3D Electrospun scaffolds promote a cytotrophic phenotype of cultured primary astrocytes

Chew L Lau; Michelle Kovacevic; Tine S Tingleff; John S Forsythe; Holly S Cate; Daniel Merlo; Cecilia Cederfur; Francesca L Maclean; Clare L Parish; Malcolm K Horne; David R Nisbet; Philip M Beart

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3D Electrospun scaffolds promote a cytotrophic phenotype of cultured primary astrocytes

Chew L Lau, Michelle Kovacevic, Tine S Tingleff, John S Forsythe, Holly S Cate, Daniel Merlo, Cecilia Cederfur, Francesca L Maclean, Clare L Parish, Malcolm K Horne, David R Nisbet, Philip M Beart

JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12702

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Linda Lau Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Clare Parish Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Philip Beart Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Malcolm Horne Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Holly Cate Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

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The authors would like to thank Ms Alexandra Rodriguez and Kiara Bruggeman for critical reading of the manuscript. This research was supported by funding from an NHMRC project grant (APP1020332). DRN was supported by an Australian Research Council Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship and subsequently by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1050684). MKH and PMB were supported NHMRC Research Fellowships, APP1020401 and APP1019833, respectively. CLP is a Senior Medical Research Fellow supported by the Viertel Charitable Foundation, Australia. Access to the facilities of the Centre for Advanced Microscopy (CAM) with funding through the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) is gratefully acknowledged.