Directional migration and differentiation of neural stem cells within three-dimensional microenvironments

3D matrix microenvironment for targeted differentiation of embryonic stem cells into neural and glial lineages

(2013) Chandrasekhar R. Kothapalli et al.   BIOMATERIALS

On the Activation of Integrin αIIbβ3: Outside-in and Inside-out Pathways

(2013) Mehrdad Mehrbod et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Complex chemoattractive and chemorepellent Kit signals revealed by direct imaging of murine mast cells in microfluidic gradient chambers

(2013) Amir Shamloo et al.   Integrative Biology

Design of three-dimensional engineered protein hydrogels for tailored control of neurite growth

(2012) Kyle J. Lampe et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

VCAM1 Is Essential to Maintain the Structure of the SVZ Niche and Acts as an Environmental Sensor to Regulate SVZ Lineage Progression

(2012) Erzsebet Kokovay et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Expression and function of cell adhesion molecules during neural crest migration

(2012) Sonja J. McKeown et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

An agent based model of integrin clustering: Exploring the role of ligand clustering, integrin homo-oligomerization, integrin–ligand affinity, membrane crowdedness and ligand mobility

(2012) Yousef Jamali et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Electromagnetic Field Stimulation Potentiates Endogenous Myelin Repair by Recruiting Subventricular Neural Stem Cells in an Experimental Model of White Matter Demyelination

(2012) Mohammad Amin Sherafat et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Three-dimensional extracellular matrix-mediated neural stem cell differentiation in a microfluidic device

(2012) Sewoon Han et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic Investigation of BDNF-Enhanced Neural Stem Cell Chemotaxis in CXCL12 Gradients

(2012) Hui Xu et al.   Small

Complement Fragment C3a Controls Mutual Cell Attraction during Collective Cell Migration

(2011) Carlos Carmona-Fontaine et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Intranasal nerve growth factor enhances striatal neurogenesis in adult rats with focal cerebral ischemia

(2011) Wusheng Zhu et al.   DRUG DELIVERY

Chemokines influence the migration and fate of neural precursor cells from the young adult and middle-aged rat subventricular zone

(2011) R.J. Gordon et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

NMDA receptor regulates migration of newly generated neurons in the adult hippocampus via Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1)

(2011) Takashi Namba et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Mechanisms of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Induced Pathfinding by Endothelial Sprouts in Biomaterials

(2011) Amir Shamloo et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Neural stem cell adhesion and proliferation on phospholipid bilayers functionalized with RGD peptides

(2010) Badriprasad Ananthanarayanan et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Collective Chemotaxis Requires Contact-Dependent Cell Polarity

(2010) Eric Theveneau et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Increases Neurogenesis after Traumatic Brain Injury

(2010) Orli Thau-Zuchman et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Matrix density mediates polarization and lumen formation of endothelial sprouts in VEGF gradients

(2010) Amir Shamloo et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Essential Regulation of CNS Angiogenesis by the Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR124

(2010) F. Kuhnert et al.   SCIENCE

Design of biomaterials to enhance stem cell survival when transplanted into the damaged central nervous system

(2010) M. J. Cooke et al.   Soft Matter

Guiding Neuronal Cell Migrations

(2010) O. Marin et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The effect of substrate stiffness on adult neural stem cell behavior

(2009) Nic D. Leipzig et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Control of Stem Cell Fate by Physical Interactions with the Extracellular Matrix

(2009) Farshid Guilak et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) regulates cranial neural crest migration in vivo

(2009) Rebecca McLennan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biomaterial Design Strategies for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries

(2009) Karin S. Straley et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA

Chemokines direct neural progenitor cell migration following striatal cell loss

(2009) Renee J. Gordon et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

Vascular effects of a low-carbohydrate high-protein diet

(2009) S. Y. Foo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Substrate Modulus Directs Neural Stem Cell Behavior

(2008) Krishanu Saha et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Engineering Biomaterials for Synthetic Neural Stem Cell Microenvironments

(2008) Lauren Little et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Endothelial cell polarization and chemotaxis in a microfluidic device

(2008) Amir Shamloo et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Promoting neuron adhesion and growth

(2008) Laura M.Y. Yu et al.   Materials Today

Human neural cell interactions with orientated electrospun nanofibersin vitro

(2008) Jose Gerardo-Nava et al.   Nanomedicine

Contact inhibition of locomotion in vivo controls neural crest directional migration

(2008) Carlos Carmona-Fontaine et al.   NATURE

Endogenous Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 and MMP-9 Promote the Differentiation and Migration of Adult Neural Progenitor Cells in Response to Chemokines

(2008) Basam Z. Barkho et al.   STEM CELLS

The role of SVZ-derived neural precursors in demyelinating diseases: From animal models to multiple sclerosis

(2007) B. Nait-Oumesmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES