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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Multiscale Organization of Neural Networks in a 3D Bioprinted Matrix.

Huiyu Yang, Jiangang Zhang, Yiran Li, Zihan Zhong, Wenhua Li, Haojun Luo, Yanyong Liu, Liujian Ouyang, Zhuoran Jiang, Yuning Sun and 7 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Huiyu YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jiangang ZhangDepartment of Liver Surgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yiran LiInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Translational Medicine Center, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Zihan ZhongDepartment of Neurosurgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Wenhua LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing, 100005, China.
Haojun LuoDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing, 100005, China.
Yanyong LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing, 100005, China.
Liujian OuyangDepartment of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China.
Zhuoran JiangDepartment of Liver Surgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yuning SunDepartment of Liver Surgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Hang SunDepartment of Liver Surgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Lulu LiuCenter for Biomedical Technology of National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex, Severe, and Rare Diseases in Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, China.
Huayu YangDepartment of Liver Surgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yu WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Nan YangDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing, 100005, China.
Wenbin MaDepartment of Neurosurgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yilei MaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, PUMCH, PUMC & CAMS, Beijing, 100730, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-4223

Funding

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Initiative for Innovative Medicine 2021-I2M-1-020National High-Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding 2022-PUMCH-B-113National Natural Science Foundation of China 32271470
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficient establishment of in vitro neural models that accurately mimic the structural and functional connectivity of neural networks is critical in neuroscience research. 3D bioprinting shows great potential for constructing sophisticated in vitro models with high freedom of design. However, mature neurons are delicate and susceptible to manipulation. Here, extrusion-based 3D bioprinting is employed to fabricate gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA)-based constructs containing embryonic day 18 (E18) rat cortical neurons, referred to as 3D neuMatrix. 3D neuMatrix displays favorable neuronal viability, with the progressive formation of a 3D brain-like neural network with local and long-range functional axon connections. Compared with 2D cultured neurons, 3D neuMatrix is more similar to the E18 cortex according to the bulk transcriptomic profile, with a recreation of cellular components in the cerebral cortex. The 3D neuMatrix is employed to establish a disease model of ischemic stroke, with a faithful recapitulation of the viability, function, and transcriptomic features of rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (MCAO/R). These findings demonstrate the formation of multiscale neural circuits within 3D neuMatrix and its valuable potential in the study of neurodevelopment, disease modeling with drug screening, and in vitro intelligence.

Indexed as

BioprintingNerve NetNeuronsPrinting, Three-DimensionalAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTissue EngineeringTissue Scaffolds3D bioprintingCNS diseaseneural networkprimary neuron model

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PMID40434038
PMCPMC12376583

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