Relevant publications from IIT’s Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education
Educational tools and software
Opara, E. (editor). Nutrition and Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management. CRC/Taylor and Francis Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2005.
Cinar, A. Web-based Simulations for Dynamic Variations in Blood Glucose Concentration of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes, In E. Opara (editor) Nutrition and Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management, 281-300, CRC/Taylor and Francis Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2005.
Agar, B., M. Eren, and A. Cinar. Glucosim: educational software for virtual experimentswith patients with type 1 diabetes. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2005. 1: 845-848.
Erzen C., G. Birol and A. Cinar. Development and Implementation of an Educational Simulator: GLUCOSIM. Chemical Engineering Education, 2003. 37:300-305.
Biomaterials
Kizilel, S., M. Garfinkel, and E. Opara. The bioartificial pancreas: progress and challenges. Diabetes Technol Ther, 2005. 7: 968-85.
Kizilel, S., V.H. Perez-Luna, and F. Teymour. Photopolymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate on eosin-functionalized surfaces. Langmuir, 2004. 20: 8652-8658.
Kizilel, S., E. Sawardecker, F. Teymour, and V.H. Perez-Luna. Sequential formation of covalently bonded hydrogel multilayers through surface initiated photopolymerization. Biomaterials, 2006. 27: 1209-1215.
Papavasiliou, G.P., P. Songprawat, V.H. Perez-Luna, E.H. Hammes, M. Morris, Y.C. Chiu, and E.M. Brey. Three Dimensional Patterning of Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels Through Surface Initiated Photopolymerization. Tissue Eng Part C, 2008 (in press).
Vascularization
Lorentz, K., A. Zayas-Santiago, S. Tummala, and J.J. Kang Derwent. Scanning laser ophthalmoscope-particle tracking method to assess blood velocity during hypoxia and hyperoxia. Adv Exp Med Biol, 2008. 614: 253-261.
Francis, M.E., S. Uriel, and E.M. Brey. Endothelial Cell-Matrix Interactions in Neovascularization. Tissue Eng, 2008 (in press).
Brey, E.M., L.V. McIntire L.V. Vascular Assembly in Engineered and Natural Tissues, In Atala, Lanza, Thomson, Nerem (editors) Principles of Regenerative Medicine, 1020-1039, Elsevier Academic Press, 2008.
Tummala, S.R. and C.L. Hall, Computational modeling of factor Xa inhibition by immobilized tissue factor pathway inhibitor. Ann Biomed Eng, 2007. 35: 408-418.
Stem cells
Qiu, D., J. Xiang J, Z. Li, A. Krishnamoorthy, L. Chen L, R. Wang. Proļ¬ling TRA-1-81 antigen distribution on a human embryonic stem cell. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2008. 369: 735-740.