Spatial Localization of Growth Factors to Regulate Stem Cell Fate

2011 ◽  
pp. 146-179
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Xing ◽  
Lang Li ◽  
Changchun Zhou ◽  
Cheng Long ◽  
Lina Wu ◽  
...  

It is well known that stem cells reside within tissue engineering functional microenvironments that physically localize them and direct their stem cell fate. Recent efforts in the development of more complex and engineered scaffold technologies, together with new understanding of stem cell behavior in vitro, have provided a new impetus to study regulation and directing stem cell fate. A variety of tissue engineering technologies have been developed to regulate the fate of stem cells. Traditional methods to change the fate of stem cells are adding growth factors or some signaling pathways. In recent years, many studies have revealed that the geometrical microenvironment played an essential role in regulating the fate of stem cells, and the physical factors of scaffolds including mechanical properties, pore sizes, porosity, surface stiffness, three-dimensional structures, and mechanical stimulation may affect the fate of stem cells. Chemical factors such as cell-adhesive ligands and exogenous growth factors would also regulate the fate of stem cells. Understanding how these physical and chemical cues affect the fate of stem cells is essential for building more complex and controlled scaffolds for directing stem cell fate.


Author(s):  
Kihak Gwon ◽  
Hye Jin Hong ◽  
Alan M. Gonzalez-Suarez ◽  
Michael Q. Slama ◽  
Daheui Choi ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (38) ◽  
pp. 6590-6600 ◽  
Author(s):  
ShuMeng Bai ◽  
WenMin Zhang ◽  
Qiang Lu ◽  
QuanHong Ma ◽  
David L. Kaplan ◽  
...  

Silk nanofiber hydrogels with tunable modulus were prepared to facilitate neuron differentiation and inhibit glial differentiation without growth factors.


2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1042-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilo Pompe ◽  
Katrin Salchert ◽  
Kristin Alberti ◽  
Peter Zandstra ◽  
Carsten Werner

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