Nanofiber-mediated release of retinoic acid and brain-derived neurotrophic factor for enhanced neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells

Drug Delivery and Translational Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 89-100

  Low, Wei Ching ^a   Rujitanaroj, Pim On ^a   Wang, Feng ^b   Wang, Jun ^b   Chew, Sing Yian ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Neural stem cells; Neuronal differentiation; Scaffold mediated drug delivery; Topographical cues

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COPOLYMER; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; PHOSPHATE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; RETINOIC ACID; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; CAPROLACTONE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSPINNING; ENCAPSULATION; GLIA CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL NICHE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CAPROATES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; LACTONES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOFIBERS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84924420326     PISSN: 2190393X     EISSN: 21903948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13346-013-0131-5     Document Type: Article

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