[EN] Laminins (LMs) are important structural proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The abundance of every LM isoform is tissue-dependent, suggesting that LM has tissue-specific roles. LM binds growth factors (GFs), ...
Schofield, Christina L.; Rodrigo-Navarro, Aleixandre; Dalby, Matthew J.; Van Agtmael, Tom; Salmerón Sánchez, Manuel(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2021-05)
[EN] Central nervous system (CNS) pathologies are a prevalent problem in aging populations, creating a need to understand the underlying events in these diseases and develop efficient CNS-targeting drugs. The importance ...
[EN] The intrinsic properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) make them ideal candidates for tissue engineering applications. Efforts have been made to control MSC behavior by using material systems to engineer synthetic ...
Fibronectin fibrillogenesis is the physiological process by which cells elaborate a fibrous FN matrix. Poly(ethyl acrylate), PEA, has been described to induce a similar process upon simple adsorption of fibronectin (FN) ...
Rodrigo-Navarro, Aleixandre; Sankaran, Shrikrishnan; Dalby, Matthew J.; del Campo, Aránzazu; Salmerón Sánchez, Manuel(Nature Publishing Group, 2021-12)
[EN] Biomaterials have evolved from inert materials that lack interaction with the body to biologically active, instructive materials that host and provide signals to surrounding cells and tissues. Engineered living materials ...
[EN] We have engineered polymer-based microenvironments that promote vasculogenesis both in vitro and in vivo through synergistic integrin-growth factor receptor signalling. Poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA) triggers spontaneous ...
Rodrigo Navarro, Aleixandre(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-06-10)
[EN] This thesis deals with the development of a living biointerface between synthetic substrates and living cells to engineer cell-material interactions for tissue engineering purposes. This living biointerface is made ...
Lactococcus lactis is modified to express a fibronectin fragment (FNIII₇₋₁₀) as a membrane protein. This interphase, based on a living system, can be further exploited to provide spatio-temporal ...
[EN] Poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) microfibers were surface functionalized by graft photopolymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) onto the fiber surface. Grafted fibers were easily dispersed in enzymatically gelling ...
Genetically modified Lactococcus lactis, non-pathogenic bacteria expressing the FNIII7-10 fibronectin
fragment as a protein membrane have been used to create a living biointerface between synthetic materials
and mammalian ...
[EN] Boron ion is essential in metabolism and its concentration is regulated by ion-channel NaBC1. NaBC1 mutations cause corneal dystrophies such as Harboyan syndrome. Here we propose a 3D molecular model for NaBC1 and ...