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Direct Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Selective Neurons on Nanoscale Ridge/Groove Pattern Arrays

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Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are pluripotent cells that have the potential to be used for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Biochemical and biological agents are widely used to induce hESC differentiation. However, it would be better if we could induce the differentiation of hESCs without using such agents because these factors are expensive. It is also difficult to determine optimal concentrations of agents for efficient differentiation. Moreover, the mechanism of differentiation induced by these factors is still not fully understood. Using UV-assisted capillary force lithography, we constructed nanoscale ridge/groove pattern arrays with a dimension and alignment that were finely controlled over a large area. Human embryonic stem cells seeded onto the 350-nm ridge/groove pattern arrays differentiated into neuronal lineage after 5 days, in the absence of differentiation-inducing agents. This nanoscale technique could be used for a new neuronal differentiation protocol of hESCs and may also be useful for nanostructured scaffolding for nerve injury repair. In this chapter, we describe this method in detail. This protocol can be used to create nanoscale ridge/groove pattern arrays for effective and rapid directing of the differentiation of hESCs into a neuronal lineage without the use of any differentiation-inducing agents.

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

    Kye-Seong Kim

  2. Department of Biomedical Science, Hanyang University Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Seoul, South Korea

    Kye-Seong Kim

  3. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

    Hosup Jung & Keesung Kim

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Kim, KS., Jung, H., Kim, K. (2011). Direct Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Selective Neurons on Nanoscale Ridge/Groove Pattern Arrays. In: Ye, K., Jin, S. (eds) Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-267-0_31

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