Hans P. Wendel

New strategies for in vivo tissue engineering by mimicry of homing factors for self-endothelialisation of blood contacting materials.

Hemocompatibility of heparin-coated surfaces and the role of selective plasma protein adsorption.

A non-heart-beating donor model to evaluate functional and morphologic outcomes in resuscitated pig hearts.

Hemocompatibility of medical connectors with biopassive or bioactive surface coatings.

Thrombogenicity of various endovascular stent types: an in vitro evaluation.

Material-dependent levels of heat-shock protein 70 (hsp70) in human plasma following contact of blood with artificial surfaces.

Hemocompatibility of PMEA coated oxygenators used for extracorporeal circulation procedures.

Thrombospondin 1 as possible key factor in the hemocompatibility of endocoronary prostheses.

Reduced thrombogenicity of nitinol stents--in vitro evaluation of different surface modifications and coatings.

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition reduces prothrombotic events under conditions of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Aptamer-based capture molecules as a novel coating strategy to promote cell adhesion.

PVC-plasticizer DEHP in medical products: do thin coatings really reduce DEHP leaching into blood?

Photocoupling of fibronectin to titanium surfaces influences keratinocyte adhesion, pellicle formation and thrombogenicity.

A new technique for the isolation and surface immobilization of mesenchymal stem cells from whole bone marrow using high-specific DNA aptamers.

Effect of biopassive and bioactive surface-coatings on the hemocompatibility of membrane oxygenators.

The effect of electrochemical functionalization of Ti-alloy surfaces by aptamer-based capture molecules on cell adhesion.

Blood cell and plasma protein repellent properties of star-PEG-modified surfaces.

Inhibition of adhesion molecule expression on human venous endothelial cells by non-viral siRNA transfection.

Platelets recruit human dendritic cells via Mac-1/JAM-C interaction and modulate dendritic cell function in vitro.

Critical temperature ranges of hypothermia-induced platelet activation: possible implications for cooling patients in cardiac surgery.

Aptamer-based strategies for stem cell research.

Immobilized DNA aptamers used as potent attractors for porcine endothelial precursor cells.

Perfusionists in the world of tissue engineering--a quick and easy method for safe isolation of huge quantities of porcine cardiomyocytes.

Silicon carbide coating of nitinol stents to increase antithrombogenic properties and reduce nickel release.

Aptamers influence the hemostatic system by activating the intrinsic coagulation pathway in an in vitro Chandler-Loop model.

CELL-SELEX: Novel perspectives of aptamer-based therapeutics.

Platelet derived bFGF mediates vascular integrative mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro.

Porcine EPCs downregulate stem cell markers and upregulate endothelial maturation markers during in vitro cultivation.

Endothelial progenitor cell capture stents--hype or hope?

Streptavidin-coated magnetic beads for DNA strand separation implicate a multitude of problems during cell-SELEX.

Induction of EPC homing on biofunctionalized vascular grafts for rapid in vivo self-endothelialization--a review of current strategies.

Platelet aggregation monitoring with a newly developed quartz crystal microbalance system as an alternative to optical platelet aggregometry.

Pitfalls of cell-systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX): existing dead cells during in vitro selection anticipate the enrichment of specific aptamers.

A novel in vitro model for preclinical testing of the hemocompatibility of intravascular stents according to ISO 10993-4.

NCO-sP(EO-stat-PO) coatings on gold sensors--a QCM study of hemocompatibility.

Absolute quantification of cell-bound DNA aptamers during SELEX.

Hemocompatibility evaluation of different silver nanoparticle concentrations employing a modified Chandler-loop in vitro assay on human blood.

In vivo tissue engineering: mimicry of homing factors for self-endothelialization of blood-contacting materials.

Potential capacity of aptamers to trigger immune activation in human blood.

Real-time measurement of free thrombin: evaluation of the usability of a new thrombin assay for coagulation monitoring during extracorporeal circulation.

Sympathetic activity-associated periodic repolarization dynamics predict mortality following myocardial infarction.

Use of synthetic single-stranded oligonucleotides as artificial test soiling for validation of surgical instrument cleaning processes.

In vitro test system for evaluation of immune activation potential of new single-stranded DNA-based therapeutics.

The Chance of Small Interfering RNAs as Eligible Candidates for a Personalized Treatment of Prostate Cancer.

Importance of rigorous in vitro evaluation of prospective cell binding aptamers.