Nanotechnology to drive stem cell commitment

Nanomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-486

  Bressan, Eriberto ^a,b   Carraro, Amedeo ^c   Ferroni, Letizia ^a   Gardin, Chiara ^a   Sbricoli, Luca ^a   Guazzo, Riccardo ^a   Stellini, Edoardo ^a   Roman, Marco ^d   Pinton, Paolo ^b   Sivolella, Stefano ^a,b   Zavan, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

adipogenesis; adipose derived stem cells; adult stem cells; differentiation; mesenchymal stem cell; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nanotubes; neurogenesis; osteogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; CYCLODEXTRIN; DENDRIMER; F ACTIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; INSULIN; INTEGRIN; LIPID; LIPOPLEX; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; APOPTOSIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTROSPINNING; EMULSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBROBLAST; FOCAL ADHESION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; LIVER CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; OSTEOBLAST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 84874872647     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.12     Document Type: Review

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