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Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments
Cellular microenvironments are known as key factors controlling various cell functions, including adhesion, growth, migration, differentiation, and apoptosis. Many materials, including proteins, polymers, and metal hybrid composites, are reportedly effective in regulating cellular microenvironments,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32927729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13184008 |
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author | Kim, Cheol-Hwi Kim, Tae-Hyung |
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description | Cellular microenvironments are known as key factors controlling various cell functions, including adhesion, growth, migration, differentiation, and apoptosis. Many materials, including proteins, polymers, and metal hybrid composites, are reportedly effective in regulating cellular microenvironments, mostly via reshaping and manipulating cell morphologies, which ultimately affect cytoskeletal dynamics and related genetic behaviors. Recently, graphene and its derivatives have emerged as promising materials in biomedical research owing to their biocompatible properties as well as unique physicochemical characteristics. In this review, we will highlight and discuss recent studies reporting the regulation of the cellular microenvironment, with particular focus on the use of graphene derivatives or graphene hybrid materials to effectively control stem cell differentiation and cancer cell functions and behaviors. We hope that this review will accelerate research on the use of graphene derivatives to regulate various cellular microenvironments, which will ultimately be useful for both cancer therapy and stem cell-based regenerative medicine. |
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spelling | pubmed-75599362020-10-22 Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments Kim, Cheol-Hwi Kim, Tae-Hyung Materials (Basel) Review Cellular microenvironments are known as key factors controlling various cell functions, including adhesion, growth, migration, differentiation, and apoptosis. Many materials, including proteins, polymers, and metal hybrid composites, are reportedly effective in regulating cellular microenvironments, mostly via reshaping and manipulating cell morphologies, which ultimately affect cytoskeletal dynamics and related genetic behaviors. Recently, graphene and its derivatives have emerged as promising materials in biomedical research owing to their biocompatible properties as well as unique physicochemical characteristics. In this review, we will highlight and discuss recent studies reporting the regulation of the cellular microenvironment, with particular focus on the use of graphene derivatives or graphene hybrid materials to effectively control stem cell differentiation and cancer cell functions and behaviors. We hope that this review will accelerate research on the use of graphene derivatives to regulate various cellular microenvironments, which will ultimately be useful for both cancer therapy and stem cell-based regenerative medicine. MDPI 2020-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7559936/ /pubmed/32927729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13184008 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Kim, Cheol-Hwi Kim, Tae-Hyung Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments |
title | Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments |
title_full | Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments |
title_fullStr | Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments |
title_full_unstemmed | Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments |
title_short | Graphene Hybrid Materials for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments |
title_sort | graphene hybrid materials for controlling cellular microenvironments |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32927729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13184008 |
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