Engineering microenvironments to regulate osteocyte 3D networks in vitro

工程微环境在体外调节骨细胞 3D 网络

• 批准号: DE240100128
• 负责人: Dr Nathalie Bock
• 金额: $ 31.16万
• 依托单位: Queensland University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE240100128
• 关键词: Engineering; microenvironments; regulate; osteocyte; 3D

Most knowledge of bone is based on only a fraction of cells found in bone because the majority of cells in our bones (called osteocyte cell networks) cannot easily be grown or studied outside the body. This results in the inability to understand how the bone organ functions. Using bioinspired engineering, this project will use advanced biomaterials to biofabricate, for the first time, osteocyte cell networks in vitro. By unravelling how they are formed and controlled by manipulating their microenvironment, we will discover how different types of bones are formed. The benefits will be a valuable tool for the bone research community, allowing unresolved questions to be addressed in the future, such as how bone forms, repairs, and remodels.

大多数关于骨骼的知识都是基于骨骼中发现的一小部分细胞，因为我们骨骼中的大多数细胞（称为骨细胞网络）在体外不易生长或研究。这导致无法理解骨器官的功能。利用生物启发工程，该项目将首次使用先进的生物材料在体外生物制造骨细胞网络。通过揭示它们是如何形成的，并通过操纵它们的微环境来控制它们，我们将发现不同类型的骨骼是如何形成的。这些好处将是骨骼研究界的一个有价值的工具，允许在未来解决未解决的问题，例如骨骼如何形成，修复和重塑。