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ArticleOrganogenesis2014

Finding the winning combination. Combinatorial screening of three dimensional niches to guide stem cell osteogenesis.

Adnan Memic, Ali Khademhosseini

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Article in Organogenesis, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Adnan Memica Center of Nanotechnology ; King Abdulaziz University ; Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.
Ali Khademhosseini

Funding

Microengineered Osteons for Bone Tissue EngineeringR01AR057837 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI YANG, YUNZHI · 2010 to 2018
$5.1M
Micromechanical Determinants of Organ Design and Engineering (SysCODE 6 of 10)RL1DE019023 · NIDCR · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI INGBER, DONALD E · 2007 to 2011
$2.9M
3D combinatorial microenvironments for effective cell based therapyR01HL099073 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHADEMHOSSEINI, ALI, LIAO, RONGLIH · 2010 to 2013
$2.6M
Microfabricated Vascularized 3D Tissue Engineered ConstructsR01HL092836 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHADEMHOSSEINI, ALI · 2008 to 2012
$2.4M
Microengineered environments for epithelial-mesenchymal interactions (SysCODE 7RL1DE019024 · NIDCR · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHADEMHOSSEINI, ALI · 2007 to 2011
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL092836NHLBI NIH HHS HL099073NIAMS NIH HHS AR057837NIDCR NIH HHS DE019023NIDCR NIH HHS DE019024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to predict and guide stem cell differentiation remains a major challenge in regenerative medicine. Numerous dynamic microenvironmental cues often provide synergistic or combinatorial signals that influence the fate of stem cells, and ultimately drive functional tissue formation. This interplay between microenvironmental cues within tissues is under intense investigation. Our goal was to better understand this interplay within the framework of a systematic 3D platform that would enable high-throughput screening (HTS) of factors that contribute to stem cell fate decisions. It is important that such platforms provide valid biomimetic microenvironments, which can be translated to macroscale constructs. Specifically, we reported on a technique for screening of combinatorial 3D niches to guide the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). This platform offers a rapid, cost-effective and multiplexed approach for a variety of tissue engineering applications.

Indexed as

Cell Culture TechniquesMesenchymal Stem CellsTissue EngineeringCell DifferentiationHumansMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesOsteogenesisStem Cell NicheStem Cell Research2D, two dimensional3D, three dimensionalALP, alkaline phosphatasebiomaterialsbiomimeticsBMP, bone morphogenic proteinsECM, extracellular matrixFN, fibronectinGE, methacrylated gelatinhigh-throughput screeninghMSCs, human mesenchymal stem cellsHTS, high-throughput screeningLN, lamininOCN, osteocalcinstem cell differentiationtissue engineering

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PMID25482315
PMCPMC4594548

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