Mechanobiology of mesenchymal stem cells and their use in cardiovascular repair

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 5098-5116

  Park, Jennifer S ^a,b   Huang, Ngan F ^a,b   Kurpinski, Kyle T ^a,b   Patel, Shyam ^a,b   Hsu, Steve ^a,b   Li, Song ^a,b  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Cardiac repair; Cardiovascular therapy; Endothelial cell; Flow; Mechanical strain; Mechanobiology; Mesenchymal stem cell; Myocardial infarction; Rigidity; Shear stress; Smooth muscle cell; Stiffness; Stretch; Tissue engineered vascular graft

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; REGENERATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547687519     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2551     Document Type: Review

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