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. 2023 Dec 31;25(12):813–821. doi: 10.22074/CELLJ.2023.2007711.1375

Table 1.

The effect of biomaterials on hDPSC neural differentiation


Reference Authors Year of publication Cell source Type of study Biomaterial Impact on differentiation Differentiation review technique Neuronal expression marker check Resultant neuron type
Scaffold Growth factors/ cultures

(14) Pineda et al. 2022 hDPSC In vitro Nanopatternedpoly(lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLCL) scaffolds Plastic-adherent monolayer cultures, floating dentosphere cultures Indirect ICCFlow Cytometry Neural stem cell marker Nestin, glial markers GFAP, and S100ß, and neuronal markers [NeuN anddoublecortin (DCX)] Not mentioned
(3) Gao et al. 2022 hDPSC In vitro TPS-PN plates (poly-N-isopropylacrylamide-co-butyl acrylate coated TPS plates) rVT, LN, PLO, PBS, PS, DPBS, Trypsin-EDTA, α-MEM, FBS, neurobasal-A, bFGF, EGF, B27, PN Indirect Flow cytometry,immunostaining βIII-tubulin,nestin Not mentioned
(18) Drewry et al. 2022 Excluded (due to not being accessible) --------- ------------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------
(7) Zheng et al. 2021 hDPSC In vitro Chitosan porous scaffolds Low glucose DMEM, FBS, penicillin, streptomycin Indirect Western blot,IF staining,RT-PCR GFAP, S100β, β-tubulin III Not mentioned
(16) Luo et al. 2021 hDPSC In vitro/ in vivo Sprague-Dawley male rats GelMA-bFGF hydrogels Indirect Immunohistochemical analysis, Western blot GFAP, β-tubulin III Not mentioned
(19) Farhang et al. 2021 hDPSC In vitro 3D hanging drop technique Neurobasal media and 10% foetalcalf serum containing 20 ng/ml EGF, 40 ng/ml human bFGF (hbFGF), SHH protein Indirect ICC β-tubulin III andNeuN Not mentioned
(8) Laudani et al. 2020 hDPSC In vitro Decellularized ECM scaffold FBS, penicillin,streptomycin, and fungizone, trypsin/EDTA, a-MEM, ascorbic acid Indirect Cytofluorimetric, IF, SEM, RT-PCR MAP2, β-III tubulin, neurofilament-heavy (NF-H), VIM, NF-L, PAX6 Not mentioned
(17) Hsiao et al. 2020 hDPSC In vitro 3DP-PLAS ---------------------- Indirect IF staining GFAP, nestin,neurofilament-M (NF-M), β-III tubulin, MAP2 Neural precursor cells,neurogenic structures, astrocyte-like cells
(20) Rafiee et al. 2020 hDPSC In vitro Neurosphere technique 20 ng/ml EGF, 20 ng/ml bFGF, and 10 mg/ml heparin/ high-glucose DMEM with 10% FBS Indirect Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), Western blot, and IF, Immunostaining, Western blot MAP2, and neurogenin 1 (Ngn1) Neural progenitor cells
(21) Goudarzi et al. 2020 hDPSC In vitro Neurosphere technique 5% E-CSF Indirect ICC, RT-PCR Nestin, MAP2, Oct4, Sox2, NF-M Not mentioned
(2) Kang et al. 2019 hDPSC In vitro ------------------- Protocol 1: BME and nerve growthfactor (NGF)Protocol 2: D609Protocol 3: bFGF, SHH, and RA Indirect Flow cytometry, cell cycle analyses, RT-qPCR, ICC, analysis of acetylcholine (Ach) secretion in culturemedia ChAT, HB9, ISL1, BETA-3, MAP2 Cholinergic neuronal-like cells
(5) Pisciotta et al. 2018 hDPSC In vitro 3D floating sphereculture system EGF, bFGF, DMEM/F12 culture medium,L-glutamine penicillin,streptomycin, B27 Indirect IF analysis, Western blot, pseudocolour analysis Nestin,CD271, SOX-10, β-III tubulin, MAP2 Neural progenitor cells, neural crest stemcells
(6) Bojnordi et al. 2018 hDPSC In vitro Neurosphere technique bFGF, EGF, B27, N2, poly-L-lysine-coated coverslips Indirect Flow cytometry, IF staining Nestin, NF68,MAP2, β-tubulin Neuroprogenitor cells, mature neural cells
(12) Ghasemi Hamidabadi et al. 2017 hDPSC In vitro Chitosan-intercalated montmorillonite/PVAnanofibers Serum-free DMEM/F12 with 2% B27 supplemented with 20 ng/mL bFGF and 20 ng/mL EGF Indirect RT-PCR,immunostaining Oct-4, Nestin,NF-M, NF-H, MAP2, β-III tubulin Neuron-like cells
(22) Geng et al. 2017 hDPSC In vitro -------------------- Resveratrol, DMEM/F12, 10 ng/ml bFGF, 500 μM BME and 10%FBS Indirect ICC staining, Western blot, RT-PCR Nestin, Musashi and NF-M Neuroprogenitor cells
(13) Zhang et al. 2016 hDPSC In vitro Chitosan porous scaffolds DMEM,FBS, penicillin,streptomycin Indirect RT-PCR, Western blot, IF assays CNPase, MAP2, GFAP Oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, neural cells
(23) Martens et al. 2014 hDPSC In vitro Collagen hydrogel Cell suspension, MEM,type I rat tail, sodium hydroxide/alpha modification(alpha-MEM) FBS,glutamine,penicillin, streptomycin, BME, trans-RA, forskolin, bFGF, platelet-derivedgrowth factor AA (PDGFaa), heregulin-beta-1(NRG) Indirect ICC, ELISA laminin, p75, GFAP, CD104, nestin Schwann cell-like phenotype
(15) Feng et al. 2014 hDPSC In vitro 3D highly porous CS Neural induction medium (NIM)-DMEM/F-12 medium, B27, N2, BDNF,NGF, bFGF Indirect RT-PCR, Western blot, IF Nestin, CNPase, MAP2, GFAP MAP-2+ neural cells, GFAP+ astrocytes and CNP+ oligodendrocytes

hDPSC; Human dental pulp stem cell, FBS; Foetal bovine serum, DMEM; Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle medium, bFGF; Basic fibroblast growth factor, EGF; Epidermal growth factor, BME; β-mercaptoethanol, SHH; Sonic hedgehog, RA; Trans-retinoic acid, RT-PCR; Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, IF; Immunofluorescence, ICC; Immunocytochemistry, GFAP; Glial fibrillary acidic protein, MAP2; Microtubule-associated protein 2, CS; Chitosan scaffold, PVA; Poly (vinyl alcohol), and D609; Tricyclodecane-9-yl-xanthogenate.