Combining stem cells and biomaterial scaffolds for constructing tissues and cell delivery

SM Willerth, SE Sakiyama-Elbert - StemJournal, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Combining stem cells with biomaterial scaffolds serves as a promising strategy for
engineering tissues for both in vitro and in vivo applications. This updated review details …

Prospects for 3D bioprinting of organoids

P Rawal, DM Tripathi, S Ramakrishna… - Bio-Design and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) organoids derived from pluripotent or adult tissue stem
cells seem to possess excellent potential for studying development and disease …

Two-photon polymerization for production of human iPSC-derived retinal cell grafts

KS Worthington, LA Wiley, EE Kaalberg, MM Collins… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent advances in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology have paved the way for
the production of patient-specific neurons that are ideal for autologous cell replacement for …

CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering: treating inherited retinal degeneration

ER Burnight, JC Giacalone, JA Cooke… - Progress in retinal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gene correction is a valuable strategy for treating inherited retinal degenerative diseases, a
major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Single gene defects cause the majority of …

The road to restore vision with photoreceptor regeneration

CJ Zhang, Y Ma, ZB Jin - Experimental Eye Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Neuroretinal diseases are the predominant cause of irreversible blindness worldwide,
mainly due to photoreceptor loss. Currently, there are no radical treatments to fully reverse …

Controlled surface morphology and hydrophilicity of polycaprolactone toward human retinal pigment epithelium cells

S Shahmoradi, F Yazdian, F Tabandeh… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Applying scaffolds as a bed to enhance cell proliferation and even differentiation is one of
the treatment of retina diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which …

Neuronal differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells on surfactant templated chitosan hydrogels

KS Worthington, BJ Green, M Rethwisch… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of effective tissue engineering materials requires careful consideration of
several properties beyond biocompatibility, including permeability and mechanical stiffness …

Optimizing donor cellular dissociation and subretinal injection parameters for stem cell-based treatments

BA Scruggs, C Jiao, CM Cranston… - Stem cells …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Subretinal delivery of stem cell-derived retinal cells as a strategy to treat retinal degenerative
blindness holds great promise. Currently, two clinical trials are underway in which human …

The role of biomaterials in implantation for central nervous system injury

YS Chen, HJ Harn, TW Chiou - Cell Transplantation, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Permanent deficits that occur in memory, sensation, and cognition can result from central
nervous system (CNS) trauma that causes dysfunction and/or unregulated CNS …

[HTML][HTML] Application of stem cell-derived retinal pigmented epithelium in retinal degenerative diseases: present and future

M Luo, Y Chen - International journal of ophthalmology, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As a constituent of blood-retinal barrier and retinal outer segment (ROS) scavenger, retinal
pigmented epithelium (RPE) is fundamental to normal function of retina. Malfunctioning of …