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Scaling of Engineered Vascular Grafts Using 3D Printed Guides and the Ring Stacking Method
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Scalable engineered blood vessels would improve clinical applicability. Using easily sizable 3D-printed guides, rings of vascular smooth muscle were created and stacked into a tubular form, forming a vascular graft. Grafts can be sized to meet the range of human coronary artery dimensions by simply changing the 3D-printed guide size.
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Culturing Human Pluripotent and Neural Stem Cells in an Enclosed Cell Culture System for Basic and Preclinical Research
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2016
Here is a protocol to grow pluripotent stem cells (PSC) and neural stem cells (NSC) in an enclosed cell culture system that permits maximum sterility and reproducibility, replacing the traditional biosafety cabinet and incubator. This equipment meets clinical good manufacturing practice (cGMP) and clinical good lab practice (cGLP) guidelines.
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Production of Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors in Cell Stacks for Preclinical Studies in Large Animal Models
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2021
Here we provide a detailed procedure for large-scale production of research-grade AAV vectors using adherent HEK 293 cells grown in cell stacks and affinity chromatography purification. This protocol consistently yields >1 x 1013 vector genomes/mL, providing vector quantities appropriate for large animal studies.
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Induction and Testing of Hypoxia in Cell Culture
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2011
Here we propose simple methods to induce hypoxia in cell cultures and simple tests to evaluate the hypoxic status of the cultures.
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Microfabricated Platforms for Mechanically Dynamic Cell Culture
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2010
In this protocol, we demonstrate the fabrication of a microactuator array of vertically displaced posts on which the technology is based, and how this base technology can be modified to conduct high-throughput mechanically dynamic cell culture in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional culture paradigms.
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Capacity rises by distributing adherent cells across several vertically arranged growth surfaces inside one vessel. This design expands the available attachment area while keeping the culture system consolidated. Researchers can therefore generate larger cell populations than a comparable single-layer vessel while limiting the physical space and vessel-to-vessel variation associated with using many separate cultures.
Treated surfaces provide the attachment sites that adherent cells require for continued growth across each layer. Reliable attachment helps establish comparable cell populations throughout the vessel, whereas inconsistent attachment could produce uneven proliferation between layers. In immunology and infection studies, this consistency supports more uniform starting material for interaction assays, viral propagation, and screening experiments.
Each layer must receive culture medium that supports nutrient exchange and waste removal while incubation conditions sustain proliferation. These requirements connect the physical design with biological performance: increasing surface area is useful only when cells remain supported throughout the stack. Controlled conditions help maintain comparable growth across layers and preserve the consistency needed for downstream experiments.
Outcome consistency depends on how effectively cells attach to the treated surfaces, receive medium within each layer, and remain under controlled incubation conditions. The number of available layers also affects the total population that can be generated. Managing these connected features helps reduce differences within the stack and between separate culture vessels.
A typical workflow begins by placing adherent cells onto the treated surfaces of the stacked vessel, supplying culture medium to the layers, and maintaining controlled incubation to support proliferation. Once a sufficiently large and consistent population develops, the culture can support host-pathogen assays, immune-cell interaction studies, viral propagation, or screening experiments.
Researchers may select this format when an experiment requires a large, relatively uniform adherent-cell population for repeated or scaled studies. In immunology and infection research, that need can arise in host-pathogen assays, immune-cell interaction experiments, viral propagation, and screening. The consolidated vessel also helps reduce handling demands and vessel-to-vessel variation during these applications.