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ArticleMicro2025

A Microscale-Optical Interface to Examine Electric Field-Induced Cell Motility Within Whole-Eye Facsimiles.

Sakshi Koul, Luke A Devecka, Mark C Pierce, Maribel Vazquez

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Article in Micro, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sakshi KoulDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.
Luke A DeveckaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.
Mark C PierceDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.
Maribel VazquezDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.

Funding

Modulating electro-chemotactic stimuli and Top2b-mediated pathways to promote integration of cone progenitorsR21EY031439 · NEI · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI CAI, LI, VAZQUEZ, MARIBEL · 2020 to 2021
$405k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY031439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microscale systems have been underexplored in contemporary regenerative therapies developed to treat vision loss. The pairing of in vitro cell systems with optical fluorescent imaging provides unique opportunities to examine the infiltration of donor stem cells needed for successful transplantation therapies. A parallel eye device was developed to provide electric field (EF) stimulation to guide the migration of cells within 3D eye facsimiles synthesized from different ocular biomaterials. Cell infiltration within facsimiles was rapidly resolved using confocal microscopy to eliminate dependence on the cryostat sectioning commonly used for cell study. Moreover, EF stimulated galvanotaxis of donor cells within different depths of eye facsimiles. Optical imaging provided rapid resolution of z-stack images at physiologically appropriate depths below 500 microns. This study demonstrates that paired microscale-optical systems can be developed to elucidate understudied transplantation processes and improve future outcomes in patients.

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confocal microscopygalvanotaxisinfiltrationretinatransplantationvision loss

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PMID40589844
PMCPMC12208019

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