Journal: Biomaterials Science
Article Title: Tuning hydrogel properties and Schwann cell behavior through microchannel size control in magnetically templated hydrogels
doi: 10.1039/d5bm01573a
Figure Lengend Snippet: Rat Schwann cell migration into hydrogels with magnetically templated channels is influenced by channel diameter. Migrating rat Schwann cells seeded in hydrogels templated with non-aligned (A, D) 32 µm diameter MAMs, (B, E) 62 µm diameter MAMs, and (C, F) 90 µm MAMs and imaged at (A–C) day 1 and (D–F) day 3 after seeding. Migrating rat Schwann cells seeded in hydrogels templated with aligned (G, L) 32 µm diameter MAMs, (H, K) 62 µm diameter MAMs, and (I, L) 90 µm diameter MAMs and imaged at (G–I) day 1 and (J–L) day 3 after seeding. Cellular distributions in templated hydrogels at day 1 and day 3 for hydrogel templated with (M) 32, (N) 62, and (O) 90 µm MAMs. Cell count data are plotted as the minimum observation, lower 25% quartile (Q1), median, mean, upper 75% quartile (Q3), and maximum observation ( n = 3 per group). All ticks represent 100 µm intervals.
Article Snippet: For in vitro culture, hydrogels underwent a sterile 1× PBS equilibration for 1 d, followed by equilibration in complete Schwann cell media for 1 d (10% fetal bovine serum, 1% penicillin–streptomycin–amphotericin B [MP Biomedicals, 091674049], 20 μg mL −1 bovine pituitary extract, 4 μM forskolin, and 10 ng mL −1 fibroblast growth factor in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's medium).
Techniques: Migration, Cell Characterization