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Enhanced differentiation potential of primary human endometrial cells cultured on 3D scaffolds
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Eissa, Ahmed M., Barros, Flavio, Vrljicak, Pavle, Brosens, Jan J. and Cameron, Neil R. (2018) Enhanced differentiation potential of primary human endometrial cells cultured on 3D scaffolds. Biomacromolecules, 19 (8). pp. 3343-3350. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00635
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00635
Abstract
Novel approaches for culturing primary human cells in vitro are increasingly needed to study cell and tissue physiology and to grow replacement tissue for regenerative medicine. Conventional 2D monolayer cultures of endometrial epithelial and stromal cells fail to replicate the complex 3D architecture of tissue. A fully synthetic scaffold that mimics the microenvironment of the human endometrium can ultimately provide a robust platform for investigating tissue physiology and, hence, take significant steps toward tackling female infertility and IVF failure. In this work, emulsion-templated porous polymers (known as polyHIPEs) were investigated as scaffolds for the culture of primary human endometrial epithelial and stromal cells (HEECs and HESCs). Infiltration of HEECs and HESCs into cell-seeded polyHIPE scaffolds was assessed by histological studies, and phenotype was confirmed by immunostaining. Confocal microscopy revealed that the morphology of HEECs and HESCs is representative of that found in vivo. RNA sequencing was used to investigate transcriptome differences between cells grown on polyHIPE scaffolds and in monolayer cultures. The differentiation status of HEECs and HESCs grown in polyHIPE scaffolds and in monolayer cultures was further evaluated by monitoring the expression of endometrial marker genes. Our observations suggest that a 3D cell culture model that could approximate native human endometrial architecture and function can be developed using tailored polyHIPE scaffolds.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Chemistry Faculty of Science > Engineering Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Biomacromolecules | ||||||||
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1525-7797 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 13 August 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3343-3350 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00635 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | “This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Biomacromolecules copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00635 see http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/articlesonrequest/index.html” | ||||||||
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