Simulated microgravity alters multipotential differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells in association with reduced telomerase activity

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 7-10, 2008, Pages 968-973

  Sun, Lianwen ^a   Gan, Bo ^a   Fan, Yubo ^a   Xie, Tian ^a   Hu, Qinghua ^a   Zhuang, Fengyuan ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adipogenic differentiation; Bone loss; Microgravity; Osteogenic differentiation; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FLOWCHARTING; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PAINTING; SPACE FLIGHT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADIPOCYTES; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (ALPASE); BONE FORMATION; BONE LOSS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN (BMP); LIFE SPANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (MSCS); MRNA LEVELS; OSTEOBLASTIC DIFFERENTIATION; OSTEOCALCIN (OC); OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION; OSTEOPROGENITORS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATORS (PP); RECEPTOR (IR); SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE ACTIVITY;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 48549087906     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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