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A paper-based in vitro model for on-chip investigation of the human respiratory system (2016)
Journal Article

Culturing cells at the air–liquid interface (ALI) is essential for creating functional in vitro models of lung tissues. We present the use of direct-patterned laser-treated hydrophobic paper as an effective semi-permeable membrane, ideal for ALI cell... Read More about A paper-based in vitro model for on-chip investigation of the human respiratory system.

Effective antigen presentation to helper T cells by human eosinophils (2016)
Journal Article

Although eosinophils are inflammatory cells, there is increasing attention on their immunomodulatory roles. For example, murine eosinophils can present antigen to CD4+ T helper (Th) cells, but it remains unclear whether human eosinophils also have th... Read More about Effective antigen presentation to helper T cells by human eosinophils.

Expression and regulation of immune-modulatory enzyme Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) by human airway epithelial cells and its effect on T cell activation (2016)
Journal Article

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes the degradation of tryptophan, which plays a critical role in immune suppression through regulating the production of a series of metabolites that are generally referred to as kynurenines. It has become inc... Read More about Expression and regulation of immune-modulatory enzyme Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) by human airway epithelial cells and its effect on T cell activation.

The impact of surface chemistry modification on macrophage polarisation (2016)
Journal Article

Macrophages are innate immune cells that have a central role in combating infection and maintaining tissue homeostasis. They exhibit remarkable plasticity in response to environmental cues. At either end of a broad activation spectrum are pro-inflamm... Read More about The impact of surface chemistry modification on macrophage polarisation.

Immunomodulation with self-crosslinked polyelectrolyte multilayer-based coatings (2016)
Journal Article

This study aims to design an optimal polyelectrolyte multilayer film of poly-L-lysine (PLL) and hyaluronic acid(HA) as an anti-inflammatory cytokine release system in order to decrease the implant failure due to any immune reactions. The chemical mod... Read More about Immunomodulation with self-crosslinked polyelectrolyte multilayer-based coatings.

Engineering Immunomodulatory Biomaterials To Tune the Inflammatory Response (2016)
Journal Article

Current state-of-the-art biomedical implants and tissue engineering methods promise technologies to improve or even restore the function of diseased organs. However, one of the biggest challenges to clinical success is the lack of functional integrat... Read More about Engineering Immunomodulatory Biomaterials To Tune the Inflammatory Response.

Delivery strategies to control inflammatory response: Modulating M1–M2 polarization in tissue engineering applications (2016)
Journal Article

Macrophages are key players in many physiological scenarios including tissue homeostasis. In response to injury, typically the balance between macrophage sub-populations shifts from an M1 phenotype (pro-inflammatory) to an M2 phenotype (anti-inflamma... Read More about Delivery strategies to control inflammatory response: Modulating M1–M2 polarization in tissue engineering applications.