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Nerve growth factor

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Neurogenesis redirects β-catenin from adherens junctions to the nucleus to promote axonal growth

Here, we show that, in the developing spinal cord, after the early Wnt-mediated Tcf transcription activation that confers dorsal identity to neural stem cells, neurogenesis redirects beta-catenin from the adherens junctions to the nucleus to stimulate Tcfo ...

Cambridge2023

Hydrogels and conductive hydrogels for implantable bioelectronics

Stéphanie Lacour, Outman Akouissi, Emilio Fernández Lavado, Massimo Mariello, Kutay Sagdic

Hydrogels are a class of soft materials, which display unique biomimetic properties to biological tissues. Their mechanical properties, high water content, and porosity resemble that of extracellular matrix so that cell growth and proliferation can be reli ...

2023

Low-Intensity Electrostimulation Enhances Neuroregeneration and Improves Erectile Function in a Rat Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Mikaël Nils Sturny

Background: Neurogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) following radical prostatectomy (RP) is a frequent complication often leading to erectile tissue remodeling and permanent ED. Low-intensity electrostimulation (LIES) has been shown to enhance peripheral nerv ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

The matricellular protein Drosophila Cellular Communication Network Factor is required for synaptic transmission and female fertility

Evelyne Ruchti, Brian Donal McCabe

Within the extracellular matrix, matricellular proteins are dynamically expressed nonstructural proteins that interact with cell surface receptors, growth factors, and proteases, as well as with structural matrix proteins. The cellular communication networ ...

Bethesda2022

Engineering Modular 3D Liver Culture Microenvironments In Vitro to Parse the Interplay between Biophysical and Biochemical Microenvironment Cues on Hepatic Phenotypes

Ece Yildiz

In vitro models of human liver functions are used across a diverse range of applications in preclinical drug development and disease modeling, with particular increasing interest in models that capture facets of liver inflammatory status. This study invest ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Morphogenesis Guided by 3D Patterning of Growth Factors in Biological Matrices

Matthias Lütolf, Nicolas Antoine Vincent Broguiere, Riccardo Rizzo

Three-dimensional (3D) control over the placement of bioactive cues is fundamental to understand cell guidance and develop engineered tissues. Two-photon patterning (2PP) provides such placement at micro- to millimeter scale, but nonspecific interactions b ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Synthetic 3D PEG-Anisogel Tailored with Fibronectin Fragments Induce Aligned Nerve Extension

Matthias Lütolf, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Delphine Lorraine Perle Blondel

An enzymatically cross-linked polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel was engineered to promote and align nerve cells in a three-dimensional manner. To render the injectable, otherwise bioinert, PEG-based material supportive for cell growth, its mechanica ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Axon regeneration and circuit reorganization after complete spinal cord injury

Sabry Leonardo Barlatey

First human trials involving neuroprosthetic rehabilitation demonstrated recently that significant functional benefits can be achieved with lumbosacral neuromodulation and reorganized spared projections. However, complete spinal cord injuries (SCI) wholly ...

EPFL2019

The heparin binding domain of von Willebrand factor binds to growth factors and promotes angiogenesis in wound healing

Matthias Lütolf, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Yoji Tabata, Jun Ishihara, Kazuto Fukunaga

During wound healing, the distribution, availability, and signaling of growth factors (GFs) are orchestrated by their binding to extracellular matrix components in the wound microenvironment. Extracellular matrix proteins have been shown to modulate angiog ...

AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY2019

High-throughput stem cell-based phenotypic screening through microniches

Matthias Lütolf, Simone Allazetta, Laura Kolb, Mehmet Ugur Girgin

As the field of tissue engineering develops, methods for screening combinations of signals for their effects on stem cell behavior are needed. We introduce a microgel-based screening platform for testing combinations of in situ-generated proteins on stem c ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2019

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