Mechanical forces produced from cells regulate cell functions and fate for tissue development and regeneration.Knowledge in mechanobiology thus provides new strategy for diagnosis and prosthetics.In our work,we develo...Mechanical forces produced from cells regulate cell functions and fate for tissue development and regeneration.Knowledge in mechanobiology thus provides new strategy for diagnosis and prosthetics.In our work,we develop a platform which could precisely detect cellular traction force with resolution of 100 pN,enabling quantification of chemotherapy at early stage,re-epithelialization and cell collision.Additionally,a better solution for antimicrobial dressing managing infection has been provided by modifying the surface to enable both the disruption on biofilm and the elimination of engaged planktonic bacteria.Mechanobiological study demonstrated our dual-function surface remains harmless to host mammalian cells during thermalablation.Our design could pave the way further for creating soft miniaturized medical robots that defend our living system via safe interaction down to cellular level.展开更多
基金financially supported by the NTU-Northwestern Institute for Nanomedicine ( NRF-NRFI2017-07)Startup Foundation of Nanjing Medical University
文摘Mechanical forces produced from cells regulate cell functions and fate for tissue development and regeneration.Knowledge in mechanobiology thus provides new strategy for diagnosis and prosthetics.In our work,we develop a platform which could precisely detect cellular traction force with resolution of 100 pN,enabling quantification of chemotherapy at early stage,re-epithelialization and cell collision.Additionally,a better solution for antimicrobial dressing managing infection has been provided by modifying the surface to enable both the disruption on biofilm and the elimination of engaged planktonic bacteria.Mechanobiological study demonstrated our dual-function surface remains harmless to host mammalian cells during thermalablation.Our design could pave the way further for creating soft miniaturized medical robots that defend our living system via safe interaction down to cellular level.
