Skeletal muscle differentiation of human iPSCs meets bioengineering strategies: perspectives and challenges

F Iberite, E Gruppioni, L Ricotti - NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Although skeletal muscle repairs itself following small injuries, genetic diseases or severe
damages may hamper its ability to do so. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can …

Advanced models of human skeletal muscle differentiation, development and disease: Three-dimensional cultures, organoids and beyond

S Jalal, S Dastidar, FS Tedesco - Current opinion in cell biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Advanced in vitro models of human skeletal muscle tissue are increasingly needed to model
complex developmental dynamics and disease mechanisms not recapitulated in animal …

Current strategies for the regeneration of skeletal muscle tissue

E Alarcin, A Bal-Öztürk, H Avci, H Ghorbanpoor… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Traumatic injuries, tumor resections, and degenerative diseases can damage skeletal
muscle and lead to functional impairment and severe disability. Skeletal muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Bioprinting of 3D in vitro skeletal muscle models: A review

P Zhuang, J An, CK Chua, LP Tan - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed significant progress in skeletal muscle tissue regeneration.
Numerous bioengineering approaches have been implemented to construct in vitro skeletal …

Extracellular matrix-derived hydrogels as biomaterial for different skeletal muscle tissue replacements

D Boso, E Maghin, E Carraro, M Giagante, P Pavan… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, skeletal muscle represents a complex and challenging tissue to be generated in
vitro for tissue engineering purposes. Several attempts have been pursued to develop …

Neuromuscular Development and Disease: Learning From in vitro and in vivo Models

Z Fralish, EM Lotz, T Chavez, A Khodabukus… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a specialized cholinergic synaptic interface between a
motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fiber that translates presynaptic electrical impulses into …

Monitoring the maturation of the sarcomere network: a super-resolution microscopy-based approach

A Skorska, L Johann, O Chabanovska… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
The in vitro generation of human cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSC) is of great importance for cardiac disease modeling, drug-testing applications and for …

Single-cell patterning: a new frontier in bioengineering

R Gayathri, S Kar, M Nagai, FG Tseng… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-cell patterning technologies are rapidly evolving, where single cells are positioned in
spatially distinct areas, thus providing a platform for several biological and biomedical …

New volumetric CNT-doped gelatin–cellulose scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering

F Velasco-Mallorquí, JM Fernández-Costa… - Nanoscale …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, the fabrication of scaffolds for engineered skeletal muscle tissues is unable to
reach the millimeter size. The main drawbacks are the poor nutrient diffusion, lack of an …

Substrate stiffness alters layer architecture and biophysics of human induced pluripotent stem cells to modulate their differentiation potential

J Llewellyn, A Charrier, R Cuciniello, E Helfer, R Dono - IScience, 2024 - cell.com
Lineage-specific differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) relies on
complex interactions between biochemical and physical cues. Here we investigated the …