Crosstalk between macrophages and mesenchymal stem cells shape patterns of osteogenesis and immunomodulation in mineralized collagen scaffolds

The authors would like to acknowledge the following institutes for access to their facilities and services: the School of Chemical Sciences Microanalysis Laboratory, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Dr. Hui Xu, and the Tumor Engineering and Phenotyping Shared Resource (TEP) at the Cancer Center at Illinois, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, all located at the University of Illinois. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R21 DE026582 and R01 DE030491 (BACH) , as well as the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases under Award Number R01 AR077858 (BACH) . We are also grateful for funds provided by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE-174604 to VK; DGE-1144245 to AST) and the Chemistry-Biology Interface Research Training Program at the University of Illinois (T32 GM070421, VK) . Additional support was provided by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dept. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The interpretations and conclusions presented are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation.