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ArticleAdvanced biosystems2019

Electron Microscopy for 3D Scaffolds-Cell Biointerface Characterization.

Donata Iandolo, Fabrizio A Pennacchio, Valentina Mollo, Domenico Rossi, David Dannhauser, Bianxiao Cui, Roisin M Owens, Francesca Santoro

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Article in Advanced biosystems, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Donata IandoloDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Fabrizio A PennacchioCenter for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125, Italy.
Valentina MolloCenter for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125, Italy.
Domenico RossiCenter for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125, Italy.
David DannhauserCenter for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125, Italy.
Bianxiao CuiDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA, 94305, USA.
Roisin M OwensDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Francesca SantoroCenter for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7323-9504

Funding

Developing nanoscale electrophysiology sensors for robust intracellular recordingR01GM125737 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, BIANXIAO · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM125737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell fate is largely determined by interactions that occur at the interface between cells and their surrounding microenvironment. For this reason, especially in the field of tissue-engineering, there is a growing interest in developing techniques that allow evaluating cell-material interaction at the nanoscale, particularly focusing on cell adhesion processes. While for 2D culturing systems a consolidated series of tools already satisfy this need, in 3D environments, more closely recapitulating complex in vivo structures, there is still a lack of procedures furthering the comprehension of cell-material interactions. Here, the use of scanning electron microscopy coupled with a focused ion beam (SEM/FIB) for the characterization of cell interactions with 3D scaffolds obtained by different fabrication techniques is reported for the first time. The results clearly show the capability of the developed approach to preserve and finely resolve scaffold-cell interfaces highlighting details such as plasma membrane arrangement, extracellular matrix architecture and composition, and cellular structures playing a role in cell adhesion to the surface. It is anticipated that the developed approach will be relevant for the design of efficient cell-instructive platforms in the study of cellular guidance strategies for tissue-engineering applications as well as for in vitro 3D models.

Indexed as

Cytological TechniquesMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsCell AdhesionCells, CulturedCellular MicroenvironmentExtracellular MatrixHumansSurface Properties3D materialscell-material interfacefocused ion beamscaffoldscanning electron microscopy

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PMID32627375
PMCPMC7340848

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