@conference {2275,
	title = {Sensorized Squeeze Pressure Bioreactor For mechanical modulation of cardiomyocyte phenotype},
	booktitle = {Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine},
	volume = {8 Suppl 1},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {67{\textendash}8},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	doi = {10.1002/term.1943},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24912686},
	author = {S. Giusti and Vozzi, F. and F. Pagliari and Tirella, A and D. Mazzei and Cabiati, M and S. del Ry and A. Ahluwalia}
}
@article {2281,
	title = {SQPR 3.0: A Sensorized Bioreactor for Modulating Cardiac Phenotype},
	journal = {Procedia Engineering},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {219{\textendash}225},
	abstract = {<p>In cardiac tissue engineering, the use of bioreactors is fundamental for applying controlled mechanical stimuli on cells and recreate a physiological environment for cardiomyocyte cultures. This work is focused on the design of a sensorized Squeeze Pressure bioreactor (SQPR 3.0) able to apply a periodic contactless hydrodynamic pressure on tissue constructs. This system was then tested with H2c9, a murine cardiomyoblast cell line, to investigate the effect of different stimulation times (2h, 24h, 30h) on cell shape and cardiotypic marker expression.</p>
},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	issn = {18777058},
	doi = {10.1016/j.proeng.2013.05.114},
	url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S187770581301028X},
	author = {S. Giusti and F. Pagliari and Vozzi, F. and Tirella, A and D. Mazzei and Cabiati, M and S. del Ry and A. Ahluwalia}
}
@conference {1803,
	title = {A multi-stimuli environment for cardiac tissue engineering},
	booktitle = {TERMIS 3rd World Congress},
	year = {2012},
	address = {Vienna, Austria},
	abstract = {<p>The identification of the ideal cell source to generate cardiac tissue able to integrate into the host myocardium and with the contractile system is crucial for cardiac engineering. Amongst different cell sources so far proposed, human adult Cardiac Progenitor Cells (hCPCs) show the ability to proliferate and differentiate toward cardiac lineages when grown in appropriate microenvironmental conditions. It is widely accepted that conventional 2D cultures may provide a physiological environment for growing cells. For this reason the need to have an engineered microenvironment, matching physiological requirements, is crucial. A 3D context with spatial and time varying distribution of regulatory factors using mechanically matched scaffolds and bioreactors could represent an in vitro cell culture model being able to more closely reflects the in vivo conditions. In the present study, the possibility of using biocompatible and biodegradable scaffolds of collagen based or derivatives hydrogels in combination with Linneg/Sca-1pos hCPCs gathered from human heart biopsies was investigated. Bio-constructs were placed in the low shear, high flow MCmB (MultiCompartment modular Bioreactor) and the combined effects of dynamic culture conditions and 3D scaffolds on cell morphology and differentiation were studied in order to investigate the possibility of fabricating stem cell-derived cardiac patches to replace infarcted tissue.</p>
},
	keywords = {Bioengineering, Bioreactors, Dynamic 3D Cultures},
	author = {Tirella, A and A. Ahluwalia and P. Di Nardo and Gaudiello, E and S. Giusti and F. Pagliari}
}
@article {1514,
	title = {Cooperation of Biological and Mechanical Signals in Cardiac Progenitor Cell Differentiation},
	journal = {ADVANCED MATERIALS},
	year = {2011},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	issn = {0935-9648},
	author = {S. Pagliari and A.C. Vilela-Silva and G. Forte and F. Pagliari and C. Mandoli and G. Vozzi and S. Pietronave and M. Prat and S. Licoccia and A. Ahluwalia and E. Traversa and M. Minieri and P. Di Nardo}
}
@article {1549,
	title = {Criticality of the Biological and Physical Stimuli Array Inducing Resident Cardiac Stem Cell Determination},
	journal = {STEM CELLS},
	volume = {26},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {2093{\textendash}2103},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	issn = {1066-5099},
	author = {G. Forte and CAROTENUTO, F and F. Pagliari and S. Pagliari and COSSA, P and FIACCAVENTO, R and A. Ahluwalia and G. Vozzi and Vinci, B. and SERAFINO, A and RINALDI, A and E. Traversa and CAROSELLA, L and M. Minieri and P. Di Nardo}
}
@conference {1657,
	title = {Cardiac and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth and Selective Differentiation on Three Dimensional Bioerodable Scaffolds},
	booktitle = {Termis Eu-Meeting London (UK) 4-7 September 2007 Tissue Engineering 2007, 13 (7): 1647},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {{\textendash}},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	author = {G. Forte and CAROTENUTO, F and G. Vozzi and COSSA, P and FIACCAVENTO, R and M. Minieri and F. Pagliari and S. Pagliari and Romano, R. and A. Ahluwalia and E. Traversa and P. Di Nardo}
}
