Adipose-derived stem cells loaded photocurable and bioprintable bioinks composed of GelMA, HAMA and PEGDA crosslinker to differentiate into smooth muscle phenotype.

Developing a polymer-based photocrosslinked 3D printable scaffolds comprised of gelatin methacryloyl (G) and hyaluronic acid methacryloyl (H) incorporated with two molecular weights of polyethylene glycol diacrylate (P) of various concentrations that enables rabbit adipose-derived stem cells (rADSCs) to survive, grow, and differentiate into smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Then, the chemical modification and physicochemical properties of the PGH bioinks were evaluated. The cell viability was assessed via MTT, CCK-8 assay and visualized employing Live/Dead assay.

Exosomes Derived from Hypoxia-Cultured Human Adipose Stem Cells Alleviate Articular Chondrocyte Inflammaging and Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Progression.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common age-related degenerative joint disease. Inflammaging, linking inflammation and aging, is found in senescent cells with the secretions of matrix-degrading proteins and proinflammatory cytokines. The senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) plays a very important role in OA progression.

Enhancement of Osteoblast Function through Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells.

Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are a type of mesenchymal stem cell that is investigated in bone tissue engineering (BTE). Osteoblasts are the main cells responsible for bone formation in vivo and directing ADSCs to form osteoblasts through osteogenesis is a research topic in BTE. In addition to the osteogenesis of ADSCs into osteoblasts, the crosstalk of ADSCs with osteoblasts through the secretion of extracellular vesicles (EVs) may also contribute to bone formation in ADSC-based BTE.

Simvastatin Enhances the Chondrogenesis But Not the Osteogenesis of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in a Hyaluronan Microenvironment.

Directing adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) toward chondrogenesis is critical for ADSC-based articular cartilage regeneration. Simvastatin (SIM) was reported to promote both chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of ADSCs by upregulating bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2). We previously found that ADSC chondrogenesis is initiated and promoted in a hyaluronan (HA) microenvironment (HAM).

Hyaluronan microenvironment enhances cartilage regeneration of human adipose-derived stem cells in a chondral defect model.

Hyaluronan (HA) is an important extracellular matrix component in the early stage of chondrogenesis. This study aimed to investigate the application of an HA microenvironment for human adipose-derived stem cells (hADSCs)-based articular cartilage regeneration. HA-enriched fibrin (HA/Fibrin) hydrogels were synthesized and characterized for use as HA microenvironments.

The stiffness of a crosslinked hyaluronan hydrogel affects its chondro-induction activity on hADSCs.

Matrix stiffness plays an important role in stem cell differentiation. This study reports the synthesis of methacrylated hyaluronan (MeHA) with different degrees of methacrylation, ranging from 15 to 140% per disaccharide unit, which corresponds to a matrix stiffness ranging from 1.5 to 8 KPa.

Material and energy balances of an integrated biological hydrogen production and purification system and their implications for its potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The materials and energy in an integrated biological hydrogen production and purification system involving hydrolysis, dark fermentation, photo fermentation, CO2 fixation and anaerobic digestion are balanced by integrating the results from multiple experiments, simulations and the literature. The findings are two fold. First, using 1000 kg rice straw as a substrate, 19.