TY  - JOUR
A1  - Uysal, Karya
A1  - Firat, Ipek Serat
A1  - Creutz, Till
A1  - Aydin, Inci Cansu
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Teusch, Nicole
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
T1  - A novel in vitro wound healing assay using free-standing, ultra-thin PDMS membranes
JF  - membranes
N2  - Advances in polymer science have significantly increased polymer applications in life sciences. We report the use of free-standing, ultra-thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes, called CellDrum, as cell culture substrates for an in vitro wound model. Dermal fibroblast monolayers from 28- and 88-year-old donors were cultured on CellDrums. By using stainless steel balls, circular cell-free areas were created in the cell layer (wounding). Sinusoidal strain of 1 Hz, 5% strain, was applied to membranes for 30 min in 4 sessions. The gap circumference and closure rate of un-stretched samples (controls) and stretched samples were monitored over 4 days to investigate the effects of donor age and mechanical strain on wound closure. A significant decrease in gap circumference and an increase in gap closure rate were observed in trained samples from younger donors and control samples from older donors. In contrast, a significant decrease in gap closure rate and an increase in wound circumference were observed in the trained samples from older donors. Through these results, we propose the model of a cell monolayer on stretchable CellDrums as a practical tool for wound healing research. The combination of biomechanical cell loading in conjunction with analyses such as gene/protein expression seems promising beyond the scope published here.
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes13010022
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Latest Scientific Discoveries in Polymer Membranes"
VL  - 2023
IS  - 13(1)
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Shi, Young de
A1  - Agosti, R.
A1  - Longhini, E.
T1  - A modified casson equation to characterize blood rheology for hypertension. Shi, Young de; Artmann, Gerhard Michael; Agosti, R.; Longhini, E.
JF  - Clinical Hemorheology Microcirculation. 19 (1998), H. 2
Y1  - 1998
SN  - 1386-0291
SP  - 115
EP  - 127
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
T1  - A microscopic photometric method for measuring erythrocyte deformability. Artmann, Gerhard Michael
JF  - Clinical Hemorheology. 6 (1986)
Y1  - 1986
SN  - 0271-5198
SP  - 617
EP  - 627
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Linder, Peter
A1  - Funke, O.
T1  - A concept of a probe for particle analysis and life detection in icy environments
Y1  - 2009
N1  - International workshop “Europa lander: science goals and experiments”, Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia
9-13 February 2009
SP  - 1
EP  - 24
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
T1  - 2nd International Conference on Medical Biorheology (ICMB). Shanghai, China, September 13-15, 1995. Shi, Young de, Artmann, Gerhard Michael, Meiselman, Herbert J.
JF  - Biorheology. 33 (1996), H. 6
Y1  - 1996
SN  - 0006-355x
SP  - 505
EP  - 507
ER  -