December 11, 2015
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December 11, 2015
ORGANOTYPIC ECTOCERVICO-VAGINAL TISSUE MODEL CONTAINING DENDRITIC CELLS.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is now the fourth most common cause of death worldwide. In the last 20 years, more than 60 million people have been infected with the virus. By the end of 2001, an estimated 40 million people... Read More
December 11, 2015
INJURY ENHANCES TLR2 FUNCTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE EXPRESSION THROUGH A VITAMIN D–DEPENDENT MECHANISM.
This study by researchers at UCSD, UCLA, UCSF, the University of Michigan and Schering AG demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDerm human skin tissue equivalent can be used to study the effects of vitamin D3 on the human epidermis, specifically on keratinocytes,... Read More
December 11, 2015
Characterization of a Hormone-Responsive Organotypic Human Vaginal Tissue Model: Morphologic and Immunologic Effects
Estrogen and progesterone regulate proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells in the female genital tract. We investigated the effects of these hormones on reconstructed human organotypic vaginal epithelial tissue models (EpiVaginal). We ascertained that epithelial cells in the tissue models... Read More
December 11, 2015
LONG-TERM BIOLOGICAL BYSTANDER EFFECTS OF MICROBEAM IRRADIATION IN 3D HUMAN TISSUE MODELS.
This study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NIH), University of Lethbridge (Canada) and Columbia University demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDermFT and EpiAirway in vitro human tissue equivalents exhibited the “radiation-induced bystander response” thereby overcoming the deficiencies of cultured-cell studies.... Read More
