[HTML][HTML] A suspended carbon fiber culture to model myelination by human Schwann cells

A Merolli, Y Mao, J Kohn - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2017 - Springer
Understanding of myelination/remyelination process is essential to guide tissue engineering
for nerve regeneration. In vitro models currently used are limited to cell population studies …

Three-dimensional alignment of schwann cells using hydrolysable microfiber scaffolds: strategies for peripheral nerve repair

C Murray-Dunning, SL McArthur, T Sun… - 3D Cell Culture …, 2011 - Springer
Injuries to the peripheral nervous system affect 1 in 1,000 individuals each year. The
implication of sustaining such an injury is considerable with loss of sensory and/or motor …

The effect of the alignment of electrospun fibrous scaffolds on Schwann cell maturation

SY Chew, R Mi, A Hoke, KW Leong - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
Peripheral nerve regeneration can be enhanced by the stimulation of formation of bands of
Büngner prior to implantation. Aligned electrospun poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) fibers were …

Oriented growth of rat Schwann cells on aligned electrospun poly (methyl methacrylate) nanofibers

H Xia, X Sun, D Liu, Y Zhou, D Zhong - Journal of the neurological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Transplanted Schwann cells have the potential to serve as a support for regenerating
neurites after spinal cord injury. However, implanted Schwann cells die off rapidly once …

In vitro study of axonal migration and myelination of motor neurons in a three‐dimensional tissue‐engineered model

M Gingras, MM Beaulieu, V Gagnon, HD Durham… - Glia, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Primary motor neurons are difficult to study in conventional culture systems because of their
short‐term survival without trophic support from glia. In addition, axonal migration on a two …

Methods for fabrication and evaluation of a 3D microengineered model of myelinated peripheral nerve

P Khoshakhlagh, A Sivakumar, LA Pace… - Journal of neural …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The cost and low success rates of the neurological drug development pipeline
have diverted the pharmaceutical industry to'nerve-on-a-chip'systems as preclinical models …

Engineering fiber-based nervous tissue constructs for axon regeneration

ML Siriwardane, K Derosa, G Collins, BJ Pfister - Cells Tissues Organs, 2021 - karger.com
Biomaterial-based scaffolds used in nerve conduits including channels for confining
regenerating axons and 3-dimensional (3D) gels as substrates for growth have made …

Aligned and random nanofibrous substrate for the in vitro culture of Schwann cells for neural tissue engineering

D Gupta, J Venugopal, MP Prabhakaran, VRG Dev… - Acta biomaterialia, 2009 - Elsevier
The current challenge in peripheral nerve tissue engineering is to produce an implantable
scaffold capable of bridging long nerve gaps that will produce results similar to autograft …

Stem cell and neuron co-cultures for the study of nerve regeneration

PJ Kingham, C Mantovani, G Terenghi - 3D Cell Culture: Methods and …, 2011 - Springer
Many experimental in vivo studies have indicated that Schwann cells are key facilitators of
peripheral nerve regeneration but their clinical therapeutic potential may be limited. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Bioprinted schwann and mesenchymal stem cell co-cultures for enhanced spatial control of neurite outgrowth

EV Alakpa, A Bahrd, K Wiklund, M Andersson… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioprinting nerve conduits supplemented with glial or stem cells is a promising approach to
promote axonal regeneration in the injured nervous system. In this study, we examined the …