells are not synchronous to each other, while transmissions in a cell are still synchronous. We analyze an asynchronous downlink M-MIMO system in terms of the coverage probability and the ergodic rate by means of the stochastic geometry tool. For comparison, we also obtain...
A novel method for segmentation of leukocyte nuclei based on color transformation
, Article 26th National and 4th International Iranian Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME 2019, 27 November 2019 through 28 November 2019 ; 2019 , Pages 213-217 ; 9781728156637 (ISBN) ; Maheri, J ; Behroozi, H ; Kolahdoozi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2019
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is one of the most common hematologic malignancies among children, caused by uncontrolled growth of leukocytes. Since the main hallmarks of the disease is not specific, a considerable number of patients have been being misdiagnosed. Early diagnosis of the disease is usually made by morphological investigation of leukocytes under microscope. In light of the facts that decrease in cytoplasm-to-nucleus ratio is one of the main indicators of cancerous cells, and an accurate segmentation phase will lead to extraction of representative features, segmentation step is acknowledged as being crucial in design of a computer aided diagnosis (CAD). Previous researches have...
Antibacterial properties of nanoporous graphene oxide/cobalt metal organic framework
, Article Materials Science and Engineering C ; Volume 104 , 2019 ; 09284931 (ISSN) ; Ahadian, M. M ; Soufi Zomorod, M ; Torabi, S ; Babaie, A ; Hosseinzadeh, S ; Soleimani, M ; Hatami, N ; Wei, Z. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2019
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Metal-organic framework (MOF) based graphene oxide (GO) recently merits of attention because of the relative correspondence of GO with metal ions and organic binding linkers. Furthermore, introducing the GO to the Co-MOF to make a new nanoporous hybrid have are improved the selectivity and stability of the Co-MOF. Here the graphene oxide/cobalt metal organic framework (GO/Co-MOF) was synthesized by a solvothermal process using cobalt salt and terephthalic acid and used for biocidal activity, against the growth of the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy were confirmed...
Optimum rice husk ash content and bacterial concentration in self-compacting concrete
, Article Construction and Building Materials ; Volume 222 , 2019 , Pages 796-813 ; 09500618 (ISSN) ; Shoaei, P ; Bahrami, N ; Vaezi, M ; Ozbakkaloglu, T ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2019
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This study is aimed at optimizing the rice husk ash (RHA) content and bacterial concentration in self-compacting concrete (SCC). For this purpose, cement was partially replaced with RHA at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30% by weight of cement. In addition, micro-silica (MS) was added to all mixes at a dosage of 10% by weight of cementitious materials. The mix with the optimum RHA content was supplied with bacterial cells with concentrations of 103, 105, and 107 cells/ml to reduce the formation of micro-cracks. The RHA concretes showed reduced workability with increasing RHA content. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses were performed on...
Fabrication of hierarchically porous silk fibroin-bioactive glass composite scaffold via indirect 3D printing: Effect of particle size on physico-mechanical properties and in vitro cellular behavior
, Article Materials Science and Engineering C ; Volume 103 , 2019 ; 09284931 (ISSN) ; Alemzadeh, I ; Tamjid, E ; Khafaji, M ; Vossoughi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2019
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In order to regenerate bone defects, bioactive hierarchically scaffolds play a key role due to their multilevel porous structure, high surface area, enhanced nutrient transport and diffusion. In this study, novel hierarchically porous silk fibroin (SF) and silk fibroin-bioactive glass (SF-BG) composite were fabricated with controlled architecture and interconnected structure, by combining indirect three-dimensional (3D) inkjet printing and freeze-drying methods. Further, the effect of 45S5 Bioactive glass particles of different sizes (<100 nm and 6 μm) on mechanical strength and cell behavior was investigated. The results demonstrated that the hierarchical structure in this scaffold was...
Three-dimensional bioprinting of functional skeletal muscle tissue using gelatin methacryloyl-alginate bioinks
, Article Micromachines ; Volume 10, Issue 10 , 2019 ; 2072666X (ISSN) ; Çelebi Saltik, B ; Barros, N ; Nasiri, R ; Banton, E ; Shamloo, A ; Ashammakhi, N ; Dokmeci, M. R ; Ahadian, S ; Sharif University of Technology
MDPI AG
2019
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Skeletal muscle tissue engineering aims to fabricate tissue constructs to replace or restore diseased or injured skeletal muscle tissues in the body. Several biomaterials and microscale technologies have been used in muscle tissue engineering. However, it is still challenging to mimic the function and structure of the native muscle tissues. Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is a powerful tool to mimic the hierarchical structure of native tissues. Here, 3D bioprinting was used to fabricate tissue constructs using gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA)-alginate bioinks. Mechanical and rheological properties of GelMA-alginate hydrogels were characterized. C2C12 myoblasts at the density 8 × 106 cells/mL...
Silica nanoparticle surface chemistry: An important trait affecting cellular biocompatibility in two and three dimensional culture systems
, Article Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces ; Volume 182 , 2019 ; 09277765 (ISSN) ; Taebnia, N ; Yaghmaei, S ; Shahbazi, M. A ; Mehrali, M ; Dolatshahi Pirouz, A ; Arpanaei, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2019
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Great advantages bestowed by mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) including high surface area, tailorable pore diameter and surface chemistry, and large pore volume render them as efficient tools in biomedical applications. Herein, MSNs with different surface chemistries were synthesized and investigated in terms of biocompatibility and their impact on the morphology of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells both in 2D and 3D culture systems. Bare MSNs (BMSNs) were synthesized by template removing method using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as a precursor. The as-prepared BMSNs were then used to prepare amine-functionalized (AMSNs), carboxyl-functionalized (CMSNs) and polymeric...