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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2016

Temporal Modulation of Stem Cell Activity Using Magnetoactive Hydrogels.

Amr A Abdeen, Junmin Lee, N Ashwin Bharadwaj, Randy H Ewoldt, Kristopher A Kilian

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 91 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.

Amr A AbdeenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Junmin LeeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
N Ashwin BharadwajDepartment of Mechanical Scienceand Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Randy H EwoldtDepartment of Mechanical Scienceand Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Kristopher A KilianDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. kakilian@illinois.edu.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Deconstructing the cues in the mesenchymal stem cell microenvironment that promotR21HL121757 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI KILIAN, KRISTOPHER ALAN · 2014 to 2015
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NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL121757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell activity is coordinated by dynamic interactions with the extracellular matrix, often through stimuli-mediated spatiotemporal stiffening and softening. Dynamic changes in mechanics occur in vivo through enzymatic or chemical means, processes which are challenging to reconstruct in cell culture materials. Here a magnetoactive hydrogel material formed by embedding magnetic particles in a hydrogel matrix is presented whereby elasticity can be modulated reversibly by attenuation of a magnetic field. Orders of magnitude change in elasticity using low magnetic fields are shown and reversibility of stiffening with simple permanent magnets is demonstrated. The broad applicability of this technique is demonstrated with two therapeutically relevant bioactivities in mesenchymal stem cells: secretion of proangiogenic molecules, and dynamic control of osteogenesis. The ability to reversibly stiffen cell culture materials across the full spectrum of soft tissue mechanics, using simple materials and commercially available permanent magnets, makes this approach viable for a broad range of laboratory environments.

Indexed as

Biocompatible MaterialsCell Culture TechniquesElasticityElastic ModulusExtracellular MatrixHumansHydrogelsMagneticsMaterials TestingMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteogenesisStem CellsTissue EngineeringBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsbiomedical applicationshydrogelsmagnetic materialsstimuli responsive materialstissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID27276521
PMCPMC5061612
OpenAlexW2410732495

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