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- Title
Multidimensional nanomaterials for the control of stem cell fate.
- Authors
Chueng, Sy-Tsong; Yang, Letao; Zhang, Yixiao; Lee, Ki-Bum
- Abstract
Current stem cell therapy suffers low efficiency in giving rise to differentiated cell lineages, which can replace the original damaged cells. Nanomaterials, on the other hand, provide unique physical size, surface chemistry, conductivity, and topographical microenvironment to regulate stem cell differentiation through multidimensional approaches to facilitate gene delivery, cell-cell, and cell-ECM interactions. In this review, nanomaterials are demonstrated to work both alone and synergistically to guide selective stem cell differentiation. From three different nanotechnology families, three approaches are shown: (1) soluble microenvironmental factors; (2) insoluble physical microenvironment; and (3) nano-topographical features. As regenerative medicine is heavily invested in effective stem cell therapy, this review is inspired to generate discussions in the potential clinical applications of multi-dimensional nanomaterials.
- Subjects
MULTIDIMENSIONAL scaling; NANOSTRUCTURED materials; STEM cell treatment; FATE mapping (Genetics); CELL differentiation
- Publication
Nano Convergence, 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2196-5404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40580-016-0083-9