Micro/nanoengineered technologies for human pluripotent stem cells maintenance and differentiation
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Abstract
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are a promising source of cells for cell replacement-based therapies as well as modeling human development and diseases in vitro. However, achieving fate control of hPSC with a high yield and specificity remains challenging. The fate specification of hPSCs is regulated by biochemical and biomechanical cues in their environment. Driven by this knowledge, recent exciting advances in micro/nanoengineering have been leveraged to develop a broad range of tools for the generation of extracellular biomechanical and biochemical signals that determine the behavior of hPSCs. In this review, we summarize such micro/nanoengineered technologies for controlling hPSC fate and highlight the role of biochemical and biomechanical cues such as substrate rigidity, surface topography, and cellular confinement in the hPSC-based technologies that are on the horizon.
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OpenAlex topics: Pluripotent Stem Cells Research · 3D Printing in Biomedical Research · Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
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