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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2019

Soluble Signals and Remodeling in a Synthetic Gelatin-Based Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche.

Aidan E Gilchrist, Sunho Lee, Yuhang Hu, Brendan A C Harley

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Gelatin maleimide microgels for hematopoietic progenitor cell encapsulation.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A · 2024
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  16. Evaluation of gelatin bloom strength on gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel properties.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aidan E GilchristDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3536-1044
Sunho LeeDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Yuhang HuDepartment of Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2274-4903
Brendan A C HarleyDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5458-154X

Funding

Gradient Biomaterials to Investigate Niche Regulation of HematopoiesisR01DK099528 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Brendan A. Harley · 2014 to 2026
$4.0M
Tissue microenvironment (TIMe) training programT32EB019944 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI BHARGAVA, ROHIT, GASKINS, REX · 2016 to 2025
$1.9M
Label-free interrogation of heterogeneities in HSC fate decision signaturesR21EB018481 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HARLEY, BRENDAN A. · 2015 to 2016
$420k
Gradient biomaterials to investigate niche regulation of hematopoiesisR56DK099528 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HARLEY, BRENDAN A. · 2021 to 2021
$100k
Dynamics of autocrine and paracrine signaling domains in HSC maintenanceF31DK117514 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI GILCHRIST, AIDAN · 2019 to 2020
$91k
NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB018481NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB019944NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK117514NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099528NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK099528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside in the bone marrow within niches that provide microenvironmental signals in the form of biophysical cues, bound and diffusible biomolecules, and heterotypic cell-cell interactions that influence HSC fate decisions. This study seeks to inform the development of a synthetic culture platform that promotes ex vivo HSC expansion without exhaustion. A library of methacrylamide-functionalized gelatin (GelMA) hydrogels is used to explore remodeling and crosstalk from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) on the expansion and quiescence of murine HSCs. The use of a degradable GelMA hydrogel enables MSC-mediated remodeling, yielding dynamic shifts in the matrix environment over time. An initially low-diffusivity hydrogel for co-culture of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to MSCs facilitates maintenance of an early progenitor cell population over 7 days. Excitingly, this platform promotes retention of a quiescent HSC population compared to HSC monocultures. These studies reveal MSC-density-dependent upregulation of MMP-9 and changes in hydrogel mechanical properties (ΔE = 2.61 ± 0.72) suggesting MSC-mediated matrix remodeling may contribute to a dynamic culture environment. Herein, a 3D hydrogel is reported for ex vivo HSC culture, in which HSC expansion and quiescence is sensitive to hydrogel properties, MSC co-culture, and MSC-mediated hydrogel remodeling.

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AcrylamidesAnimalsBone MarrowBone Marrow CellsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesElasticityFemaleGelatinHematopoietic Stem CellsHydrogelsMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAcrylamidesGelatinHydrogelsmethacrylamidedifferentiationhematopoietic stem cellshydrogelsmesenchymal stromal cellsremodeling

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PMID31532901
PMCPMC6813872

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