Construction of nerve cell body on a 3-dimensional culture device

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This study aims to develop a device for the construction of three dimensional cell assemblies of nerve-like cells. The device for cell patterning has enabled to generate cell assemblies with a controlled size in large numbers and to simultaneously evaluate their functions under various culture conditions. The size of the tissues was controlled for primary cells, tissue-derived stem cells, and induced plulipotent stem(iPS) cells. The cell assemblies on the device had their drug response, and protein level analysis revealed their some functions. The 2D culture of nerve-like cells also showed that a neural-like network was generated on the device and cyclic response to electric nerve stimulation was changed.