Tissue-fluid Interfaces
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Isolation of Leukocytes from the Murine Tissues at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
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2015
Described herein is a protocol to isolate and analyze the infiltrating leukocytes of tissues at the maternal-fetal interface (uterus, decidua, and placenta) of mice. This protocol maintains the integrity of most cell surface markers and yields enough viable cells for downstream applications including flow cytometry analysis.
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Fluid Connective Tissues: Blood and Lymph
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2025
Blood and lymph are fluid connective tissues. They contain cells, also known as formed elements, circulating in a liquid extracellular matrix, the plasma. The formed elements are derived from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Blood and lymph connect all vital parts and carry nutrients, oxygen, and other essential molecules like antibodies. Blood The blood flows through blood vessels— arteries, capillaries, and veins. Blood plasma is primarily made of proteins, solutes, and water.
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Protein-protein Interfaces
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2020
Many proteins form complexes to carry out their functions, making protein-protein interactions (PPIs) essential for an organism's survival. Most PPIs are stabilized by numerous weak noncovalent chemical forces. The physical shape of the interfaces determines the way two proteins interact. Many globular proteins have closely-matching shapes on their surfaces, which form a large number of weak bonds. Additionally, many PPIs occur between two helices or between a surface cleft and a polypeptide...
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Methods for the Self-integration of Megamolecular Biopolymers on the Drying Air-LC Interface
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2017
A method for the drying-induced self-integration of megamolecular biopolymers on the air-liquid crystalline interface is provided here. This methodology will be useful not only for understanding the macroscopic potentials of biopolymers, but also as an evaluation method for soft materials in biomedical and environmental fields.
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Spatial Measurement of Tumor Interstitial Fluid Pressure: A Method to Measure the Interstitial Fluid Pressure
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2023
This video describes a technique of measuring the interstitial fluid pressure within a tumor by perfusion imaging using an image-guided robotic system. Measurements are compared to the intra-tumoral accumulation of liposomes, within a solid tumor.
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Selective junctions regulate how readily substances pass between neighboring cells, while membrane transport controls movement across individual cell membranes. Together, these mechanisms adjust permeability rather than creating an unrestricted passage. This coordination helps tissues obtain nutrients and gases, remove waste, and maintain distinct chemical environments, making barrier regulation central to tissue homeostasis.
The extracellular matrix contributes structural support at the boundary and participates in both biochemical and mechanical signaling. Its interaction with cells can influence how the interface responds to surrounding fluid conditions. Consequently, changes in matrix properties may affect permeability, transport behavior, and the ability of a tissue to preserve its normal local environment.
Blood, lymph, mucus, and interstitial fluid provide different exchange environments around tissues. Interfaces must regulate contact with these fluids while supporting material transport and signaling. Studying the specific fluid-tissue pairing can therefore reveal how a tissue maintains homeostasis, responds to altered conditions, or develops changes associated with inflammation, infection, or drug distribution.
These boundaries regulate exchange between tissues and nearby fluids, so changes in their barrier behavior can influence how biological signals and foreign agents interact with tissue. Investigating that response helps connect interface function with inflammation and infection. The same perspective can also clarify how altered permeability affects tissue stability and therapeutic distribution.
Researchers use organ-on-a-chip systems as experimental models of tissue-fluid interactions. These platforms are designed to examine how tissues respond at controlled boundaries and can support analysis of transport, barrier behavior, and signaling. Their value lies in connecting interface biology with tissue-level outcomes while providing a model for studying normal function or disease-related changes.
Such models are useful when researchers need to examine disrupted barrier function, disease-related tissue responses, or the movement of therapeutic substances across a boundary. They support disease modeling, biomaterial design, and evaluation of approaches intended to improve barrier performance or enable targeted delivery. These applications link basic interface mechanisms to biomedical development.