Journal
ADVANCED SCIENCE
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201902403
Keywords
4D culture substrates; cell differentiation; neural regeneration; programmable culture substrates; regenerative medicine; stem cells
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Funding
- NSF MME program [1642186]
- NIH Director's New Innovator Award [1DP2EB020549-01]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1642186] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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As the most versatile and promising cell source, stem cells have been studied in regenerative medicine for two decades. Currently available culturing techniques utilize a 2D or 3D microenvironment for supporting the growth and proliferation of stem cells. However, these culture systems fail to fully reflect the supportive biological environment in which stem cells reside in vivo, which contain dynamic biophysical growth cues. Herein, a 4D programmable culture substrate with a self-morphing capability is presented as a means to enhance dynamic cell growth and induce differentiation of stem cells. To function as a model system, a 4D neural culture substrate is fabricated using a combination of printing and imprinting techniques keyed to the different biological features of neural stem cells (NSCs) at different differentiation stages. Results show the 4D culture substrate demonstrates a time-dependent self-morphing process that plays an essential role in regulating NSC behaviors in a spatiotemporal manner and enhances neural differentiation of NSCs along with significant axonal alignment. This study of a customized, dynamic substrate revolutionizes current stem cell therapies, and can further have a far-reaching impact on improving tissue regeneration and mimicking specific disease progression, as well as other impacts on materials and life science research.
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