Huang Mia L, Smith Raymond A A, Trieger Greg W, Godula Kamil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, 0358, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0358, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1367:207-24. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3130-9_17.
The cellular glycocalyx controls many of the crucial signaling pathways involved in cellular development. Synthetic materials that can mimic the multivalency and three-dimensional architecture of native glycans serve as important tools for deciphering and exploiting the roles of these glycans. Here we describe a chemical approach for the engineering of growth-factor interactions at the surfaces of stem cells using synthetic glycomimetic materials, with an eye towards promoting their commitment towards specific cell lineages with therapeutic potential.
细胞糖萼控制着许多参与细胞发育的关键信号通路。能够模拟天然聚糖的多价性和三维结构的合成材料,是解读和利用这些聚糖作用的重要工具。在此,我们描述了一种化学方法,利用合成糖模拟物材料在干细胞表面构建生长因子相互作用,旨在促进干细胞定向分化为具有治疗潜力的特定细胞谱系。