Chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in the form of pellet culture and encapsulation in alginate beads has been widely used as conventional model for in vitro chondrogenesis. However, comparative characterization between differentiation, hypertrophic markers, cell adhesion molecule and ultrastructural changes during alginate and pellet culture has not been described....

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of alginate composition on the neurotrophic factor release, viability, and proliferation of encapsulated neural stem cells (NSCs), as well as on the mechanical stability of the scaffold itself. Four compositions were tested: a high guluronic acid (68%) and a high mannuronic acid (54%) content alginate, with or without a poly-L-lysine (PLL) c...

OBJECTIVES (1) To show that extracellular matrix deposition in 3-dimensional culture of human septal chondrocytes cultured in a rotary bioreactor is comparable to the deposition achieved under static culture conditions. (2) To demonstrate that the biomechanical properties of human septal chondrocytes cultured in a bioreactor are enhanced with time and are analogous to beads cultured under stati...

With the objective of making calcium alginate gel beads with small and uniform size, membrane emulsification coupled with internal gelation was proposed. Spherical gel beads with mean size of about 50 m, and even smaller ones in water, and with narrow size distribution were successfully obtained. Experimental studies focusing mainly on the effect of process parameters on bead properties were pe...

A simple technique for high-throughput protein crystallization in ionically cross-linked polysaccharide gel beads has been developed for contactless handling of crystals in X-ray crystallography. The method is designed to reduce mechanical damage to crystals caused by physical contact between crystal and mount tool and by osmotic shock during various manipulations including cryoprotection, heav...

This paper describes preparation and characterization of beads of alginate and psyllium containing probiotic bacteria of Lactobacillus acidophilus DMSZ20079. Twelve different formulations containing alginate (ALG) and alginate-psyllium (ALG-PSL) were prepared using extrusion technique. The prepared beads were characterized in terms of size, morphology and surface properties, encapsulation effic...

The mechanical properties of microscopic particles have been a heated research object for it takes the deformation of micro-beads in the microfluidic environment into account. Sufficient knowledge on mechanical properties of micro-beads would lead to better device design and application for cell mechanics, tissue engineering, etc. The physical properties of alginate beads were examined both in ...

Concanavalin A (Con A) purification method was developed by using calcium alginate cellulose beads containing cobalt (II) ions. The yield of Con A obtained by calcium alginate cellulose beads containing cobalt (II) ions was 6.8% as compared to 3.65% yield obtained by Sephadex G-50 method. Purified Con A agglutinated trypsin-treated rabbit red blood cells. FTIR spectra showed the presence of β s...

Laccase from Pleurotus florida was immobilized on agarose/agar/polyacrylamide gel, glass beads and alginate beads. The laccase entrapped agarose gel exhibited 88% of immobilization yield as compared to laccase immobilization on glass bead (72%) and Ba-alginate (50%). The enzyme embodied in agarose gel showed greater storage stability at 16°C as compared to enzyme immobilized on glass beads and ...

This study was conducted to clarify direct antitumor effect of this local delivery system of paclitaxel. Rat’s breast cancer cell line (CRL-1666) and Fischer 344 rat were used. When subcutaneous tumor (injected subcutaneously) size reached 10 mm in diameter, animals in the local treatment group were administered locally at dose of 5 mg/kg of paclitaxel-loaded HAp-alginate beads. Sham operation ...