Constructing stem cell microenvironments using bioengineering approaches

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1123-1135

  Brafman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biophysical; Cell cell interactions; Extracellular matrix; High throughput; Microenvironment; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALPONIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; CYTOKINE; ENTACTIN; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN BINDING PROTEIN; LAMININ; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PERLECAN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEOGLYCAN; SILK; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN; VITRONECTIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHEMICAL CUE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DAUGHTER CELL; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FACE MUSCLE; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; STEM CELL NICHE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TISSUE REPAIR; TOPOGRAPHY; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOPHYSICAL; CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MICROENVIRONMENT; STEM CELL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CULTURE MEDIA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEM CELLS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84888814075     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00099.2013     Document Type: Review

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