Phage-Based Artificial Niche: The Recent Progress and Future Opportunities in Stem Cell Therapy

Figure 1

Generic components of the stem cell niche. The stem cell niche is the special microenvironments that consist of many factors such as cellular and secreted factors, ECM proteins, physical parameters, metabolic signals, and immunological factors. All the parameters function in a coordinated way to attain a specific goal. ROS: reactive oxygen species; ECM: extracellular matrix (adapted and modified from [3]).