The effect of time-dependent deformation of viscoelastic hydrogels on myogenic induction and Rac1 activity in mesenchymal stem cells

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1857-1868

  Cameron, Andrew R ^a   Frith, Jessica E ^a   Gomez, Guillermo A ^a   Yap, Alpha S ^a   Cooper White, Justin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creep; Hydrogel; Mechanotransduction; Mesenchymal stem cell; Smooth muscle cell; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (HMSCS); MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATION; VISCOELASTIC HYDROGELS;

CELL CULTURE; CREEP; ELASTICITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGELS; STEM CELLS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

SUBSTRATES;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH CREEP HYDROGEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TENSION; UPREGULATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

CREEP; HYDROGEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VISCOELASTICITY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 84890225593     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.11.023     Document Type: Article

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