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Regulation of morphogenesis and neural differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells using carbon nanotube sheets
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- Issue Date
- 2012-04
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Citation
- INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, Vol.4 No.6, pp.587-594
- Abstract
- In order to successfully utilize stem cells for therapeutic applications in regenerative medicine, efficient differentiation into a specific cell lineage and guidance of axons in a desired direction is crucial. Here, we used aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) sheets to differentiate human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) into neural cells. Human MSCs present a preferential adhesion to aligned CNT sheets with longitudinal stretch parallel to the CNT orientation direction. Cell elongation was 2-fold higher than the control and most of the cells were aligned on CNT sheets within 51 from the CNT orientation direction. Furthermore, a significant, synergistic enhancement of neural differentiation was observed in hMSCs cultured on the CNT sheets. Axon outgrowth was also controlled using nanoscale patterning of CNTs. This CNT sheet provides a new cellular scaffold platform that can regulate morphogenesis and differentiation of stem cells, which could open up a new approach for tissue and stem cell regeneration.
- ISSN
- 1757-9694
- Language
- English
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