Mesenchymal stem cell migration and tissue repair

X Fu, G Liu, A Halim, Y Ju, Q Luo, G Song - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multilineage cells with the ability to self-renew and
differentiate into a variety of cell types, which play key roles in tissue healing and …

3D cell culture models as recapitulators of the tumor microenvironment for the screening of anti-cancer drugs

MAG Barbosa, CPR Xavier, RF Pereira, V Petrikaitė… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been proposed as
alternatives for initial drug screening to increase drug development efficiency. In addition to …

The horizon of materiobiology: a perspective on material-guided cell behaviors and tissue engineering

Y Li, Y Xiao, C Liu - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Although the biological functions of cell and tissue can be regulated by biochemical factors
(eg, growth factors, hormones), the biophysical effects of materials on the regulation of …

Could 3D models of cancer enhance drug screening?

V Brancato, JM Oliveira, VM Correlo, RL Reis… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is a multifaceted pathology, where cellular and acellular players interact to drive
cancer progression and, in the worst-case, metastasis. The current methods to investigate …

A hydrogel bioink toolkit for mimicking native tissue biochemical and mechanical properties in bioprinted tissue constructs

A Skardal, M Devarasetty, HW Kang, I Mead, C Bishop… - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Advancement of bioprinting technology is limited by the availability of materials that both
facilitate bioprinting logistics as well as support cell viability and function by providing tissue …

In vitro matured human pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes form grafts with enhanced structure and function in injured hearts

W Dhahri, T Sadikov Valdman, D Wilkinson, E Pereira… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)–derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs)
have tremendous promise for application in cardiac regeneration, but their translational …

3D cancer models: the need for a complex stroma, compartmentalization and stiffness

J Pape, M Emberton, U Cheema - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The use of tissue-engineered 3D models of cancer has grown in popularity with recent
advances in the field of cancer research. 3D models are inherently more biomimetic …

Keloid disorder: fibroblast differentiation and gene expression profile in fibrotic skin diseases

EJ Macarak, PJ Wermuth… - Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Keloid disorder, a group of fibroproliferative skin diseases, is characterized by unremitting
accumulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of connective tissue, primarily collagen, to …

[HTML][HTML] Physico-chemical modification of gelatine for the improvement of 3D printability of oxidized alginate-gelatine hydrogels towards cartilage tissue engineering

T Kreller, T Distler, S Heid, S Gerth, R Detsch… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
This work explored 3D bioplotting to mimic the intrinsic hierarchical structure of natural
articular cartilage. Alginate dialdehyde-gelatine (ADA-GEL) was used as a hydrogel ink to …

Mature human white adipocytes cultured under membranes maintain identity, function, and can transdifferentiate into brown-like adipocytes

MJ Harms, Q Li, S Lee, C Zhang, B Kull, S Hallen… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
White adipose tissue (WAT) is a central factor in the development of type 2 diabetes, but
there is a paucity of translational models to study mature adipocytes. We describe a method …