Material control of stem cell differentiation: Challenges in nano-characterization

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-50

  Dingal, PC Dave P ^a   Discher, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL BEHAVIORS; COVALENT BONDING; IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; MATERIAL CONTROL; NANO-CHARACTERIZATION; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR FACTORS; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

ELASTICITY;

STEM CELLS;

POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELASTICITY; HYDROGEL; NANOSTRUCTURES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POROSITY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84888321129     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.11.003     Document Type: Review

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