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ArticleUltrasound in medicine & biology2020

Transendothelial Perforations and the Sphere of Influence of Single-Site Sonoporation.

Brandon Helfield, Xucai Chen, Simon C Watkins, Flordeliza S Villanueva

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Article in Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Brandon HelfieldDepartment of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Xucai ChenCenter for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Simon C WatkinsDepartment of Cell Biology, Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Flordeliza S VillanuevaCenter for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Heart and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: villanuevafs@upmc.edu.

Funding

Biological and Physical Mechanisms of ultrasound/microbubble-mediated therapeutic gene delivery across the endothelial barrierR01EB026966 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VILLANUEVA, FLORDELIZA S · 2018 to 2021
$3.0M
Ultrasound-activated microbubbles for targeted siRNA delivery to tumorR01EB016516 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VILLANUEVA, FLORDELIZA S · 2012 to 2015
$2.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB016516NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026966
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acoustically driven gas bubble cavitation locally concentrates energy and can result in physical phenomena including sonoluminescence and erosion. In biomedicine, ultrasound-driven microbubbles transiently increase plasma membrane permeability (sonoporation) to promote drug/gene delivery. Despite its potential, little is known about cellular response in the aftermath of sonoporation. In the work described here, using a live-cell approach, we assessed the real-time interplay between transendothelial perforations (∼30-60 s) up to 650 µm

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Blotting, WesternCell MembraneCell Membrane PermeabilityEndotheliumFluorescent DyesHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsMicrobubblesMicroscopy, ConfocalPropidiumUltrasonographyFluorescent DyesPropidiumActinCalciumEndothelial sonoporationGap junctionsMicrobubbleTransendothelial perforationUltrasoundWound healing

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PMID32402675
PMCPMC7293920

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