Materials as stem cell regulators

WL Murphy, TC McDevitt, AJ Engler - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
The stem cell/material interface is a complex, dynamic microenvironment in which the cell
and the material cooperatively dictate one another's fate: the cell by remodelling its …

Animal models for bone tissue engineering and modelling disease

JA McGovern, M Griffin… - Disease models & …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Tissue engineering and its clinical application, regenerative medicine, are instructing
multiple approaches to aid in replacing bone loss after defects caused by trauma or cancer …

A synthetic metastatic niche reveals antitumor neutrophils drive breast cancer metastatic dormancy in the lungs

J Wang, R Ocadiz-Ruiz, MS Hall, GG Bushnell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Biomaterial scaffolds mimicking the environment in metastatic organs can deconstruct
complex signals and facilitate the study of cancer progression and metastasis. Here we …

Bone marrow–on–a–chip replicates hematopoietic niche physiology in vitro

Y Torisawa, CS Spina, T Mammoto, A Mammoto… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Current in vitro hematopoiesis models fail to demonstrate the cellular diversity and complex
functions of living bone marrow; hence, most translational studies relevant to the …

Mechanics of intact bone marrow

LE Jansen, NP Birch, JD Schiffman, AJ Crosby… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Elsevier
The current knowledge of bone marrow mechanics is limited to its viscous properties,
neglecting the elastic contribution of the extracellular matrix. To get a more complete view of …

Engineering of a functional bone organ through endochondral ossification

C Scotti, E Piccinini, H Takizawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Embryonic development, lengthening, and repair of most bones proceed by endochondral
ossification, namely through formation of a cartilage intermediate. It was previously …

[PDF][PDF] VEGF and BMP-2 promote bone regeneration by facilitating bone marrow stem cell homing and differentiation

W Zhang, C Zhu, Y Wu, D Ye, S Wang, D Zou… - Eur Cell …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) have
been widely used in the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine to stimulate …

Imaging hallmarks of cancer in living mice

SIJ Ellenbroek, J Van Rheenen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
To comprehend the complexity of cancer, the biological characteristics acquired during the
initiation and progression of tumours were classified as the'hallmarks of cancer'. Intravital …

Biomimetic tissue engineering: tuning the immune and inflammatory response to implantable biomaterials

F Taraballi, M Sushnitha, C Tsao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Regenerative medicine technologies rely heavily on the use of well‐designed biomaterials
for therapeutic applications. The success of implantable biomaterials hinges upon the ability …

Cancer metastases to bone: concepts, mechanisms, and interactions with bone osteoblasts

AB Shupp, AD Kolb, D Mukhopadhyay, KM Bussard - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The skeleton is a unique structure capable of providing support for the body. Bone
resorption and deposition are controlled in a tightly regulated balance between osteoblasts …