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William J. Wulftange

Case Western Reserve University
Verified email at case.edu
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A nanoporous two-dimensional polymer by single-crystal-to-single-crystal photopolymerization

P Kissel, DJ Murray, WJ Wulftange, VJ Catalano… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
In contrast to the wide number and variety of available synthetic routes to conventional
linear polymers, the synthesis of two-dimensional polymers and unambiguous proof of their …

Real-time imaging of nanobubble ultrasound contrast agent flow, extravasation, and diffusion through an extracellular matrix using a microfluidic model

MB Cooley, WJ Wulftange, D Wegierak, U Goreke… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid shell-stabilized nanoparticles with a perfluorocarbon gas-core, or nanobubbles, have
recently attracted attention as a new contrast agent for molecular ultrasound imaging and …

Sickle red blood cell‐derived extracellular vesicles activate endothelial cells and enhance sickle red cell adhesion mediated by von Willebrand factor

…, F Abdulla, E Kucukal, WJ Wulftange… - British journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Endothelial activation and sickle red blood cell (RBC) adhesion are central to the pathogenesis
of sickle cell disease (SCD). Quantitatively, RBC‐derived extracellular vesicles (REVs) …

[HTML][HTML] OcclusionChip: a functional microcapillary occlusion assay complementary to ektacytometry for detection of small-fraction red blood cells with abnormal …

…, E Kucukal, C Federici, WJ Wulftange… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Red blood cell (RBC) deformability is a valuable hemorheological biomarker that can be used
to assess the clinical status and response to therapy of individuals with sickle cell disease …

A microfluidic device for assessment of E-selectin-mediated neutrophil recruitment to inflamed endothelium and prediction of therapeutic response in sickle cell …

…, S Liu, R An, U Goreke, WJ Wulftange… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neutrophil recruitment to the inflamed endothelium is a multistep process and is of utmost
importance in the development of the hallmark vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease (SCD…

[HTML][HTML] Human macrophages survive and adopt activated genotypes in living zebrafish

CD Paul, A Devine, K Bishop, Q Xu, WJ Wulftange… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The inflammatory response, modulated both by tissue resident macrophages and recruited
monocytes from peripheral blood, plays a critical role in human diseases such as cancer and …

Spatial control of oxygen delivery to three‐dimensional cultures alters cancer cell growth and gene expression

WJ Wulftange, MA Rose… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Commonly used monolayer cancer cell cultures fail to provide a physiologically relevant
environment in terms of oxygen delivery. Here, we describe a three‐dimensional (3D) …

Decorrelation Time Mapping as an Analysis Tool for Nanobubble-Based Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging

…, MB Cooley, R Perera, WJ Wulftange… - … on Medical Imaging, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanobubbles (NBs; ~100-500 nm diameter) are preclinical ultrasound (US) contrast agents
that expand applications of contrast enhanced US (CEUS). Due to their sub-micron size, …

Antithrombin‐III mitigates thrombin‐mediated endothelial cell contraction and sickle red blood cell adhesion in microscale flow

WJ Wulftange, E Kucukal, Y Man, R An… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) have persistently elevated thrombin generation
that results in a state of systemic hypercoagulability. Antithrombin‐III (ATIII), an endogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Enteric glial hub cells coordinate intestinal motility

…, KC Letai, Y Maeno-Hikichi, WJ Wulftange… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Enteric glia are the predominant cell type in the enteric nervous system yet their identities and
roles in gastrointestinal function are not well classified. Using our optimized single nucleus …