Scaffold Seeding
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MSC Seeded Scaffold Preparation: A Technique to Prepare Scaffold Seeded with Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Surgical Implantation into Murine Model
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2025
This video describes the technique of seeding mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) onto a biodegradable poly(lactic acid) (PLA) scaffold. The prepared scaffolds can be implanted into the surgical resection cavity of the brain from where they may migrate towards tumor foci. Further, these cells can be engineered to express therapeutic proteins to stimulate apoptosis in cancer cells.
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Stepwise Cell Seeding on Tessellated Scaffolds to Study Sprouting Blood Vessels
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2021
Engineered tissues heavily rely on proper vascular networks to provide vital nutrients and gases and remove metabolic waste. In this work, a stepwise seeding protocol of endothelial cells and support cells creates highly organized vascular networks in a high-throughput platform for studying developing vessel behavior in a controlled 3D environment.
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Fluorescence-guided Tumor Resection and MSC-seeded Scaffold Implantation in Murine Model: A Surgical Procedure to Deliver Therapeutic Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Brain Tumor Resection Cavity in Mouse Model
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2025
This video presents the surgical procedure for image-guided tumor resection and implantation of a bio-scaffold seeded with genetically engineered mesenchymal stem cells or MSCs expressing tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand or TRAIL. These therapeutic MSCs have the potential in treatment of brain tumors.
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Elastomeric PGS Scaffolds in Arterial Tissue Engineering
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2011
Elastomeric PGS scaffolds with vascular smooth muscle cells cultured in a pulsatile flow bioreactor may lead to promising small-diameter arterial constructs with native ECM production in a relatively short culture period.
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Electrospun Nanofiber Scaffolds with Gradations in Fiber Organization
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2015
Here, we present a protocol to fabricate electrospun nanofiber scaffolds with gradated organization of fibers and explore their applications in regulating cell morphology/orientation. Gradients with regard to physical and chemical properties of the nanofiber scaffolds offer a wide variety of applications in the biomedical field.
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After application of a defined cell suspension, cells first associate with the scaffold’s accessible surfaces or pores. Attachment provides the basis for progressive distribution through the three-dimensional structure, while suitable culture conditions support continued growth. The scaffold therefore functions not merely as a container, but as an organized spatial environment in which cell location and local interactions can be studied.
The arrangement of scaffold surfaces and pores influences where introduced cells can attach and how they may distribute through the structure. This spatial organization is important because cancer models aim to capture more than cell presence alone: they can examine interactions among tumor or stromal cells within a three-dimensional setting, supporting studies of microenvironment-related behavior.
Seeding tumor cells centers the model on cancer-cell growth, invasion, and treatment response, whereas seeding stromal cells helps represent other cellular participants in the tumor microenvironment. Using either population, or studying their interactions, allows researchers to investigate how cellular composition and spatial organization influence behavior within the scaffold rather than examining isolated cells alone.
A basic workflow begins by preparing a defined cell suspension, applying it onto or into the scaffold, and allowing cells to attach to available surfaces or pores. The construct is then maintained under suitable culture conditions so cells can progressively distribute through the structure. Researchers can subsequently study growth, invasion, treatment response, or interactions within the model.
Post-seeding evaluation should consider whether cells have attached to scaffold surfaces or pores and whether they have progressively distributed through the structure. Researchers may also examine resulting cell interactions and spatial organization, then relate these observations to cancer-related outcomes such as growth, invasion, or treatment response. These measures indicate how effectively the model recreates relevant microenvironmental features.
Scaffold Seeding is useful when researchers need an organized three-dimensional model for investigating cancer growth, invasion, or treatment response. It can also support studies of interactions between tumor and stromal cells and provide a biomaterial-based approach to examining aspects of the tumor microenvironment. These applications connect cell behavior with spatial organization that simpler settings may not represent.