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Osteoarthritis, TNF-alpha, Cytokines, qPCR, Biomaterials, Biologicals, Biosimilars, Gene expression regulation, Cell culture, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Chondrocytes

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Employment (1)

Vienna University of Technology: Vienna, Niederösterreich, AT

2017-04-03 to 2019-03-31 | Postdoctoral Researcher/Project assistant (Institute of Materials Science and Technology)
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Sara Zigon-Branc

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2011 to 2017 | PhD (Faculty of Medicine)
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University of Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2003 to 2011 | M Pharm (Faculty of Pharmacy)
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Sara Zigon-Branc

Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2003 to 2007 | Graduated Harpist (Music - Harp)
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Professional activities (1)

Slovenian Pharmaceutical Society: Ljubljana, SI

2011 to present
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Funding (2)

Establishment of human in vitro osteoarthritic model for activity testing of anti-TNF-α drugs

2013-05 to 2014-09 | Award
Slovene Human Resources and Scholarship Fund (Ljubljana, SI)
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Sara Zigon-Branc

Establishment of human in vitro osteoarthritic model for activity testing of anti-TNF-α drugs

2011-09 to 2014-09 | Grant
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (Ljubljana, SI)
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Sara Zigon-Branc

Works (10)

Gelatin methacryloyl as environment for chondrocytes and cell delivery to superficial cartilage defects

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/term.3273
Part of ISSN: 1932-6254
Part of ISSN: 1932-7005
Contributors: Katja Hölzl; Marian Fürsatz; Hakan Göcerler; Barbara Schädl; Sara Žigon‐Branc; Marica Markovic; Claudia Gahleitner; Jasper Van Hoorick; Sandra Van Vlierberghe; Anne Kleiner et al.
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<i>In vitro</i> Cell-Based Assays for Potency Testing of Anti-TNF-α Biological Drugs

Cytokines
2020-08-19 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85237
Contributors: Sara Žigon-Branc; Ariana Barlič; Matjaž Jeras
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Sara Zigon-Branc

Impact of Hydrogel Stiffness on Differentiation of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Microspheroids

Tissue Engineering Part A
2019-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2018.0237
Part of ISSN: 1937-3341
Part of ISSN: 1937-335X
Contributors: Sara Žigon-Branc; Marica Markovic; Jasper Van Hoorick; Sandra Van Vlierberghe; Peter Dubruel; Elise Zerobin; Stefan Baudis; Aleksandr Ovsianikov
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Impact of hydrogel stiffness on differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cell microspheroids

TERMIS European Chapter Meeting 2019, Rhodes Greece; 27.05.2019 - 31.05.2019
2019-05 | Conference poster
Contributors: Sara Zigon-Branc; Marica Markovic; Jasper Van Hoorick; Sandra Van Vlierberghe; Peter Dubruel; Elise Zerobin; Stefan Baudis; Aleksandr Ovsianikov
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3D Differentiation of human Adipose-derived stem cells/ hTERT in Methacrylate Gelatin Hydrogels with Different Stiffness

The 5th TERMIS World Congress 2018, Kyoto; 04.09.2018 - 07.09.2018
2018-09 | Conference poster
Contributors: Sara Zigon-Branc; Marica Markovic; Jasper Van Hoorick; Orestis Andriotis; Elise Zerobin; Stefan Baudis; Philipp Thurner; Peter Dubruel; Sandra Van Vlierberghe; Aleksandr Ovsianikov
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Testing the potency of anti-TNF-α and anti-IL-1β drugs using spheroid cultures of human osteoarthritic chondrocytes and donor-matched chondrogenically differentiated mesenchymal stem cells

Biotechnology Progress
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2629
Part of ISSN: 8756-7938
Contributors: Sara Žigon-Branc; Ariana Barlič; Miomir Knežević; Matjaz Jeras; Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
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Establishment of human in vitro osteoarthritic model for activity testing of anti-TNF-[alpha] drugs

2017-06 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Sara Zigon-Branc
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Applicability of human osteoarthritic chondrocytes for in vitro efficacy testing of anti-TNFα drugs

Biologicals
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2016.09.013
Part of ISSN: 1045-1056
Contributors: Sara Žigon-Branc; Matjaž Jeras; Andrej Blejec; Ariana Barlič
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Gene expression of cultured human chondrocytes as a model for assessing neutralization efficacy of soluble TNFα by TNFα antagonists

Biologicals
2015-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2015.03.001
Part of ISSN: 1045-1056
Contributors: Ariana Barlič; Sara Žigon; Andrej Blejec; Nevenka Kregar Velikonja
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Characterization of sucrose specific lectin from the mushroom clouded agaric (Clitocybe nebularis)

2011-04 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Sara Zigon-Branc
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