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Annotation On-Chip 3d Cell Culture Platform for Tumor Modeling and Drug Screening(2022) Yıldırım, Özüm; Arslan Yıldız, AhuConference Paper 3d Printing-Assisted Fabrication of Microfluidic Pneumatic Valves(IEEE, 2023) Keleş, Şeyda; Karakuzu, Betül; Tekin, Hüseyin CumhurPneumatic valves have a crucial place in the fluidic control in microfluidic systems. Pneumatic valves containing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane structures are used in microfluidic systems such as cell separation, and cell manipulation due to their flexible structure, and ease of production. This study demonstrates the rapid and straightforward fabrication of pneumatic valve structures using PDMS membranes, achieved through the utilization of 3D-printed molds. As a result of our experiments, we observed valve closure in a fluidic channel with a height of 150 μm. This closure was achieved by utilizing 400 μm × 800 μm PDMS membrane with a thickness of 66 μm positioned between the fluidic and control channels, while applying 1.5 bar of pressure to the control channel. When the pressure is removed, the opening time of the valve is only 0.02 s, and this response time allows rapid valving function. The presented valve fabrication strategy would allow easy and low-cost production of sophisticated microfluidic chips. © 2023 IEEE.Book Part Astragalus sp.(CRC Press, 2023) Yakuboğulları, Nilgün; Bedir, ErdalAstragalus is one of the largest genera in Turkey and is widely distributed worldwide. The phytochemical studies on Turkish Astragalus species have presented 112 new compounds besides 63 known compounds. The overriding basis for biological activity studies is the traditional use of Astragalus roots in the Southeastern Region of Turkey to cure leukemia. As the isolated compounds did not show cytotoxic properties, a hypothesis that the biological activity of Astragalus saponins might result from the activation of the immune system came up. While Astragalus polysaccharides are used for their strong immunomodulatory activities in Chinese medicine, there are a few articles revealing the immunostimulatory properties of Astragalus saponins. Here, we summarized the compounds isolated from Turkish Astragalus species and concentrated on the immunomodulatory activities of these compounds to put forward their potential as saponin-based vaccine adjuvants. © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Ufuk Koca-Caliskan; individual chapters, the contributors.Article Modelling Genotoxic Effects of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Using Qsar Approach(2022) Öksel Karakuş, CeydaWe investigated the application of structure-activity relationship approaches to underpin structural properties that potentially control the genotoxic potential of 9 different metal oxide nanoparticles (CuO, ZnO, NiO, SiO2, TiO2, CeO2, Fe2O3, Fe3O4 and Co3O4). In particular, we compiled a pool of quantum-mechanical, experimental and periodic table-driven descriptors and explored their distinctive contribution to the measured activity (genotoxicity). We first employed a clustered heatmap and parallel coordinates plot for visual exploration of the clusters and outliers of the data and finding corresponding responsible physicochemical descriptors. We then investigated the strength (and direction) of the relationship among descriptors and between descriptors and genotoxicity using similarity metrics. By using orthogonal projections to latent structures (OPLS), we were able to quantify the relative contribution of each descriptor to the genotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles. Our results suggested that zeta potential, the ratio of core electrons to valence electrons, Fermi energy and electronegativity were significant predictors of genotoxicity. Such computer-assisted approaches hold considerable promise for maximizing the use of accumulated data in nanotoxicology, prioritizing nanoparticles for further testing and filling data gaps required for hazard assessment processes.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 2Bioprinting of Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Drug Screening Applications(Elsevier, 2022) Özmen, Ece; Yıldırım, Özüm; Arslan Yıldız, AhuIn tissue engineering, the 3-dimensional (3D) bioprinting method that enables the production of 3D structures by combining bioinks and cells has become one of the most promising technique. Over the last few years, 3D cell culture models gained importance in the development of disease model and drug development studies. The successful production of the 3D structures by 3D bioprinting mostly depends on the properties of the bioink to be used. Hydrogels, which are natural or synthetic polymers, are generally preferred as bioink materials with their high swelling ability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and easy gelation ability. The convenience of hydrogels for varied bioprinting applications make them proper bioink materials for bioprinting of artificial tissues, tumor models, and tissue grafts. Bioprinting of functional tissues is successfully performed for years, and hydrogels are utilized as bioink in bone, vascular, neural, cartilage, cardiac, skin tissue engineering, and drug screening. In this chapter, bioprinting methodology, bioinks, hydrogel bioinks, and their applications are discussed in detail. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 3Tissue Engineering Applications of Marine-Based Materials(Springer, 2022) Polat, Hürriyet; Zeybek, Nuket; Polat, MehmetTissue engineering is a promising approach in replacing or improving tissues lost or has become nonviable due to disease or trauma by the use of scaffold materials by combining engineering and biochemical/physicochemical methods. Its purpose is to create suitable matrices that support cell differentiation and proliferation toward the formation of new and functional tissue. Marine-based natural compounds are potential scaffold feedstock material in tissue engineering owing to their biocompatibility and biodegradability while providing excellent biochemical/physicochemical properties. Numerous application areas and various fabrication routes techniques described in the literature attest to the importance of these materials in tissue regeneration. This review has been carried to merge the information from a large number of studies on the marine-based scaffold materials in tissue engineering into a coherent summary. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.Research Project Halkalı Neodmiyum Mıknatısla Hücresel Manyetik Levitasyon Tekniği Geliştirilmesi ve Uygulaması(2020) Özçivici, EnginManyetik levitasyon hücresel ve doku düzeyinde biyomühendislik uygulamalarında hücrelerin uzaktan manipülasyonu için önemli bir teknolojidir. Mevcut diamanyetik levitasyon tasarımlarının çogu, sistemin çalısma hacmini ve uygulanabilirligini sınırlayan aynı kutupları birbirine dönük iki blok mıknatıs arasında bir levitasyon haznesi içermektedir. Bu projede, biyofabrikasyon uygulamalarında kullanılmak üzere bu fiziksel sınırlamaları ortadan kaldırmak için halkalı mıknatıs tabanlı bir manyetik levitasyon sistemi olusturulmustur. Projede tanımlanan bu konfigürasyon, levitasyon sırasında besi ortamı veya hücrelerin sisteme transfer edilebilmesini ve sistemden uzaklastırılabilmesini, yüksekliginden bagımsız olarak kültür haznesi kullanılabilmesini ve böylelikle büyük boyutlu canlı yapıların üretilebilmesini ve kültürün sürdürülebilmesini mümkün kılmıstır. Biyofabrikasyon çalısmalarından önce, sistemin canlı hücrelerin levitasyonu için özkütleleri açısından uygunlugu polimerik parçacıklar ile gösterilmistir. Sistemin manyetik odaklama fonksiyonu ve hücrelerin kendi kendine bir araya gelme özelliginden yararlanarak düzenekte milimetre boyutunda 3 boyutlu canlı yapılar olusturulmus ve kültürleri cihaz içerisinde sürdürülmüstür. Burada uygulamaya sunulan manyetik levitasyon cihazı, açık bir operasyon alanı saglaması sebebiyle kültüre levitasyon esnasında ve kolay müdahale olanagı sunmustur. Proje kapsamında besi ortamındaki paramanyetik iyon konsantrasyonunu degistirerek farklı özkütlelere sahip hücre tiplerinin (kök hücre, adiposit ve kanser hücresi) levitasyonu ve 3 boyutlu yapı olusumu için manyetik levitasyon protokolleri olusturulmustur. Hücrelerin levitasyonu için gereken paramanyetik iyon konsantrasyonunun ise besi ortamın özkütlesinin arttırılması ile azaltılabilecegi gösterilmistir. Hücre saglıgı açısından zararsız oldugu proje çalısmasında gösterilmis olan bu teknik, ayrı ayrı olusturulmus 3 boyutlu canlı birimlerinin daha karmasık yapılar üretmek üzere birlesmesine de olanak saglamıstır. Ayrıca proje çıktılarında, halkalı mıknatıs tabanlı levitasyon sisteminin hücrelerden çalısılabilir mRNA izolasyonu saglayabildigi ve gen ifadesi düzeyinde çalısmalar için uygun oldugu gösterilmistir. Sonuç olarak, projede olusturulan manyetik levitasyon sistemi doku mühendisligi, ilaç testi ve kanser arastırmaları gibi çok çesitli uygulamalarda kullanım alanı bulabilecektir.Conference Object Lots and Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification-Based Biosensing Using Cloud-Enabled Features(IEEE, 2022) Bayındır, Taha; Değirmenci, Mehmet; Ergenç, Ali Fuat; Elitaş, MeltemInternet-of-Things technology (IoTs) have accelerated biosensor applications in all fields. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based biosensor technologies in conjunction with smartphone detection have been adequate to cover the demands of mobile diagnostics. The ease of use, affordability, portability, high sensitivity, flexibility, and specificity demands of point-of-care detection can be achieved by low-cost electronic components, 3-dimensional printing technologies, capturing images of calorimetrically detected readouts made our system a promising approach for real-time point-of-detection in the field. In this study, we implemented a cloud service to our LAMP-based biosensor. We previously performed bacteria detection using colony-based LAMP device and now distributed the optical readouts of the assay using smartphones. We transferred the obtained image and results of the assays through cloud. Our user-friendly interface simplifies the data processing, it directly digitized the readouts and eliminates the need of data interpretation.Book Part Noncoding Way of the Metastasis(Elsevier, 2022) Göker Bağca, Bakiye; Kuşoğlu, Alican; Çeşmeli, Selin; Biray Avcı, ÇığırAccording to the World Health Organization statistics, the second leading cause of death globally is cancer. Together with this, metastasis is viewed as the leading cause of cancer death in patients with the disease due to the lack of treatment modalities for malignant tumors. One of the key mechanisms related to cancer metastasis is the epithelial-mesenchymal transition which enables epithelial cancer cells to gain mesenchymal cancer cell properties with elevated migration and invasion capacity that make it easy to spread distant tissues and survive from harsh conditions. Studies indicate that metastatic cancer cells have a gene expression signature that ensures those cells have increased migratory capacity as well as increased survival rate in circulation. Recently, the relationship of metastasis with two types of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), microRNAs (miRNAs), and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) has been getting attention. In this chapter, the role of miRNAs and lncRNAs and treatment strategies regarding the role of ncRNAs in metastasis biology will be evaluated.Conference Object Size-Based Microparticle Seperation Using Negative Magnetophoresis(Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, 2021) Solmaz Özçelik, Özge; Öksüz, Cemre; Tekin, Hüseyin CumhurWe present a new size-based microparticle separation device using negative magnetophoresis. Microparticles spiked in the paramagnetic medium were filtered with respect to their sizes in a microfluidic channel placed between two magnets. Negative magnetophoresis allows large microparticles to be captured before the magnets, while small microparticles pass through the magnets under a constant flow. With this method, we reached 84.2% capturing efficiency of large microparticles (44 µm diameter) and capturing purity of 80.3% in the presence of small microparticles (17 µm diameter) at 3 µL/min flow rate. The capturing purity could further improve up to 99% by increasing the flow rate.