Optimising contraction and alignment of cellular collagen hydrogels to achieve reliable and consistent engineered anisotropic tissue

Engineered neural tissue with aligned, differentiated adipose-derived stem cells promotes peripheral nerve regeneration across a critical sized defect in rat sciatic nerve

(2015) Melanie Georgiou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Integrin signalling and traffic during axon growth and regeneration

(2014) Richard Eva et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Building stable anisotropic tissues using cellular collagen gels

(2014) James B Phillips   Organogenesis

Engineered neural tissue for peripheral nerve repair

(2013) Melanie Georgiou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

In the beginning there were soft collagen-cell gels: towards better 3D connective tissue models?

(2013) Robert A. Brown   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Human dental pulp stem cells can differentiate into Schwann cells and promote and guide neurite outgrowth in an aligned tissue-engineered collagen construct in vitro

(2013) Wendy Martens et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Discoidin Domain Receptors Promote α1β1- and α2β1-Integrin Mediated Cell Adhesion to Collagen by Enhancing Integrin Activation

(2012) Huifang Xu et al.   PLoS One

Glia unglued: How signals from the extracellular matrix regulate the development of myelinating glia

(2011) Holly Colognato et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Cell Motility and Mechanics in Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrices

(2010) Frederick Grinnell et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Alignment of Astrocytes Increases Neuronal Growth in Three-Dimensional Collagen Gels and Is Maintained Following Plastic Compression to Form a Spinal Cord Repair Conduit

(2010) Emma East et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Concentrated collagen hydrogels as dermal substitutes

(2009) Christophe Helary et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Integrins

(2009) Malgorzata Barczyk et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

A versatile 3D culture model facilitates monitoring of astrocytes undergoing reactive gliosis

(2009) Emma East et al.   Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine