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Abadijoo H, Khayamian MA, Faramarzpour M, Ghaderinia M, Simaee H, Shalileh S, Yazdanparast SM, Ghabraie B, Makarem J, Sarrami-Forooshani R, Abdolahad M. Healing Field: Using Alternating Electric Fields to Prevent Cytokine Storm by Suppressing Clonal Expansion of the Activated Lymphocytes in the Blood Sample of the COVID-19 Patients. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:850571. [PMID: 35721862 PMCID: PMC9201910 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.850571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
In the case of the COVID-19 early diagnosis, numerous tech innovations have been introduced, and many are currently employed worldwide. But, all of the medical procedures for the treatment of this disease, up to now, are just limited to chemical drugs. All of the scientists believe that the major challenge toward the mortality of the COVID-19 patients is the out-of-control immune system activation and the subsequent cytokine production. During this process, the adaptive immune system is highly activated, and many of the lymphocytes start to clonally expand; hence many cytokines are also released. So, any attempt to harness this cytokine storm and calm down the immune outrage is appreciated. While the battleground for the immune hyperactivation is the lung ambient of the infected patients, the only medical treatment for suppressing the hypercytokinemia is based on the immunosuppressor drugs that systemically dampen the immunity with many unavoidable side effects. Here, we applied the alternating electric field to suppress the expansion of the highly activated lymphocytes, and by reducing the number of the renewed cells, the produced cytokines were also decreased. Applying this method to the blood of the COVID-19 patients in vitro showed ∼33% reduction in the average concentration of the three main cytokines after 4 days of stimulation. This method could carefully be utilized to locally suppress the hyperactivated immune cells in the lung of the COVID-19 patients without any need for systemic suppression of the immune system by the chemical drugs.
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- Hamed Abadijoo
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- *Correspondence: Mohammad Ali Khayamian, , ; Mohammad Abdolahad, ,
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- ATMP Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Nano Bio Electronic Devices Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nano Electronic Center of Excellence, Thin Film and Nano Electronics Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Cancer, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- UT and TUMS Cancer Electronics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- *Correspondence: Mohammad Ali Khayamian, , ; Mohammad Abdolahad, ,
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Riehl BD, Kim E, Bouzid T, Lim JY. The Role of Microenvironmental Cues and Mechanical Loading Milieus in Breast Cancer Cell Progression and Metastasis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 8:608526. [PMID: 33585411 PMCID: PMC7874074 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.608526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer can disrupt the microenvironments and mechanical homeostatic actions in multiple scales from large tissue modification to altered cellular signaling pathway in mechanotransduction. In this review, we highlight recent progresses in breast cancer cell mechanobiology focusing on cell-microenvironment interaction and mechanical loading regulation of cells. First, the effects of microenvironmental cues on breast cancer cell progression and metastasis will be reviewed with respect to substrate stiffness, chemical/topographic substrate patterning, and 2D vs. 3D cultures. Then, the role of mechanical loading situations such as tensile stretch, compression, and flow-induced shear will be discussed in relation to breast cancer cell mechanobiology and metastasis prevention. Ultimately, the substrate microenvironment and mechanical signal will work together to control cancer cell progression and metastasis. The discussions on breast cancer cell responsiveness to mechanical signals, from static substrate and dynamic loading, and the mechanotransduction pathways involved will facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge transfer, enabling further insights into prognostic markers, mechanically mediated metastasis pathways for therapeutic targets, and model systems required to advance cancer mechanobiology.
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- Brandon D Riehl
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
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