Presentation counts: Microenvironmental regulation of stem cells by biophysical and material cues

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2010, Pages 533-556

  Keung, Albert J ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^b   Schaffer, David V ^a,b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomaterial; biophysics; mechanotransduction; microenvironment; niche

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRESS; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; YOUNG MODULUS; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 78049383613     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100109-104042     Document Type: Review

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