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SUBMITTER: Waddell SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124183 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Waddell Shona J SJ de Andrés María C MC Tsimbouri Penelope M PM Alakpa Enateri V EV Cusack Maggie M Dalby Matthew J MJ Oreffo Richard Oc RO
Journal of tissue engineering 20180101
The regenerative potential of skeletal stem cells provides an attractive prospect to generate bone tissue needed for musculoskeletal reparation. A central issue remains efficacious, controlled cell differentiation strategies to aid progression of cell therapies to the clinic. The nacre surface from <i>Pinctada maxima</i> shells is known to enhance bone formation. However, to date, there is a paucity of information on the role of the topography of <i>P. maxima</i> surfaces, nacre and prism. To in ...[more]