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Engineering Three-dimensional Epithelial Tissues Embedded within Extracellular Matrix
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Image-based multiscale structural models of fibrous engineered tissues.

Edward A Sander1, Robert T Tranquillo, Victor H Barocas

  • 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
|December 8, 2009
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This study presents methods to quantify protein fiber arrangements in tissues using imaging and multiscale modeling. These techniques predict both microscopic and macroscopic mechanical responses in engineered tissues like collagen gels.

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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Tissue Mechanics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Biological tissue mechanical behavior is governed by protein fiber networks.
  • Predicting mechanical response from tissue structure remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate methods for quantifying tissue structure and predicting mechanical response.
  • To integrate structural information into multiscale models for tissue engineering.

Main Methods:

  • Quantifying protein fiber arrangement using various imaging techniques.
  • Incorporating structural data into a multiscale computational model.
  • Solving model equations to predict tissue mechanical behavior at multiple scales.

Main Results:

  • Successfully quantified fiber arrangement in a model engineered tissue.
  • Demonstrated the integration of structural data into a predictive multiscale model.
  • Predicted both microscopic and macroscopic mechanical responses.

Conclusions:

  • The presented methods enable the prediction of tissue mechanical response based on fiber structure.
  • This approach is applicable to various tissues, with a focus on cell-compacted collagen gels.
  • Advances understanding of structure-property relationships in bioengineered tissues.