M. C. Verhaar

This study examines how mechanical stimuli affect the phenotypic plasticity of hiPSC-derived vascular smooth muscle cells in 3D hydrogels, showing they adapt similarly to primary cells.

This paper develops a 3D microfluidic model of early human atherosclerosis with co-cultured cells and flow to study immune cell recruitment and disease mechanisms.

This study shows that extracellular vesicles from kidney tubular cells enhance tubuloid maturation by increasing transport protein expression and triggering key biological pathways.

This study identifies alpha-ketoglutarate as a key metabolite in cystinosis and shows that combining cysteamine with bicalutamide corrects proximal tubule defects in cell models and zebrafish.