The relationship between substrate topography and stem cell differentiation in the musculoskeletal system

J Huang, Y Chen, C Tang, Y Fei, H Wu, D Ruan… - Cellular and molecular …, 2019 - Springer
It is well known that biomaterial topography can exert a profound influence on various
cellular functions such as migration, polarization, and adhesion. With the development and …

Nanotopographical control of stem cell differentiation

LE McNamara, RJ McMurray… - Journal of tissue …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into various lineages, and the ability to reliably
direct stem cell fate determination would have tremendous potential for basic research and …

Stem cell responses to nanotopography

S Park, GI Im - Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cells interact with various nanoscaled topographical and biochemical cues in their cellular
macromolecular environment. Nanotopography recreates or mimic the cellular …

Substrate curvature sensing through Myosin IIa upregulates early osteogenesis

T Ozdemir, LC Xu, C Siedlecki, JL Brown - Integrative biology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Topographical cues mimicking the extracellular matrix (ECM) have demonstrated control
over a diverse range of cellular behaviours including: initial adhesion, migration, cell growth …

Topography induced stiffness alteration of stem cells influences osteogenic differentiation

L Yang, Q Gao, L Ge, Q Zhou, EM Warszawik… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Topography-driven alterations in cell morphology tremendously influence cell biological
processes, particularly stem cell differentiation. Aligned topography is known to alter the cell …

Topography: a biophysical approach to direct the fate of mesenchymal stem cells in tissue engineering applications

X Cun, L Hosta-Rigau - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering is a promising strategy to treat tissue and organ loss or damage caused
by injury or disease. During the past two decades, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have …

Differential regulation of stiffness, topography, and dimension of substrates in rat mesenchymal stem cells

Z Li, Y Gong, S Sun, Y Du, D Lü, X Liu, M Long - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
The physiological microenvironment of the stem cell niche, including the three factors of
stiffness, topography, and dimension, is crucial to stem cell proliferation and differentiation …

Response of mesenchymal stem cells to surface topography of scaffolds and the underlying mechanisms

L Xiao, Y Sun, L Liao, X Su - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) serve as essential components of regenerative
medicine. Their destiny is influenced by the interaction of the cells with the external …

Molecular mechanisms of topography sensing by osteoblasts: an update

P Rougerie, R Silva dos Santos, M Farina, K Anselme - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The evaluation of the behavior of cultured cells on substrates with
controlled topographies can contribute significantly to the optimization of biomaterials for …

Topographical patterning: characteristics of current processing techniques, controllable effects on material properties and co-cultured cell fate, updated applications in …

K Zhang, X Xiao, X Wang, Y Fan, X Li - Journal of materials chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Topographical patterning has recently attracted lots of attention in regulating cell fate,
understanding the mechanism of cell–microenvironment interactions, and solving the great …