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3D Culture of Porcine COCs: A Procedure to Encapsulate Cumulus Oocyte Complexes in Fibrin-alginate Polymer Hydrogel Beads
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2025
This video describes the protocols for encapsulating porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) in fibrin-alginate beads to establish a 3D culture. This in-vitro maturation system maintains normal cell-to-cell communication, ensuring oocyte maturation and retaining viability.
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UV-Visible Spectroscopy for Monitoring Fibrin Clot Formation
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2025
This video demonstrates the use of a UV-visible spectrophotometer for monitoring insoluble fibrin clot formation as a function of the change in the solution turbidity. The UV-visible spectrophotometer measures the solution’s absorbance over time, which represents the turbidity change due to the insoluble fibrin clot formation.
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Characterization of Leukocyte-platelet Rich Fibrin, A Novel Biomaterial
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2015
Leucocyte-Platelet Rich Fibrin (L-PRF) represents an FDA cleared preparation of autologous platelet concentrates that possesses unique fibrin architecture, enriched platelets and abundant growth factors. Here, we present a protocol for chair-side generation of L-PRF as well as evaluate its mechanical properties including uniaxial testing and suture retention strength testing.
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Generation of Alginate Microspheres for Biomedical Applications
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2012
In the following sections, we outline procedures for the preparation of alginate microspheres for use in biomedical applications. We specifically illustrate a technique for creating multilayered alginate microspheres for the dual purpose of cell and protein encapsulation as a potential treatment for type 1 diabetes.
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Encapsulation of Cardiomyocytes in a Fibrin Hydrogel for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
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2011
We describe the isolation of neonatal cardiomyocytes and the preparation of the cells for encapsulation in fibrin hydrogel constructs for tissue engineering. We describe methods for analyzing the tissue engineered myocardium after the culture period including active force generated upon electrical stimulation and cell viability and immunohistological staining.
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The two network-forming reactions contribute different functions. Thrombin converts fibrinogen into fibrin, supplying the protein-based matrix component, while divalent ions such as calcium crosslink alginate chains into a hydrated gel. Because these mechanisms involve different materials, researchers can adjust their relative contributions through formulation and crosslinking conditions rather than relying on one structural mechanism alone.
Composition and crosslinking conditions are the main design variables. Changing the relative amounts of fibrin and alginate, or modifying how the components are crosslinked, can alter stiffness, porosity, and degradation. These properties determine how much structural support the matrix provides and how readily cells or biomolecules interact with its water-rich environment.
Combining the two materials addresses complementary bioengineering requirements. Fibrin contributes biological interactions associated with a protein-based extracellular matrix, whereas alginate provides a polysaccharide framework whose physical properties can be adjusted. The resulting network can therefore support cells and biomolecules while allowing researchers to tailor matrix behavior for different experimental or regenerative objectives.
Preparation requires coordinating two crosslinking processes: fibrinogen must be converted to fibrin by thrombin, and alginate chains must undergo ionic crosslinking with divalent ions such as calcium. Researchers select the composition and crosslinking conditions together, because these choices establish the network’s interconnected structure and influence its stiffness, porosity, and degradation.
This network is useful when cells need structural support within a hydrated matrix. Its interconnected architecture can provide a water-rich environment for encapsulation, while the fibrin component supplies biological interactions and alginate contributes adjustable physical properties. Researchers can modify composition and crosslinking conditions to tune the surrounding matrix for bioengineering and tissue-engineering studies.
A Fibrin Alginate Network can serve as a hydrated matrix that supports biomolecules within an interconnected material. Its tunable stiffness, porosity, and degradation provide design parameters for controlling the matrix environment and its persistence. This makes the system relevant to controlled delivery research, where material composition and crosslinking conditions can be selected to match the intended application.
In regenerative medicine, the network provides a material environment that combines biological and structural functions. Fibrin supplies extracellular-matrix-related biological interactions, while alginate helps adjust physical characteristics such as stiffness and porosity. These combined features support investigation of cell encapsulation, tissue engineering, and biomolecule delivery within a tunable hydrogel framework.