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ArticleMacromolecular bioscience2015

Substantial Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells Into Motor Neurons on a Biomimetic Polyurea.

Donghwa Yun, Young M Lee, Melissa R Laughter, Curt R Freed, Daewon Park

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Article in Macromolecular bioscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Donghwa YunDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver, 12800 E. 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.
Young M LeeDivision of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.
Melissa R LaughterDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver, 12800 E. 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.
Curt R FreedDivision of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.
Daewon ParkDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver, 12800 E. 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA. Daewon.Park@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

A biomimetic reverse thermal gel for optic nerve regenerationR21EY023711 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KAHOOK, MALIK Y., PARK, DAE WON · 2014 to 2015
$406k
NEI NIH HHS 1R21EY023711-01A1NEI NIH HHS R21 EY023711
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To find the first restorative treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI), researchers have focused on stem cell therapies. However, one obstacle is the lack of an implantable cell scaffold that can support efficient motor neuron (MN) differentiation and proliferation. We aimed to overcome this through the use of an RGD functionalized novel biomimetic polyurea, optimized to encourage efficient differentiation of MNs. Images taken after 14-days showed increased differentiation (∼40%) of hNSCs into MNs as well as increased cell count on the biomimetic polymer compared to PDL-Laminin coating, indicating that the RGD-polyurea provides a favorable microenvironment for hNSC survival, having promising implications for future SCI therapies.

Indexed as

Biomimetic MaterialsNeurogenesisPolymersHumansMotor NeuronsNeural Stem CellsStem Cell TransplantationTissue ScaffoldsPolymerspolyureabiomaterialsbiomimetic polymermotor neuronneural stem cellsspinal cord injury

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PMID26033933
PMCPMC4558270
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