Microsystem for Heart and Stem Cells Processing
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors and Healthcare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2021) | Viewed by 12039
Special Issue Editor
Interests: development of the microsystems used in cellular engineering (2D and 3D culture and analysis of carcinoma, heart, and stem cells) and in biotechnology (micro-PCR system); modification of materials, i.e., poly(dimethylsiloxane) used for lab-on-a-chip fabrication
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common cause of death around the world. CVDs damage cardiomyocytes (CMs), and as a result, these cells lose their ability to renew. The use of a treatment method is determined based on the type and state of disease. Recently, regenerative medicine based on stem cells (SCs) seems to have had an important role in medicine, especially in cardiology.
To define the proper parameters for cell regeneration and effective therapy, studies under conditions as close as possible to native tissue should be performed. Conventional culture models do not fulfill such requirements. Perfusion lab-on-a-chip systems, mimicking tissue features, seem to be a suitable tool used for cell study. Microsystems used to culture cardiac and stem cells, as well as for the creation of vascularization, stem cell differentiation, and drug toxicity cell study, can be a helpful method to study diseases, especially CVDs.
Original papers focusing on achievements in the study of cardiac, stem, and vascular cells in microscale, new technologies of microsystem fabrication, as well as review reports on recent developments in the field will be considered for publication. This Special Issue entitled "Microsystem for Heart and Stem Cell Processing" is dedicated to biologists, engineers, microfluidic specialists, cell culture experts, cardiologists, and other experts connecting with this research field.
Prof. Dr. Elzbieta Jastrzebska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Lab-on-a-chip
- Heart-on-a-chip
- Vascularization
- Stem cells
- Microfluidic
- Cell differentiation
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Toxicology
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