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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025

The impact of cell density variations on nanoparticle uptake across bioprinted A549 gradients.

Luigi Di Stolfo, Wang Sik Lee, Dimitri Vanhecke, Sandor Balog, Patricia Taladriz-Blanco, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2025. 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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7 authors.

Luigi Di StolfoAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Wang Sik LeeAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Dimitri VanheckeAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Sandor BalogAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Patricia Taladriz-BlancoAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Alke Petri-FinkAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Barbara Rothen-RutishauserAdolphe Merkle Institute and National Center of Competence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The safe-by-design of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) for any application requires a detailed understanding of how the particles interact with single cells. Most studies are based on two-dimensional, uniformly dense cell cultures, which do not represent the diverse and inhomogeneous cell environments found Method: A549 lung epithelial cell density gradients within single inserts were produced with a bioprinter by modulating inter-droplet distances. After two days in culture, cells were exposed to Cy5-labeled silica NPs (SiO Results: Bioprinting enabled the creation of reproducible linear cell density gradients, allowing controlled modeling of density variations while preserving cell viability throughout the experiment. Increasing inter-droplet distances, from 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm, were used to achieve uniformly decreasing cell densities. SiO Conclusion: SiO

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3D image analysisadvanced in-vitro modelbioprintercell densitycell density gradientsnanoparticle-cell membrane interactionnanoparticle uptakeSiO2 nanoparticles

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PMID40370598
PMCPMC12075422

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