Microfluidic engineering of neural stem cell niches for fate determination

Y Wang, J Ma, N Li, L Wang, L Shen, Y Sun, Y Wang… - …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation has great therapeutic potential for
neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system injuries. Successful NSC …

Microfluidic systems for stem cell-based neural tissue engineering

M Karimi, S Bahrami, H Mirshekari, SMM Basri, AB Nik… - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Neural tissue engineering aims at developing novel approaches for the treatment of
diseases of the nervous system, by providing a permissive environment for the growth and …

Maintenance and neuronal cell differentiation of neural stem cells C17. 2 correlated to medium availability sets design criteria in microfluidic systems

B Wang, S Jedlicka, X Cheng - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Neural stem cells (NSCs) play an important role in developing potential cell-
based therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease. Microfluidics has proven a powerful tool …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the differentiation and migration patterns of neural cells derived from human embryonic stem cells using a microfluidic culture system

N Lee, JW Park, HJ Kim, JH Yeon, J Kwon, JJ Ko… - Molecules and cells, 2014 - Elsevier
Microfluidics can provide unique experimental tools to visualize the development of neural
structures within a microscale device, which is followed by guidance of neurite growth in the …

A microfluidic array for quantitative analysis of human neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation in three-dimensional hypoxic microenvironment

K Yang, S Han, Y Shin, E Ko, J Kim, KI Park, S Chung… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
We report a microfluidic array for investigating and quantitatively analyzing human neural
stem cell (hNSC) self-renewal and differentiation in an in vivo-like microenvironment. NSC …

Three-dimensional extracellular matrix-mediated neural stem cell differentiation in a microfluidic device

S Han, K Yang, Y Shin, JS Lee, RD Kamm, S Chung… - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we report a unique method to quantify the effects of in vivo-like extracellular matrix
(ECM) for guiding differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) in three-dimensional (3D) …

A neurovascular unit-on-a-chip: culture and differentiation of human neural stem cells in a three-dimensional microfluidic environment

WJ Wei, YC Wang, X Guan, WG Chen… - Neural regeneration …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Biological studies typically rely on a simple monolayer cell culture, which does not reflect the
complex functional characteristics of human tissues and organs, or their real response to …

Development of an axon-guiding aligned nanofiber-integrated compartmentalized microfluidic neuron culture system

B Luo, AP Tiwari, N Chen, S Ramakrishna… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microfluidic-based neuron cell culture systems have recently gained a lot of attention due to
their efficiency in supporting the spatial and temporal control of cellular microenvironments …

Endothelial-neurosphere crosstalk in microwell arrays regulates self-renewal and differentiation of human neural stem cells

K Yang, JS Lee, S Han, Y Jin, AN Cho… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Control of neural stem cell (NSC) self-renewal and differentiationis of great importance to
improve its therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases …

Compartmental culture of embryonic stem cell-derived neurons in microfluidic devices for use in axonal biology

HS Shin, HJ Kim, SK Min, SH Kim, BM Lee… - Biotechnology letters, 2010 - Springer
Axonal pathology has been clearly implicated in neurodegenerative diseases making the
compartmental culture of neurons a useful research tool. Primary neurons have already …