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To address this challenge, this study utilizes recombinant N-cadherin molecules to examine biomolecular effects on cellular adhesion, angiogenic factor secretion, and neural network formation. First, cell-cell adhesion was reproduced by tethering the recombinant N-Cadherin to hydrogel surfaces (Chapter 2). Second, soluble N-Cadherin was introduced into clusters of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) to examine their effects on cellular secretion of vascular endothelial growth factors and subsequent vascular network formation (Chapter 3). The soluble N-Cadherin was also used to modulate neural differentiation of BMSC clusters (Chapter 4). Finally, N-cadherin was biologically coupled to a microchanneled hydrogel to examine its effects on 3D neural differentiation of BMSCs and subsequent 3D neural network formation (Chapter 5). 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First, cell-cell adhesion was reproduced by tethering the recombinant N-Cadherin to hydrogel surfaces (Chapter 2). Second, soluble N-Cadherin was introduced into clusters of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) to examine their effects on cellular secretion of vascular endothelial growth factors and subsequent vascular network formation (Chapter 3). The soluble N-Cadherin was also used to modulate neural differentiation of BMSC clusters (Chapter 4). Finally, N-cadherin was biologically coupled to a microchanneled hydrogel to examine its effects on 3D neural differentiation of BMSCs and subsequent 3D neural network formation (Chapter 5). 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