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    Invasion/Chemotaxis- and Extravasation-Chip Models for Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis
    (Public Library Science, 2024) Firatligil-Yildirir, Burcu; Bati-Ayaz, Gizem; Nonappa, Devrim; Pesen-Okvur, Devrim; Yalcin-Ozuysal, Ozden
    Bone is one of the most frequently targeted organs in metastatic cancers including the breast. Breast cancer bone metastasis often results in devastating outcomes as limited treatment options are currently available. Therefore, innovative methods are needed to provide earlier detection and thus better treatment and prognosis. Here, we present a new approach to model bone-like microenvironments to detect invasion and extravasation of breast cancer cells using invasion/chemotaxis (IC-) and extravasation (EX-) chips, respectively. Our results show that the behaviors of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells on IC- and EX-chip models correlate with their in vivo metastatic potential. Our culture model constitutes cell lines representing osteoblasts, bone marrow stromal cells, and monocytes embedded in three-dimensional (3D) collagen I-based extracellular matrices of varying composition and stiffness. We show that collagen I offers a better bone-like environment for bone cells and matrix composition and stiffness regulate the invasion of breast cancer cells. Using in situ contactless rheological measurements under cell culture conditions, we show that the presence of cells increased the stiffness values of the matrices up to 1200 Pa when monitored for five days. This suggests that the cellular composition has a significant effect on regulating matrix mechanical properties, which in turn contribute to the invasiveness. The platforms we present here enable the investigation of the underlying molecular mechanisms in breast cancer bone metastasis and provide the groundwork of developing preclinical tools for the prediction of bone metastasis risk.
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    Citation - WoS: 2
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    Investigation of the Biocompatibility of Various Pulp Capping Materials on Zebrafish Model
    (Public Library Science, 2024) Karahan, Meltem; Eliacik, Bahar Basak Kiziltan; Cagiral, Umut; Iscan, Evin; Ozhan, Gunes
    Testing the biocompatibility of commercially available dental materials is a major challenge in dental material science. In the present study, the biocompatibility of four commercially available dental materials Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Biodentine, Harvard BioCal-CAP and Oxford ActiveCal PC was investigated. The biocompatibility analysis was performed on zebrafish embryos and larvae using standard toxicity tests such as survivability and hatching rates. Comparative toxicity analysis of toxicity was performed by measuring apoptosis using acridine orange dye and whole mount immunofluorescence methods on zebrafish larvae exposed to the dental materials at different dilutions. Toxicity analysis showed a significant decrease in survival and hatching rates with increasing concentration of exposed materials. The results of the apoptosis assay with acridine orange showed greater biocompatibility of Biodentine, Oxford ActiveCal PC, Harvard BioCal-CAP and Biodentine compared to MTA, which was concentration dependent. Consequently, this study has shown that showed resin-modified calcium silicates are more biocompatible than traditional calcium silicates.
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    Citation - WoS: 25
    Citation - Scopus: 25
    Topology Degree Results on a G-Abc Implicit Fractional Differential Equation Under Three-Point Boundary Conditions
    (Public Library Science, 2024) Rezapour, Shahram; Thabet, Sabri T. M.; Rafeeq, Ava Sh.; Kedim, Imed; Vivas-Cortez, Miguel; Aghazadeh, Nasser
    This research manuscript aims to study a novel implicit differential equation in the non-singular fractional derivatives sense, namely Atangana-Baleanu-Caputo (A B C) of arbitrary orders belonging to the interval (2, 3] with respect to another positive and increasing function. The major results of the existence and uniqueness are investigated by utilizing the Banach and topology degree theorems. The stability of the Ulam-Hyers (U H) type is analyzed by employing the topics of nonlinear analysis. Finally, two examples are constructed and enhanced with some special cases as well as illustrative graphics for checking the influence of major outcomes.
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    Citation - Scopus: 27
    Recommendations for Measuring and Standardizing Light for Laboratory Mammals To Improve Welfare and Reproducibility in Animal Research
    (Public Library Science, 2024) Lucas, Robert J.; Allen, Annette E.; Brainard, George C.; Brown, Timothy M.; Dauchy, Robert T.; Didikoglu, Altug; Peirson, Stuart N.
    Light enables vision and exerts widespread effects on physiology and behavior, including regulating circadian rhythms, sleep, hormone synthesis, affective state, and cognitive processes. Appropriate lighting in animal facilities may support welfare and ensure that animals enter experiments in an appropriate physiological and behavioral state. Furthermore, proper consideration of light during experimentation is important both when it is explicitly employed as an independent variable and as a general feature of the environment. This Consensus View discusses metrics to use for the quantification of light appropriate for nonhuman mammals and their application to improve animal welfare and the quality of animal research. It provides methods for measuring these metrics, practical guidance for their implementation in husbandry and experimentation, and quantitative guidance on appropriate light exposure for laboratory mammals. The guidance provided has the potential to improve data quality and contribute to reduction and refinement, helping to ensure more ethical animal use. Lighting conditions for laboratory mammals is currently set according to the sensitivity of human vision. This Consensus View defines alternative 'animal-centric' metrics and provides guidance for their application to standardize experimental conditions, improve animal welfare and the quality of animal research.