Control of adipogenesis by ezrin, radixin and moesin-dependent biomechanics remodeling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 521-526

  Titushkin, Igor ^a   Sun, Shan ^a   Paul, Amit ^a   Cho, Michael ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; AFM; ERM proteins; SiRNA; Stem cell biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOGENIC; AFM; CELL STIFFNESS; CELL-BASED; ERM PROTEINS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; LINKER PROTEINS; SIRNA; SOFT TISSUE; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS FIBERS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; RNA; STEM CELLS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

PROTEINS;

ACTIN; EZRIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STIFFNESS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRESS FIBER; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADIPOGENESIS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872610343     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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