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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Ultra-Tiny Gelatin Nanoparticles-Assisted 3D Stem Cell Spheroids for Engineering Tissue Regeneration.

Dream Kim, Woochan Kim, Harshita Sharma, Shinyull Lee, Chaeyeon Park, Sunho Park, Chan Yeong Heo, Jangho Kim

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Dream KimDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Woochan KimDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Harshita SharmaDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Shinyull LeeDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Chaeyeon ParkDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Sunho ParkDepartment of Bio-Industrial Machinery Engineering, Pusan National University, Miryang-si, 50463, Republic of Korea.
Chan Yeong HeoDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, 13620, Republic of Korea.
Jangho KimDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-8215

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2020R1A5A8018367National Research Foundation of Korea 2022M3A9E4017151National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00337706National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2025-02216206Regional Innovation System & Education (RISE), the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Gwangju Metropolitan Government
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell spheroids offer an effective approach for tissue repair, disease modeling, and therapeutic applications. However, traditional spheroid cultures face certain limitations, such as uncontrolled cell proliferation and size, lack of structural complexity, and limited nutrient diffusion, eventually causing core apoptosis. Therefore, this study aims to propose an ultra-tiny gelatin nanoparticle (GNP)-assisted spheroid culture system designed to promote compact spheroid formation and enhance intra-/intercellular functionality. Highly biocompatible GNPs (80-150 nm) are fabricated with unique properties that promote cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions, thereby enhancing functionality in stem cell spheroids. Compared to traditional stem cell spheroid culture methods, GNP-stem cell spheroids show improved cell viability, proliferation, and cellular complexity. Furthermore, the time-dependent regenerative potential of fabricated GNP-stem cell spheroids is investigated in hard and soft tissue defect sites. These findings indicate the significant role of GNP-stem cell spheroids in accelerating bone and skin tissue regeneration. These groundbreaking findings establish GNP-enhanced spheroids as a transformative innovation in regenerative medicine, surpassing traditional 3D stem cell therapies and advancing tissue engineering and biomedical research.

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GelatinNanoparticlesRegenerationSpheroids, CellularStem CellsTissue EngineeringAnimalsCell ProliferationCell SurvivalExtracellular MatrixHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceGelatincell–cell interactiongelatin nanoparticlemesenchymal stem cellstem cell spheroidtissue regeneration

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PMID40605380
PMCPMC12391630

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