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ArticleCurrent opinion in solid state & materials science2021

New perspectives on the roles of nanoscale surface topography in modulating intracellular signaling.

Wei Zhang, Yang Yang, Bianxiao Cui

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Article in Current opinion in solid state & materials science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Effect of the Nanorough Surface of TiOInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Interplay between mechanics and signalling in regulating cell fate.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Wei ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, ChEM-H/Wu Tsai Neuroscience Research Complex, S285, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States.
Yang YangDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, ChEM-H/Wu Tsai Neuroscience Research Complex, S285, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States.
Bianxiao CuiDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, ChEM-H/Wu Tsai Neuroscience Research Complex, S285, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States.

Funding

Developing nanoscale electrophysiology sensors for robust intracellular recordingR01GM125737 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, BIANXIAO · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
The role of membrane curvature in surface nanotopography-induced cell functionsR01GM128142 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, BIANXIAO · 2018 to 2020
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM125737NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM128142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The physical properties of biomaterials, such as elasticity, stiffness, and surface nanotopography, are mechanical cues that regulate a broad spectrum of cell behaviors, including migration, differentiation, proliferation, and reprogramming. Among them, nanoscale surface topography, i.e. nanotopography, defines the nanoscale shape and spatial arrangement of surface elements, which directly interact with the cell membranes and stimulate changes in the cell signaling pathways. In biological systems, the effects of nanotopography are often entangled with those of other mechanical and biochemical factors. Precise engineering of 2D nanopatterns and 3D nanostructures with well-defined features has provided a powerful means to study the cellular responses to specific topographic features. In this Review, we discuss efforts in the last three years to understand how nanotopography affects membrane receptor activation, curvature-induced cell signaling, and stem cell differentiation.

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2D ligand patterning3D nanostructuresCell differentiationCell-material interfaceExtracellular matrixIntegrinMembrane curvatureNanotopographySurface topographyT-cell receptor

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PMID33364912
PMCPMC7751896

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