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Alexander J. Ainscough

Harvard University
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Neutrophil extracellular traps promote angiogenesis: evidence from vascular pathology in pulmonary hypertension

…, M Southwood, AJ Ainscough… - … , and vascular biology, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective— Inflammation and dysregulated angiogenesis are features of endothelial dysfunction
in pulmonary hypertension. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), produced by dying …

Nanoscale tweezers for single-cell biopsies

…, P Cadinu, A Barik, AJ Ainscough… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Much of the functionality of multicellular systems arises from the spatial organization and
dynamic behaviours within and between cells. Current single-cell genomic methods only …

[HTML][HTML] Translational roadmap for the organs-on-a-chip industry toward broad adoption

V Allwardt, AJ Ainscough, P Viswanathan, SD Sherrod… - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Organs-on-a-Chip (OOAC) is a disruptive technology with widely recognized potential to
change the efficiency, effectiveness, and costs of the drug discovery process; to advance …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of KLF2-induced exosomal microRNAs in pulmonary hypertension

…, KB Jo, B Qazi-Chaudhry, AJ Ainscough… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe disorder of lung vasculature that causes
right heart failure. Homoeostatic effects of flow-activated transcription factor Krüppel-like …

[HTML][HTML] An organ-on-chip model of pulmonary arterial hypertension identifies a BMPR2-SOX17-prostacyclin signalling axis

AJ Ainscough, TJ Smith, M Haensel, CJ Rhodes… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an unmet clinical need. The lack of models of
human disease is a key obstacle to drug development. We present a biomimetic model of …

Biomimetic human skin model patterned with rete ridges

MB Nagarajan, AJ Ainscough, DS Reynolds… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Rete ridges consist of undulations between the epidermis and dermis that enhance the
mechanical properties and biological function of human skin. However, most human skin models …

Embedding biomimetic vascular networks via coaxial sacrificial writing into functional tissue

PP Stankey, KT Kroll, AJ Ainscough, DS Reynolds… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Printing human tissue constructs replete with biomimetic vascular networks is of growing
interest for tissue and organ engineering. While it is now possible to embed perfusable …

Piezo1 integration of vascular architecture with physiological force

…, MT Kearney, KR Prasad, PC Evans, JFX Ainscough… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The mechanisms by which physical forces regulate endothelial cells to determine the
complexities of vascular structure and function are enigmatic 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . Studies of sensory …

Krüppel-like factor 2-induced microRNAs: implications for treatment of pulmonary hypertension

…, KB Jo, VB Abdul-Salam, BQ Chaudhry, AJ Ainscough… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Flow-activated transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) signaling is compromised in
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We aimed to identify KLF2-induced endothelium-…

[HTML][HTML] Superhydrophilic functionalization of microfiltration ceramic membranes enables separation of hydrocarbons from frac and produced water

SJ Maguire-Boyle, JE Huseman, TJ Ainscough… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The environmental impact of shale oil and gas production by hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
is of increasing concern. The biggest potential source of environmental contamination is …