A. Immune cells

1. Lee J., et al., Inverted colloidal crystal as three-dimensional microenvironment for cellular co-cultures. Journal of Materials Chemistry (Impact factor: 6.626), 2006, 16: p.3558-3564.
2. Stachowiak A. N. and Irvine D. J., Inverse opal hydrogel-collagen composite scaffolds as a supportive microenvironment for immune cell migration. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (Impact factor: 3.263), 2008, 85(3): p. 815-828.

B. Cell migration

1. Peyton S. R., et al., Marrow-derived stem cell motility in 3D synthetic scaffold is governed by geometry along with adhesivity and stiffness. Biotechnol Bioeng (Impact factor: 4.243), 2011, 108(5): p. 1181-1193.
2. Sliva J. D., et. al., 3D inverted colloidal crystals in realistic cell migration assays for drug screening applications. Integrative Biology (impact factor: 3.371), 2011, 3: p. 1202-1206. 

C. Formation of cell bodies

1. Lee J., et al., Engineering liver tissue spheroids with inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds. Biomaterials (Impact factor: 8.387), 2009, 30(27): p. 4687-4694.
2. Lee J., et al., In vitro toxicity testing of nanoparticles in 3D cell culture. Small (Impact factor: 8.315), 2009, 5(10): p. 1213-1221.
3. Zhang Y. and Xia Y., Formation of Embryoid Bodies with Controlled Sizes and Maintained Pluripotency in Three-Dimensional Inverse Opal Scaffolds. Advanced Functional Materials (Impact factor: 11.382), 2012, 22(1): p. 121-129.

D. Neovascularization

1. Madden L. R., et al., Proangiogenic scaffolds as functional templates for cardiac tissue engineering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Impact factor: 9.432), 2010, 107(34): p. 15211-15216

E. Bone

1. Osathanon T., et al., Microporous nanofibrous fibrin-based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials (Impact factor: 8.387), 2008, 29(30): p. 4091-4099.
2. Cuddihy M. J. and Kotov N. A., Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) bone scaffolds with inverted colloidal crystal geometry. Tissue Engineering Part A (Impact factor: 3.893), 2008, 14(10): p. 1639-1649.
3. Osathanon T., et al., Immobilization of alkaline phosphatase on microporous nanofibrous fibrin scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials (Impact factor: 8.387), 2009, 30(27): p. 4513-4521.
4. Choi S. W., et al., In Vitro Mineralization by Preosteoblasts in Poly(dl-lactide-co-glycolide) Inverse Opal Scaffolds Reinforced with Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles. Lanqmuir (Impact factor: 3.993*), 2010, 26(14): p. 12126-12131.

F. Cartilage

1. Kuo Y. C. and Tsai Y. T., Inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds for uniform cartilage regeneration. Biomacromolecules (Impact factor: 5.583), 2010. 11(3): p. 731-739.
2. Kuo Y. C. and Tsai Y. T., Heparin-conjugated scaffolds with pore structure of inverted colloidal crystals for cartilage regeneration. Collold surface B (Impact factor: 3.902), 2011, 82(2): p.616-623.