Publications

MMBL Publications and Preprints (Including collaborations)

AS. Dobner, L. Kleissl, F. Tóth, R. Paxton, I. Yordanova, K. Brazdilova, C. Vanluyten, A. Aizenshtadt, H. Toth, J. Burton, A. Kopf, V. Belyaeva, K. Ferencevic, D. A. Al-Nuaimi, A. F. Rendeiro, C. Bock, J. Kalucka, S. Krauss, S. Osmanagic-Myers, L. J. Ceulemans, G. Stary, A R. Abdel Fattah, L. P.M.H. de Rooij, Uncovering the transcriptional hallmarks of endothelial cell aging via integrated single-cell analysis, BioRxiv, 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.18.669055

A. Shapeti, J. B. Fano, A R. Abdel Fattah, J. de Jong, S. Assou, A. Grichine, A. Ranga, E. Faurobert, H. Van Oosterwyck, Force-mediated recruitment and reprogramming of healthy endothelial cells drive vascular lesion growth, Nature Communications, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52866-6

A R. Abdel Fattah (co-corresponding author), F. Sgualdino, S. Poovathingal, K. Davie, P. Baatsen, K. Vlints, N. V. Gunko, A. Ranga, Extracellular Matrix Flow Guides In-Vitro Epithelial Morphogenesis, BioRxiv, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.21.513217 (Project initiated in A. Ranga Lab – KU Leuven Belgium in 2022 and is still on going at CeMM)

Previous publications

(Book Chapter) F. Sgualdino, L. Mattolini, B. Daza, K. Patrick, A R. Abdel Fattah (co-corresponding author), A. Ranga, 3D Cell Culture: Methods and Protocols 2^nd Edition, Mechanical actuation of organoids in synthetic microenvironments, 225-245, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3674-9_15

A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Grebenyuk, L. P. M. H. de Rooij, I. Salmon, A. Ranga, Neuroepithelial Organoid Patterning is Mediated by a Neighborhood Watch Mechanism, Cell Reports, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113334

A R. Abdel Fattah (co-corresponding author), N. Kolaitis, K. Van Daele, B. Daza, G. Rustandi, A. Ranga, Targeted Mechanical Stimulation via Magnetic Nanoparticles Guides In-Vitro Tissue Development, Nature Communications, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41037-8

S. Grebenyuk, A R. Abdel Fattah, G. Rustandi, M. Kumar, B. Toprakhisar, I. Salmon, C. Verfaillie, A. Ranga, Engineering Large-Scale Perfused Tissues via Synthetic 3D Soft Microfluidics, Nature Communications, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35619-1

I. Salmon, S. Grebenyuk, A R. Abdel Fattah, G. Rustandi, T. Pilkington, C. Verfaillie, A. Ranga, Engineering Neurovascular Organoids with 3D Printed Microfluidic Chips, Lab on a Chip, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1lc00535a

A R. Abdel Fattah, B. Daza, G. Rustandi, M. A. Berrocal-Rubio, B. Gorissen, S. Poovathingal, K. Davie, J. Barrasa-Fano, M. Cóndor, X. Cao, D. H. Rosenzweig, Y. Lei, R. Finnell, C. Verfaillie, M. Sampaolesi, P. Dedecker, H. Van Oosterwyck, S. Aerts, A. Ranga, Actuation Enhances Patterning in Human Neural Tube Organoids, Nature Communications, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22952-0

A R. Abdel Fattah, A. Ranga, Nanoparticles as Versatile Tools for Mechanotransduction in Tissues and Organoids, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00240

S. Mishriki, A R. Abdel Fattah (co-first author), T. Kammann, R. P. Sahu, F. Geng, I. K. Puri, Rapid Magnetic 3D Printing of Cellular Structures with MCF-7 Cell Inks, Research, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/2019/9854593

A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Mishriki, T. Kammann, R. P. Sahu, F. Geng, I. K. Puri, Gadopentatic Acid Affects in vitro Proliferation and Doxorubicin Response in Human Breast Adenocarcinoma Cells, Biometals, 2018, 31, p. 605-616, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-018-0109-3

A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Mishriki, T. Kammann, R. P. Sahu, F. Geng, I. K. Puri, 3D Cellular Structures and Co-Cultures Formed through Contactless Magnetic Manipulation of Cells on Adherent Surfaces, RSC Biomaterial Science, 2018, 6, p. 683-694, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7BM01050H

A R. Abdel Fattah, A. M. Abdalla, S. Mishriki, E. Meleca, F. Geng, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, Magnetic Printing of a Biosensor: Inexpensive Rapid Sensing to Detect Picomolar Amounts of Antigen with Antibody-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b15989

(Book Chapter)R. P. Sahu, A. M. Abdalla, A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, Advances in Nanomaterials: Synthesis, characterization, and application of carbon nanotubes functionalized with magnetic nanoparticles, pp.37-57, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64717-3_2

A R. Abdel Fattah, E. Meleca, S. Mishriki, S. Ghosh, A. Lelic R. Sahu, F. Geng, I. K. Puri, In Situ 3D Label-Free Contactless Bioprinting of Cells through Diamagnetophoresis, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2016, 2, p. 2133-2138, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00614

A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, High Gradient Magnetic Field Microstructures for Magnetophoretic Cell Separation, Journal of Chromatography B, 2016, 1027, p. 194-199, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2016.05.046

A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, Printing Three-Dimensional Heterogeneities in the Elastic Modulus of an Elastomeric Matrix, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8, p. 11018-11023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b03091

A. M. Abdalla, A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, Magnetoresponsive Conductive Colloidal Suspension with Magnetized Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2016.08.031

A R. Abdel Fattah, T. Majdi, A. M. Abdalla, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, Nickel Nanoparticles Entangled in Carbon Nanotubes: Novel Ink for Nanotube Printing, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8, p. 1589-1593, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b11700

A R. Abdel Fattah, S. Ghosh, I. K. Puri, Printing Microstructures in Polymer Matrix using a Ferrofluid Droplet, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2016, 401, p. 1054-1059, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.10.112

Patents

A R. Abdel Fattah, R. Sahu, F. Geng, S. Mishriki, E. Meleca, I. K. Puri S. Ghosh, 3D Label-free contactless formation of cellular structures and co-cultures through diamagnetophoresis, US Patent 11788057, 2023