(Near-infrared) Photothermally induced mechanical contraction of GAPNP hydrogel applied on 🐭🐰skin wounds
⏫Wound closure
⏫Re-epithelialization
⏫Collagen fiber alignment
⏬YAP immunoreactivity
⏬Smooth muscle α-actin immunoreactivity

#ActaBio 2025
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Imaging the microstructure of the arterial wall – ex vivo to in vivo potential

Thanks for citing our #EHJOpen paper on #DiffusionTensorImaging #MTI #ThoracicAorticAneurysm ex vivo 😆
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Caitriona Lally lab #ActaBio 2025
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Real-time visualization of the propagation of #AorticDissection induced by intimal tear + elevated pressure >200 mmHg & the formation of #FalseLumen in healthy rabbit #Aorta ex vivo

#AortaEd
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Engineering a multilayer (10-layer!) artery

Hydrostatic pressure (110-180 kPa, 0.002 Hz)+Hypoxia (70 mmHg PO2)⏫cell-cell/-ECM adhesion of #SmoothMuscleCell

1.5x1.0 mm patch⏫partial elastin repair, w/o thrombosis, in rat abd aorta by 5 mo

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Age-related deterioration of non-pregnant🐭Vaginal wall

⏬#SmoothMuscleCell contractility
⏫circum/longitud wall #MaterialStiffness
⏫Elastin fiber disruption

👀SMC disarray in 10~14 mo🐭!

Wonder how pregnancy impacts vaginal #Aging?🧐

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