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Thomas C Ferrante

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Izadifar Z, Charrez B, Almeida M, Robben S, Pilobello K, van der Graaf-Mas J, et al.
Biosens Bioelectron . 2024 Aug; 265:116683. PMID: 39213819
Despite remarkable advances in Organ-on-a-chip (Organ Chip) microfluidic culture technology, recreating tissue-relevant physiological conditions, such as the region-specific oxygen concentrations, remains a formidable technical challenge, and analysis of tissue functions...
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Zeng Y, Young O, Wintersinger C, Anastassacos F, MacDonald J, Isinelli G, et al.
Nat Nanotechnol . 2024 Mar; 19(7):1055-1065. PMID: 38491184
Multivalent presentation of ligands often enhances receptor activation and downstream signalling. DNA origami offers a precise nanoscale spacing of ligands, a potentially useful feature for therapeutic nanoparticles. Here we use...
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Goyal G, Prabhala P, Mahajan G, Bausk B, Gilboa T, Xie L, et al.
Adv Sci (Weinh) . 2022 Mar; 9(14):e2103241. PMID: 35289122
Lymphoid follicles (LFs) are responsible for generation of adaptive immune responses in secondary lymphoid organs and form ectopically during chronic inflammation. A human model of ectopic LF formation will provide...
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de Puig H, Lee R, Najjar D, Tan X, Soeknsen L, Angenent-Mari N, et al.
Sci Adv . 2021 Aug; 7(32). PMID: 34362739
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for diagnostics that can be rapidly adapted and deployed in a variety of settings. Several SARS-CoV-2 variants have shown worrisome effects on vaccine and...
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Benam K, Novak R, Ferrante T, Choe Y, Ingber D
Nat Protoc . 2020 Jan; 15(2):183-206. PMID: 31925401
Exposure of lung tissues to cigarette smoke is a major cause of human disease and death worldwide. Unfortunately, adequate model systems that can reliably recapitulate disease biogenesis in vitro, including...
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Sontheimer-Phelps A, Chou D, Tovaglieri A, Ferrante T, Duckworth T, Fadel C, et al.
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2019 Nov; 9(3):507-526. PMID: 31778828
Background & Aims: The mucus layer in the human colon protects against commensal bacteria and pathogens, and defects in its unique bilayered structure contribute to intestinal disorders, such as ulcerative...
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Stark J, Huang A, Nguyen P, Dubner R, Hsu K, Ferrante T, et al.
Sci Adv . 2018 Aug; 4(8):eaat5107. PMID: 30083609
Synthetic biology offers opportunities for experiential educational activities at the intersection of the life sciences, engineering, and design. However, implementation of hands-on biology activities in classrooms is challenging because of...
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Jalili-Firoozinezhad S, Prantil-Baun R, Jiang A, Potla R, Mammoto T, Weaver J, et al.
Cell Death Dis . 2018 Feb; 9(2):223. PMID: 29445080
Studies on human intestinal injury induced by acute exposure to γ-radiation commonly rely on use of animal models because culture systems do not faithfully mimic human intestinal physiology. Here we...
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Musah S, Mammoto A, Ferrante T, Jeanty S, Hirano-Kobayashi M, Mammoto T, et al.
Nat Biomed Eng . 2017 Oct; 1. PMID: 29038743
An model of the human kidney glomerulus - the major site of blood filtration - could facilitate drug discovery and illuminate kidney-disease mechanisms. Microfluidic organ-on-a-chip technology has been used to...
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Benam K, Mazur M, Choe Y, Ferrante T, Novak R, Ingber D
Methods Mol Biol . 2017 Jun; 1612:345-365. PMID: 28634955
Organs-on-chips are microfluidic cell culture devices created using microchip manufacturing techniques that contain hollow microchannels lined by living cells, which recreate specialized tissue-tissue interfaces, physical microenvironments, and vascular perfusion necessary...