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ArticleApplied physics reviews2021

Controlling cellular organization in bioprinting through designed 3D microcompartmentalization.

Mohamadmahdi Samandari, Fatemeh Alipanah, Keivan Majidzadeh-A, Mario M Alvarez, Grissel Trujillo-de Santiago, Ali Tamayol

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Article in Applied physics reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Fatemeh AlipanahApplied Physiology Research Center, Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran.
Keivan Majidzadeh-ABreast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, P.O. Box 15179/64311, Tehran, Iran.
Mario M AlvarezCentro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León 64849, Mexico.
Ali TamayolDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-2889
Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Suturable bioprinted vascularized muscle constructs for treatment of skeletal muscle lossR01AR077132 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHIN, SU RYON, TAMAYOL, ALI · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
Microengineered scaffolds carrying patient-specific cells and growth factors for treatment of volumetric muscle lossR01AR073822 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI TAMAYOL, ALI · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Multifunctional dressing for treatment of diabetic woundsR01GM126831 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI DOKMECI, MEHMET REMZI, TAMAYOL, ALI · 2018 to 2021
$1.3M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR073822NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR077132NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126831
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Controlling cellular organization is crucial in the biofabrication of tissue-engineered scaffolds, as it affects cell behavior as well as the functionality of mature tissue. Thus far, incorporation of physiochemical cues with cell-size resolution in three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds has proven to be a challenging strategy to direct the desired cellular organization. In this work, a rapid, simple, and cost-effective approach is developed for continuous printing of multicompartmental hydrogel fibers with intrinsic 3D microfilaments to control cellular orientation. A static mixer integrated into a coaxial microfluidic device is utilized to print alginate/gelatin-methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel fibers with patterned internal microtopographies. In the engineered microstructure, GelMA compartments provide a cell-favorable environment, while alginate compartments offer morphological and mechanical cues that direct the cellular orientation. It is demonstrated that the organization of the microtopographies, and consequently the cellular alignment, can be tailored by controlling flow parameters in the printing process. Despite the large diameter of the fibers, the precisely tuned internal microtopographies induce excellent cell spreading and alignment, which facilitate rapid cell proliferation and differentiation toward mature biofabricated constructs. This strategy can advance the engineering of functional tissues.

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PMID34084254
PMCPMC8100992
OpenAlexW3157090425

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