Magnetically-Propelled Fecal Surrogates for Modeling the Impact of Solid-Induced Shear Forces on Primary Colonic Epithelial Cells
S. S. Hinman, J. Huling, Y. Wang, H. Wang, R. C. Bretherton, C. A. DeForest, N. L. Allbritton
This paper develops magnetically propelled fecal surrogates to study the impact of solid-induced shear forces on colonic epithelial cells, finding that these forces modulate mucus production and cytokine secretion without harming cell viability.
bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2021Bioengineering