A new perspective for stem-cell mechanobiology: Biomechanical control of stem-cell behavior and fate

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 393-433

  Titushkin, Igor A ^a   Shin, Jennifer ^b   Cho, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cellular mechanics; Electric field; Mechanical stimulation; Mechanobiology; Membrane tether; Mesenchymal stem cell

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CELLULAR MECHANICS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE TETHERS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL;

STEM CELLS;

EZRIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CYTOMETRY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBEDDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFILAMENT; MICROPIPETTE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 78650472267     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v38.i5.10     Document Type: Article

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