Conductive biomaterials provide an important control for engineering neural tissues, where electrical stimulation can potentially direct neural stem/progenitor cell (NS/PC) maturation into functional neuronal networks.

2020年9月1日 · Conductive nerve guidance conduits with and without electrical stimulation promote the regeneration due to the ameliorating of cellular activities. Conductive materials like graphene, CNTs, PANI, PPY, and PT are promising biomaterials, which have been used in neural tissue engineering.

2023年12月26日 · Herein, this work demonstrates a novel strategy in regulating regenerative microenvironment for peripheral nerve repair with a biodegradable conductive hydrogel scaffold, which can offer multifunctional capabilities in immune regulation, enhancing angiogenesis, driving SCs differentiation, and promoting axon regrowth.

2024年4月17日 · Innovative carbon-based conductive scaffolds hold promise in tissue engineering, providing structural support and electrical cues crucial for regenerating functional tissues. This review explores the...

2019年6月6日 · Here, the application of conductive polymer (CP) poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) pillars is described, direct-write printed in an array format, for 3D ES of maturing neural tissues that are derived from human neural stem cells (NSCs).

2023年6月1日 · In this work, a conductive and anisotropic inverse opal substrate was presented by modifying polystyrene (PS) inverse opal films with carbon nanotubes and then stretching them to varying degrees. The film had good biocompatibility, and neural stem cells (NSCs) grown on the film displayed good orientation along the stretching direction.

2022年6月17日 · Injectable biomimetic hydrogels are a promising strategy for enhancing tissue repair after spinal cord injury (SCI) by restoring electrical signals and increasing stem cell differentiation.

2022年5月6日 · Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are stromal cells that can be isolated from a variety of tissues such as bone marrow or the umbilical cord. MSCs can repair injured tissues by self-renewal, differentiation, and other diverse mechanisms .

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The review highlights the use of conductive biomaterials, e.g., polypyrrole, polyaniline, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), multi-walled carbon nanotubes, single-wall carbon nanotubes, graphene, and graphite oxide, for controlling the neural stem cells activities in terms of proliferation and neuronal differentiation.