Laser patterning for the study of MSC cardiogenic differentiation at the single-cell level

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Ma, Zhen ^a,b   Liu, Qiuying ^c   Yang, Huaxiao ^a   Runyan, Raymond B ^d   Eisenberg, Carol A ^e   Xu, Meifeng ^f   Borg, Thomas K ^g   Markwald, Roger ^g   Wang, Yifei ^c   Gao, Bruce Z ^a  

^a South   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic differentiation; Mesenchymal stem cells; Microenvironment; Optical force; Single cell analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890211914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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