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ArticleNature communications2023

Redox-enabled electronic interrogation and feedback control of hierarchical and networked biological systems.

Sally Wang, Chen-Yu Chen, John R Rzasa, Chen-Yu Tsao, Jinyang Li, Eric VanArsdale, Eunkyoung Kim, Fauziah Rahma Zakaria, Gregory F Payne, William E Bentley

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sally Wang *Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Chen-Yu Chen *Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6500-6970
John R RzasaFischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Chen-Yu TsaoFischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Jinyang LiFischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Eric VanArsdaleFischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Eunkyoung KimFischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Fauziah Rahma ZakariaFischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6517-9289
Gregory F PayneFischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6638-9459
William E BentleyFischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. bentley@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4855-7866
Advanced Bioscience Laboratories (United States) · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · USUnited States Naval Research Laboratory · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Training in Host-pathogens interactionsT32AI089621 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI LEE, VINCENT T, MCIVER, KEVIN S. · 2010 to 2025
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI089621
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microelectronic devices can directly communicate with biology, as electronic information can be transmitted via redox reactions within biological systems. By engineering biology's native redox networks, we enable electronic interrogation and control of biological systems at several hierarchical levels: proteins, cells, and cell consortia. First, electro-biofabrication facilitates on-device biological component assembly. Then, electrode-actuated redox data transmission and redox-linked synthetic biology allows programming of enzyme activity and closed-loop electrogenetic control of cellular function. Specifically, horseradish peroxidase is assembled onto interdigitated electrodes where electrode-generated hydrogen peroxide controls its activity. E. coli's stress response regulon, oxyRS, is rewired to enable algorithm-based feedback control of gene expression, including an eCRISPR module that switches cell-cell quorum sensing communication from one autoinducer to another-creating an electronically controlled 'bilingual' cell. Then, these disparate redox-guided devices are wirelessly connected, enabling real-time communication and user-based control. We suggest these methodologies will help us to better understand and develop sophisticated control for biology.

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Escherichia coliProteinsElectronicsFeedbackOxidation-ReductionProteins

Identifiers

PMID38129428
PMCPMC10739708
OpenAlexW4390049642

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