Author Archives: Gwen Fewell

Using Shape Effects to Target Antibody-Coated Nanoparticles to Lung and Brain Endothelium

Authors: Poornima Kolhar, Aaron C. Anselmo, Vivek Gupta, Kapil Pant, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Erkki Ruoslahti, and Samir Mitragotri Source: pnas.org PNAS June 25, 2013 110 (26) 10753-10758 Synopsis: Vascular endothelium offers…

SyM-BBB: a Microfluidic Blood Brain Barrier Model

Authors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Ming-Che Shen, Joseph B. Nichols, Ivy R. Mills, Marta Sidoryk-Wegrzynowicz, Michael Aschnerbcd and Kapil Panta Source: pubs.rsc.org Submitted Oct 31, 2012. Accepted Dec 18, 2012. First published…

Microfluidic Devices for Modeling Cell–Cell and Particle–Cell Interactions in the Microvasculature

Authors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Ming-Che Shen, Kapil Pant, Mohammad F. Kiani Source: sciencedirect.com Microvascular Research Volume 82, Issue 3, November 2011 Synopsis: Cell–fluid and cell–cell interactions are critical components of many…

Bifurcations: Focal Points of Particle Adhesion in Microvascular Networks

Authors: Prabhakarpandian, Wang, Rea‐Ramsey, Sundaram, Kiani, and Pant Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com First published: March 19, 2011 Synopsis: Particle adhesion in vivo is dependent on the microcirculation environment, which features unique anatomical (bifurcations,…

Preferential Adhesion of Leukocytes Near Bifurcations is Endothelium Independent

Authors: Nazanin Tousi, Bin Wang, Kapil Pant, Mohammad F. Kiani, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian Source: sciencedirect.com Microvascular Research Volume 80, Issue 3, December 2010 Synopsis: Leukocyte–endothelial interactions play central roles in many…

Flow and Adhesion of Drug Carriers in Blood Vessels Depend on their Shape: A Study Using Model Synthetic Microvascular Networks

Authors: Nishit Doshi, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Angela Rea-Ramsey, Kapil Pant, Shivshankar Sundaram, Samir Mitragotri Source: sciencedirect.com Journal of Controlled Release Volume 146, Issue 2, 1 September 2010 Synopsis: Development of novel…

A Physiologically Realistic In-Vitro Model of Microvascular Networks

Authors: Jenna M. Rosano, Nazanin Tousi, Robert C. Scott, Barbara Krynska, Victor Rizzo, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Kapil Pant, Shivshankar Sundaram & Mohammad F. Kiani Source: link.springer.com Biomedical Microdevices volume 11, Article…

Synthetic Microvascular Networks for Quantitative Analysis of Particle Adhesion

Authors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Kapil Pant, Robert C. Scott, Christopher B. Patillo, Daniel Irimia, Mohammad F. Kiani & Shivshankar Sundaram Source: link.springer.com Biomedical Microdevices volume 10, pages585–595(2008) Synopsis: We have developed…