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ArticleScience advances2020

Thermofluidic heat exchangers for actuation of transcription in artificial tissues.

Daniel C Corbett, Wesley B Fabyan, Bagrat Grigoryan, Colleen E O'Connor, Fredrik Johansson, Ivan Batalov, Mary C Regier, Cole A DeForest, Jordan S Miller, Kelly R Stevens

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel C CorbettDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3280-9360
Wesley B FabyanDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1829-6511
Bagrat GrigoryanDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
Colleen E O'ConnorDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4691-7426
Fredrik JohanssonDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2411-0031
Ivan BatalovDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Mary C RegierDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9074-6604
Cole A DeForestDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0337-3577
Jordan S MillerDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7931-551X
Kelly R StevensDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. ksteve@uw.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4024-2990
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine · USRice University · US

Funding

Environmetal Pathology/Toxicology Training ProgramT32ES007032 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FAUSTMAN, ELAINE M, ROSENFELD, MICHAEL E · 1985 to 2023
$10.7M
Bioengineering Cardiovascular Training GrantT32EB001650 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI REGNIER, MICHAEL · 2004 to 2019
$3.6M
Thermogenetic activation of engineered tissue for cardiac repairDP2HL137188 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STEVENS, KELLY R · 2016 to 2016
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS DP2 HL137188NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB001650NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial patterns of gene expression in living organisms orchestrate cell decisions in development, homeostasis, and disease. However, most methods for reconstructing gene patterning in 3D cell culture and artificial tissues are restricted by patterning depth and scale. We introduce a depth- and scale-flexible method to direct volumetric gene expression patterning in 3D artificial tissues, which we call "heat exchangers for actuation of transcription" (HEAT). This approach leverages fluid-based heat transfer from printed networks in the tissues to activate heat-inducible transgenes expressed by embedded cells. We show that gene expression patterning can be tuned both spatially and dynamically by varying channel network architecture, fluid temperature, fluid flow direction, and stimulation timing in a user-defined manner and maintained in vivo. We apply this approach to activate the 3D positional expression of Wnt ligands and Wnt/β-catenin pathway regulators, which are major regulators of development, homeostasis, regeneration, and cancer throughout the animal kingdom.

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PMID32998880
PMCPMC7527231
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