Material Cues as Potent Regulators of Epigenetics and Stem Cell Function

作者：Crowder Spencer W; Leonardo Vincent; Whittaker Thomas; Papathanasiou Peter; Stevens Molly M

来源：Cell Stem Cell, 2016, 18(1): 39-52.

DOI：10.1016/j.stem.2015.12.012

Biophysical signals act as potent regulators of stem cell function, lineage commitment, and epigenetic status. In recent years, synthetic biomaterials have been used to study a wide range of outside-in signaling events, and it is now well appreciated that material cues modulate the epigenome. Here, we review the role of extracellular signals in guiding stem cell behavior via epigenetic regulation, and we stress the role of physicochemical material properties as an often-overlooked modulator of intracellular signaling. We also highlight promising new research tools for ongoing interrogation of the stem cell-material interface.

• 出版日期2016-1-7