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- Xie, Meng, et al.
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Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure
- 2020
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Ingår i: eLIFE. - : ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD. - 2050-084X. ; 9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Growth plate and articular cartilage constitute a single anatomical entity early in development but later separate into two distinct structures by the secondary ossification center (SOC). The reason for such separation remains unknown. We found that evolutionarily SOC appears in animals conquering the land - amniotes. Analysis of the ossification pattern in mammals with specialized extremities (whales, bats, jerboa) revealed that SOC development correlates with the extent of mechanical loads. Mathematical modeling revealed that SOC reduces mechanical stress within the growth plate. Functional experiments revealed the high vulnerability of hypertrophic chondrocytes to mechanical stress and showed that SOC protects these cells from apoptosis caused by extensive loading. Atomic force microscopy showed that hypertrophic chondrocytes are the least mechanically stiff cells within the growth plate. Altogether, these findings suggest that SOC has evolved to protect the hypertrophic chondrocytes from the high mechanical stress encountered in the terrestrial environment.
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- Singh, T. P., et al.
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Comparison of peak wall stress and peak wall rupture index in ruptured and asymptomatic intact abdominal aortic aneurysms
- 2020
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Ingår i: British Journal of Surgery. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0007-1323 .- 1365-2168. ; 108:6, s. 652-658
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Previous studies have suggested that finite element analysis (FEA) can estimate the rupture risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); however, the value of biomechanical estimates over measurement of AAA diameter alone remains unclear. This study aimed to compare peak wall stress (PWS) and peak wall rupture index (PWRI) in participants with ruptured and asymptomatic intact AAAs. Methods: The reproducibility of semiautomated methods for estimating aortic PWS and PWRI from CT images was assessed. PWS and PWRI were estimated in people with ruptured AAAs and those with asymptomatic intact AAAs matched by orthogonal diameter on a 1 : 2 basis. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to assess the association between PWS or PWRI and AAA diameter. Independent associations between PWS or PWRI and AAA rupture were identified by means of logistic regression analyses. Results: Twenty individuals were included in the analysis of reproducibility. The main analysis included 50 patients with an intact AAA and 25 with a ruptured AAA. Median orthogonal diameter was similar in ruptured and intact AAAs (82·3 (i.q.r. 73·5–92·0) versus 81·0 (73·2–92·4) mm respectively; P = 0·906). Median PWS values were 286·8 (220·2–329·6) and 245·8 (215·2–302·3) kPa respectively (P = 0·192). There was no significant difference in PWRI between the two groups (P = 0·982). PWS and PWRI correlated positively with orthogonal diameter (both P < 0·001). Participants with high PWS, but not PWRI, were more likely to have a ruptured AAA after adjusting for potential confounders (odds ratio 5·84, 95 per cent c.i. 1·22 to 27·95; P = 0·027). This association was not maintained in all sensitivity analyses. Conclusion: High aortic PWS had an inconsistent association with greater odds of aneurysm rupture in patients with a large AAA.
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- Ahlinder, Astrid
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Degradable copolymers in additive manufacturing: controlled fabrication of pliable scaffolds
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Inom vävnadsregenerering är produktionen av väldefinieradematriser med en porös arkitektur av nedbrytbara polymerer av stortintresse, dessa kan nu skapas genom additiva tillverkningsprocesser. Vidadditiv tillverkning krävs ett smalt munstycke för att skapa detaljrikastrukturer och detta ställer krav på att de reologiska egenskapernaanpassat. Lägre viskositet av smältan gör de lättare att använda, men enhög molmassa krävs för tillverka matriser där de mekaniska egenskapernakan bibehållas under tiden som krävs för vävnadsregenerering. Ytterligareen utmaning uppstår när nedbrytbara polymerer används i smältbaseradadditiva tillverkningsprocesser är att termisk nedbrytning ofta reducerarmolmassan redan under produktionsfasen. För att kunna användanedbrytbara polymerer av medicinsk kvalitet i smältbaserad additivtillverkning och samtidigt minimera den termiska nedbrytningen har, idenna avhandling, reologiska fingeravtryck av nedbrytbara syntetiskapolymerer med medicinsk kvalitet använts för att bestämmaprocessparametrar. Termisk nedbrytning beroende av processparamaterar har analyserats och minimeras i två smältbaserade additivatillverkningsprocesser.En additiv tillverkningsprocess var designad där nedbrytbarapolymerer av hög molmassa kunde användas utan termisk nedbrytning närprocessparametrar hade valts utifrån polymerens egenskaper. Kunskapenom användningen av dessa polymerer inom additiv tillverkning kundeappliceras på en sampolymer som utvecklats inom forskningsgruppen förmjukvävnad, poly(ε-kaprolakton-co-p-dioxanon) för att skapa böjbaramatriser. Genom att använda reologisk analys och polymerkarakteriseringerhölls processparametrar som möjliggjorde additiv tillverkning utantermisk nedbrytning. I tillägg till val av polymer och processparametrar såkan mekaniska egenskaper också styras av den strukturella designen.Poly(ε-kaprolakton) användes som modellmaterial för att reducerastyvheten med hjälp av designen, resultatet visade att det var möjligt medmer än en faktor 10 och mjuka böjbara matriser skapades.
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- Alloisio, Marta, et al.
