The authors thank for funding supports from the National Program on Key Basic Research Project(973 Program,2014CB542205);Hong Kong RGC grant(17124514);Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong(Yq2013023);Pearl River Nova Program of Guangzhou(2014J2200001);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M540684);the Leading Talents of Guangdong Province(87014002);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51103062);The authors wish to acknowledge the support from the Hong Kong Scholars Program(XJ2012024).
Peripheral nerves are fragile and easily damaged,usually resulting in nervous tissue loss,motor and sensory function loss.Advances in neuroscience and engineering have been significantly contributing to bridge the dam...
financially supported by the NSF-ECCS 1509760;NSF EPSCoR RII Track 1 cooperative agreement awarded to the University of South Carolina (NSF EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement No. EPS-0903795)
This present work aims to functionalize poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers with various reported adhesive peptides, including Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD), Tyr-lle-Gly-Ser-Arg (YIGSR), and Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (IKVAV) ...
Funded by theNational Basic Research Program of China(No.2011CB606205);the Self-determined and Innovative Research Funds of WUT(No.2012-YB-007)
The novel hydrogels-grafted IKVAV poly(lactide-co-ethylene oxide-co-fumarate)(PLEOF) hydrogels(GIPHs) were developed. The rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMMSCs) were employed, and the cell vitality and...
supported by grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 30500511);the National High-tech Research Program (No. 2006AA320 605)
This study examined the effect of IKVAV peptide nanofiber on proliferation, adhesion and differentiation into neurocytes of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). IKVAV Peptide-amphiphile was synthesized and purified. T...
Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) were incubated with self-assembled hydrogel from IKVAV-containing peptide amphiphile (IKVAV-PA) for one week. The cytocompatibility of hydrogel was evaluated. NSCs were seeded in three-dim...