Chapter 7 Mechanobiology of Adult and Stem Cells

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue C, 2008, Pages 301-346

  Wang, James H C ^a   Thampatty, Bhavani P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; ECM; Endothelial cells; Fibroblasts; Mechanotransduction; Smooth muscle cells; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEDIATOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; TENSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 57149118835     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1937-6448(08)01207-0     Document Type: Review

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