Differential regulation of morphology and stemness of mouse embryonic stem cells by substrate stiffness and topography

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3945-3955

  Lü, Dongyuan ^a   Luo, Chunhua ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Li, Zhan ^a   Long, Mian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Morphology; Stem cell; Stemness; Stiffness; Topography

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; POLYACRYLAMIDE HYDROGELS; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; STEMNESS;

CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; MORPHOLOGY; STEM CELLS; STIFFNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SUBSTRATES;

POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYSTYRENE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDER CELL; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STEM CELL; STUDENT T TEST; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3;

EID: 84896721434     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.01.066     Document Type: Article

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