Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (14): 2274-2279.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.14.023

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Effects of scaffold material properties on stem cell differentiation in tissue engineering

Zheng Li-heng 1, 2, Wu Hao 2, 3, Shang Yu-pan4, Zhang Jia-qing4   

  1. 1 Macau Medical Science & Technology Research Association, Macau 999078, China; 2 Institute of Orthopedic Diseases of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China; 3 Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China; 4 Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2016-12-23 Online:2017-05-18 Published:2017-06-10
  • Contact: Wu Hao, Master, Associate professor, Associate chief physician, Institute of Orthopedic Diseases of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China; Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Zheng Li-heng, M.D., Consultant, Macau Medical Science & Technology Research Association, Macau 999078, China; Institute of Orthopedic Diseases of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Macao Science and Technology Development Foundation of China, No. 064/2013/A2; the Scientific Support Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, No. 511005024

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Increasing evidences support that the physical properties, especially stiffness, can regulate the directional differentiation of stem cells.
OBJECTIVE: To review the effects of extracellular matrix on stem cell behaviors, and the research progress concerning the influence of physical properties of biomaterials on stem cell differentiation.
METHODS: The first author retrieved CNKI and Web of Science databases using the keywords of “extracellular matrix, bioscaffolds materials, chemical property, physical property, substrate rigidity, stem cell differentiation” in Chinese and English, respectively. Finally, a total of 31 literatures were included for analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The physicochemical properties expose effects on the cell proliferation, migration and differentiation, and especially the regulatory effect of stiffness on the cell differentiation has a revelation for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Searching for more biochemical and physical factors interacting with the stiffness of extracellular matrix will enable us to control cell behaviors accurately and to prepare an ideal scaffold closely similar to in vivo environment.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程

Key words: Stem Cells, Biocompatible Materials, Extracellular Matrix, Hardness, Tissue Engineering

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