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ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2007

Designing synthetic materials to control stem cell phenotype.

Krishanu Saha, Jacob F Pollock, David V Schaffer, Kevin E Healy

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Review in Current opinion in chemical biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Krishanu SahaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
Jacob F Pollock
David V Schaffer
Kevin E Healy

Funding

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS USEFUL FOR REHABILITATIONR01AR043187 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HEALY, KEVIN EDWARD · 1994 to 2004
$1.5M
Engineering Molecular Sensors for Stem Cell FunctionR21NS048248 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SCHAFFER, DAVID V · 2004 to 2005
$329k
NIAMS NIH HHS AR43187NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR043187NINDS NIH HHS NS048248NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS048248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The micro-environment in which stem cells reside regulates their fate, and synthetic materials have recently been designed to emulate these regulatory processes for various medical applications. Ligands inspired by the natural extracellular matrix, cell-cell contacts, and growth factors have been incorporated into synthetic materials with precisely engineered density and presentation. Furthermore, material architecture and mechanical properties are material design parameters that provide a context for receptor-ligand interactions and thereby contribute to fate determination of uncommitted stem cells. Although significant progress has been made in biomaterials development for cellular control, the design of more sophisticated and robust synthetic materials can address future challenges in achieving spatiotemporal control of cellular phenotype and in implementing histocompatible clinical therapies.

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AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesHumansLigandsPhenotypeStem CellsLigands

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PMID17669680
PMCPMC1993842

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