Biomimetic materials based on zwitterionic polymers toward human-friendly medical devices

K Ishihara - Science and technology of advanced materials, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review summarizes recent research on the design of polymer material systems based
on biomimetic concepts and reports on the medical devices that implement these systems …

Design of functional RGD peptide-based biomaterials for tissue engineering

VB Kumar, OS Tiwari, G Finkelstein-Zuta… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) is a rapidly expanding field aimed at restoring or replacing
damaged tissues. In spite of significant advancements, the implementation of TE …

Polydopamine-mediated surface modification of scaffold materials for human neural stem cell engineering

K Yang, JS Lee, J Kim, YB Lee, H Shin, SH Um, JB Kim… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Surface modification of tissue engineering scaffolds and substrates is required for improving
the efficacy of stem cell therapy by generating physicochemical stimulation promoting …

Molecular clutch drives cell response to surface viscosity

M Bennett, M Cantini, J Reboud… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Cell response to matrix rigidity has been explained by the mechanical properties of the actin-
talin-integrin-fibronectin clutch. Here the molecular clutch model is extended to account for …

Collagen-binding peptide-enabled supramolecular hydrogel design for improved organ adhesion and sprayable therapeutic delivery

CF Anderson, RW Chakroun, ME Grimmett… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Spraying serves as an attractive, minimally invasive means of administering hydrogels for
localized delivery, particularly due to high-throughput deposition of therapeutic depots over …

Applications of polydopamine-modified scaffolds in the peripheral nerve tissue engineering

J Yan, R Wu, S Liao, M Jiang, Y Qian - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Peripheral nerve injury is a common and complicated traumatic disease in clinical
neurosurgery. With the rapid advancement and development of medical technologies, novel …

Functionalization of electrospun nanofibers and fiber alignment enhance neural stem cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation

MC Amores de Sousa, CAV Rodrigues… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neural stem cells (NSCs) have the potential to generate the cells of the nervous system and,
when cultured on nanofiber scaffolds, constitute a promising approach for neural tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale surface coatings and topographies for neural interfaces

Y Cho, Y Choi, H Seong - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
With the lack of minimally invasive tools for probing neuronal systems across spatiotemporal
scales, understanding the working mechanism of the nervous system and limited …

Directed neural stem cell differentiation with a functionalized graphene oxide nanocomposite

CL Weaver, XT Cui - Advanced healthcare materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation has the potential to restore function to diseased or
damaged nervous tissue, but poor control over cell survival, differentiation, and maturation …

Supported lipid bilayers for the generation of dynamic cell–material interfaces

J van Weerd, M Karperien… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Supported lipid bilayers (SLB) offer unique possibilities for studying cellular membranes and
have been used as a synthetic architecture to interact with cells. Here, the state‐of‐the‐art in …