Regulation of Fibrochondrogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in an Integrated Microfluidic Platform Embedded with Biomimetic Nanofibrous Scaffolds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhong, Weiliang ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Wang, Shouyu ^a   Qin, Jianhua ^b  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; PDZ PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR WITH PDZ-BINDING MOTIF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YES ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FIBROCARTILAGE; FIBROCHONDROGENESIS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NANOFIBERS; RATS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84876308427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061283     Document Type: Article

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