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Fracture of porcine aorta-Part 1 : symconCT fracture testing and DIC
- 2023
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Ingår i: Acta Biomaterialia. - : Elsevier BV. - 1742-7061 .- 1878-7568. ; 167, s. 147-157
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tissue failure and damage are inherent parts of vascular diseases and tightly linked to clinical events. Additionally, experimental set-ups designed to study classical engineering materials are suboptimal in the exploration of vessel wall fracture properties. The classical Compact Tension (CT) test was augmented to enable stable fracture propagation, resulting in the symmetry-constraint Compact Tension (symconCT) test, a suitable set-up for fracture testing of vascular tissue. The test was combined with Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to study tissue fracture in 45 porcine aorta specimens. Test specimens were loaded in axial and circumferential directions in a physiological solution at 37 & DEG;C. Loading the aortic vessel wall in the axial direction resulted in mode I tissue failure and a fracture path aligned with the circumferential vessel direction. Circumferential loading resulted in mode I-dominated failure with multiple deflections of the fracture path. The aorta ruptured at a principal Green-Lagrange strain of approximately 0.7, and strain rate peaks that develop ahead of the crack tip reached nearly 400 times the strain rate on average over the test specimen. It required approximately 70% more external work to fracture the aorta by circumferential than axial load; normalised with the fracture surface, similar energy levels are, however, observed. The symconCT test resulted in a stable fracture propagation, which, combined with DIC, provided a set-up for the in-depth analysis of vascular tissue failure. The high strain rates ahead of the crack tip indicate the significance of rate effects in the constitutive description of vascular tissue fracture.
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- Alloisio, Marta, et al.
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Fracture of porcine aorta. Part 2: FEM modelling and inverse parameter identification
- 2023
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Ingår i: Acta Biomaterialia. - : Acta Materialia Inc. - 1742-7061 .- 1878-7568. ; 167, s. 158-170
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The mechanics of vascular tissue, particularly its fracture properties, are crucial in the onset and progression of vascular diseases. Vascular tissue properties are complex, and the identification of fracture mechanical properties relies on robust and efficient numerical tools. In this study, we propose a parameter identification pipeline to extract tissue properties from force-displacement and digital image correlation (DIC) data. The data has been acquired by symconCT testing porcine aorta wall specimens. Vascular tissue is modelled as a non-linear viscoelastic isotropic solid, and an isotropic cohesive zone model describes tissue fracture. The model closely replicated the experimental observations and identified the fracture energies of 1.57±0.82 kJ m−2 and 0.96±0.34 kJ m−2 for rupturing the porcine aortic media along the circumferential and axial directions, respectively. The identified strength was always below 350 kPa, a value significantly lower than identified through classical protocols, such as simple tension, and sheds new light on the resilience of the aorta. Further refinements to the model, such as considering rate effects in the fracture process zone and tissue anisotropy, could have improved the simulation results. Statement of significance: This paper identified porcine aorta's biomechanical properties using data acquired through a previously developed experimental protocol, the symmetry-constraint compact tension test. An implicit finite element method model mimicked the test, and a two-step approach identified the material's elastic and fracture properties directly from force-displacement curves and digital image correlation-based strain measurements. Our findings show a lower strength of the abdominal aorta as compared to the literature, which may have significant implications for the clinical evaluation of the risk of aortic rupture.
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- Alloisio, Marta, et al.
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Specimen width affects vascular tissue integrity for in-vitro characterisation
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 1751-6161 .- 1878-0180. ; 154
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The preparation of slender specimens for in -vitro tissue characterisation could potentially alter mechanical tissue properties. To investigate this factor, rectangular specimens were prepared from the wall of the porcine aorta for uniaxial tensile loading. Varying strip widths of 16 mm, 8 mm, and 4 mm were achieved by excising zero, one, and three cuts within the specimen along the loading direction, respectively. While specimens loaded along the vessel's circumferential direction acquired consistent tissue properties, the width of test specimens influenced the results of axially loaded tissue; vascular wall stiffness was reduced by approximately 40% in specimens with strips 4 mm wide. In addition, the cross -loading stretch was strongly influenced by specimen strip width, and fiber sliding contributed to the softening of slender tensile specimens, an outcome from finite element analysis of test specimens. We may, therefore, conclude that cutting orthogonal to the main direction of collagen fibers introduces mechanical trauma that weakens slender tensile specimens, compromising the determination of representative mechanical vessel wall properties.
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- Buckler, Andrew J., et al.
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Patient-specific biomechanical analysis of atherosclerotic plaques enabled by histologically validated tissue characterization from computed tomography angiography : A case study
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 1751-6161 .- 1878-0180. ; 134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Rupture of unstable atherosclerotic plaques with a large lipid-rich necrotic core and a thin fibrous cap cause myocardial infarction and stroke. Yet it has not been possible to assess this for individual patients. Clinical guidelines still rely on use of luminal narrowing, a poor indicator but one that persists for lack of effective means to do better. We present a case study demonstrating the assessment of biomechanical indices pertaining to plaque rupture risk non-invasively for individual patients enabled by histologically validated tissue characterization. Methods: Routinely acquired clinical images of plaques were analyzed to characterize vascular wall tissues using software validated by histology (ElucidVivo, Elucid Bioimaging Inc.). Based on the tissue distribution, wall stress and strain were then calculated at spatial locations with varied fibrous cap thicknesses at diastolic, mean and systolic blood pressures. Results: The von Mises stress of 152 [131, 172] kPa and the equivalent strain of 0.10 [0.08, 0.12] were calculated where the fibrous cap thickness was smallest (560 mu m) (95% CI in brackets). The stress at this location was at a level predictive of plaque failure. Stress and strain at locations with larger cap thicknesses were calculated to be lower, demonstrating a clinically relevant range of risk levels. Conclusion: Patient specific tissue characterization can identify distributions of stress and strain in a clinically relevant range. This capability may be used to identify high-risk lesions and personalize treatment decisions for individual patients with cardiovascular disease and improve prevention of myocardial infarction and stroke.
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