Oxygen control with microfluidics

MD Brennan, ML Rexius-Hall, LJ Elgass… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellular function and behavior are affected by the partial pressure of O2, or oxygen tension,
in the microenvironment. The level of oxygenation is important, as it is a balance of oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D-printed oxygen control insert for a 24-well plate

MD Brennan, ML Rexius-Hall, DT Eddington - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
3D printing has emerged as a method for directly printing complete microfluidic devices,
although printing materials have been limited to oxygen-impermeable materials. We …

The impact of left ventricular size on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

J Rickard, DM Brennan, DO Martin, E Hsich… - American heart …, 2011 - Elsevier
Patients with nondilated (NDCM) or severely dilated cardiomyopathies (SDCM) have been
underrepresented in clinical trials of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We examined …

Femtoliter droplet confinement of Streptococcus pneumoniae: bacterial genetic transformation by cell–cell interaction in droplets

T Lam, MD Brennan, DA Morrison, DT Eddington - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), a deadly bacterial human pathogen, uses
genetic transformation to gain antibiotic resistance. Genetic transformation begins when a …

[HTML][HTML] Open design 3D-printable adjustable micropipette that meets the ISO standard for accuracy

MD Brennan, FF Bokhari, DT Eddington - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Scientific communities are drawn to the open source model as an increasingly utilitarian
method to produce and share work. Initially used as a means to develop freely-available …

Insulin-like growth factor-I attenuates delayed graft function in a canine renal autotransplantation model

…, JA Lowell, TK Howard, DR Martin, DC Brennan… - Surgery, 1996 - Elsevier
Background. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) has been shown to accelerate recovery in
animal models of ischemic or toxic acute renal injury. Ischemic renal injury is frequently …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective, pilot, open-label, short-term study of conversion to leflunomide reverses chronic renal allograft dysfunction

…, S Shenoy, JA Lowell, DC Brennan - American Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Renal allograft recipients with thrombophilia (a hypercoagulable state) are at higher risk for
early allograft loss. Following an episode of allograft renal vein thrombosis in a patient …

Polyethylene multiwalled carbon nanotube composites

…, M Murphy, D Martin, SEJ Bell, GP Brennan, D Bein… - polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
Polyethylene (PE) multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with weight fractions ranging
from 0.1 to 10wt% were prepared by melt blending using a mini-twin screw extruder. The …

Devices for Biological Systems: On-Chip Horizontal Gene Transfer and 3D-Printed Microfluidic Applications

MD Brennan - 2017 - indigo.uic.edu
… published review article (Martin D Brennan, Megan L Rexius-… published research article
(Martin D Brennan, Megan L … published research article (Martin Brennan, Fahad Bokhari, and …

Cytomegalovirus in renal transplantation

DC Brennan - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) was first isolated from the salivary gland and kidney of two dying
infants with cytomegalic inclusion bodies and reported in 1956 (1). Two other laboratories …