Mineralized gelatin methacrylate-based matrices induce osteogenic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells.

ABSTRACT: Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) are a promising cell source with pluripotency and self-renewal properties. Design of simple and robust biomaterials with an innate ability to induce lineage-specificity of hiPSC is desirable to realize their application in regenerative medicine. In this study, the potential of biomaterials containing calcium phosphate minerals to induce osteogenic differentiation of hiPSC was investigated. hiPSC cultured using mineralized gelatin methacrylate-based matrices underwent osteogenic differentiation ex vivo, in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional cultures, in growth medium devoid of any osteogenic-inducing chemical components or growth factors. The findings that osteogenic differentiation of hiPSC can be achieved through biomaterial-based cues

SUBMITTER: Kang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4252258 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature