Building stem cell niches from the molecule up through engineered peptide materials

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 519, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-146

  Lampe, Kyle J ^a   Heilshorn, Sarah C ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineered peptide; Engineered protein; Extracellular matrix; Neural stem cell; Stem cell niche; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; MACROGOL; MATRIGEL; POLYGLACTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASTROCYTE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; DENTATE GYRUS; DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURAL STEM CELL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SILK; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEM CELL NICHE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84862241831     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.042     Document Type: Review

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