Abstract
Due to its extraordinary features such as large surface area, high electrical conductivity, chemical stability and mechanical properties, graphene attracts great interest in various fields of biomedical sciences including biosensors, cancer therapy, diagnosis and regenerative medicine. The use of graphene-based materials has been of great interest for the design of scaffolds that can promote neural tissue regeneration. Recent studies published over the last few years clearly show that graphene and graphene based materials promote adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of various cells including embryonic stem cells (ESC), neural stem cells (NSC), mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Therefore graphene based materials are one of the promising nanoplatforms in regenerative medicine for neural tissue injury. With its unique topographic and chemical properties, graphene is used as a scaffold that could provide a bridge between regenerating nerves. More importantly, as a conductive substrate, graphene allows the continuation of electrical conduction between damaged nerve ends. The integration of supportive cells such as glial, neural precursor or stem cells in such a scaffold shows higher regeneration when compared to currently used neural autografts and nerve conduits. This review discusses the details of such studies involving graphene based materials with a special interest on neural stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells or pluripotent stem cells.
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Abbreviations
- 2D:
-
Two dimentional
- 3D:
-
Three dimentional
- 1 step-G:
-
One-step growth
- 2 step-G:
-
Two-step growth
- BDNF:
-
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
- b-FGF:
-
Basic fibroblast growth factor
- CNS:
-
Central nervous system
- Cu:
-
Copper
- ECM:
-
Extracellular matrix
- EGF:
-
Epidermal growth factor
- ELF-EMF:
-
Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields
- ESCs:
-
Embryonic stem cells
- FGF-2:
-
Fibroblast growth factor 2
- G:
-
Graphene
- GO:
-
Graphene oxide
- hADMSCs:
-
Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells
- hMSCs:
-
Human mesenchymal stem cells
- hNPCs:
-
Human neural progenitor cells
- hNSCs:
-
Human neural stem cells
- IFNγ:
-
Interferon-γ
- iPSCs:
-
Induced pluripotent stem cells
- LIF:
-
Leukemia inhibitory factor
- LPS:
-
Lipopolysaccharide
- MSCs:
-
Mesenchymal stem cells
- NGLC:
-
Nanocrystalline glass-like carbon film
- NGF:
-
Nerve growth factor
- NGO:
-
Nanosized graphene oxide
- NPCs:
-
Neural progenitor cells
- NSCs:
-
Neural stem cells
- PADM:
-
Porcine acellular dermal matrix
- PCL:
-
Polycaprolactone
- PDGF:
-
Platelet-derived growth factor
- PDMS:
-
Polydimethylsiloxane
- PEDOT:
-
Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)
- PEG:
-
Poly (ethylene glycol)
- PN:
-
Peripheral nerve
- PNI:
-
Peripheral nerve injury
- PNS:
-
Peripheral nervous system
- PU:
-
Polyurethane
- rGO:
-
Reduced graphene oxide
- SCI:
-
Spinal cord injury
- SCs:
-
Schwann cells
- SDIA:
-
Stromal cell-derived inducing activity
- siNPs:
-
Silica nanoparticles
- TBI:
-
Traumatic brain injury
- TCPS:
-
Tissue culture polystyrene
- TiO2 :
-
Titanium dioxide
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AY, HT and CG acknowledge support by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and FlagEra Graphene Project G-IMMUNOMICS (TUBITAK, grant number 315S202).
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Aydin, T., Gurcan, C., Taheri, H., Yilmazer, A. (2018). Graphene Based Materials in Neural Tissue Regeneration. In: Turksen, K. (eds) Cell Biology and Translational Medicine, Volume 3. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 1107. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2018_221
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