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ArticlePloS one2014

Analysis of vaginal microbicide film hydration kinetics by quantitative imaging refractometry.

Matthew Rinehart, Sheila Grab, Lisa Rohan, David Katz, Adam Wax

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Matthew RinehartDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Sheila GrabUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Lisa RohanUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
David KatzDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Adam WaxDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.

Funding

Pharmaceutical and Regulatory CoreU19AI082639 · NIAID · MAGEE-WOMEN'S RES INST AND FOUNDATION · PI MONCLA, BERNARD J. · 2010 to 2014
$13.0M
Novel Determination of Microbicide PK in Women's Reproductive HealthR01HD072702 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KATZ, DAVID FRANK · 2012 to 2015
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI082639NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD072702
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have developed a quantitative imaging refractometry technique, based on holographic phase microscopy, as a tool for investigating microscopic structural changes in water-soluble polymeric materials. Here we apply the approach to analyze the structural degradation of vaginal topical microbicide films due to water uptake. We implemented transmission imaging of 1-mm diameter film samples loaded into a flow chamber with a 1.5×2 mm field of view. After water was flooded into the chamber, interference images were captured and analyzed to obtain high resolution maps of the local refractive index and subsequently the volume fraction and mass density of film material at each spatial location. Here, we compare the hydration dynamics of a panel of films with varying thicknesses and polymer compositions, demonstrating that quantitative imaging refractometry can be an effective tool for evaluating and characterizing the performance of candidate microbicide film designs for anti-HIV drug delivery.

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Mucous MembraneVaginaAdministration, IntravaginalAnti-Infective Agents, LocalFemaleHumansMicroscopyPolymersRefractometryAnti-Infective Agents, LocalPolymers

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PMID24736376
PMCPMC3988224

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