A review of the effects of the cell environment physicochemical nanoarchitecture on stem cell commitment

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 5278-5293

  Das, Rajat K ^a   Zouani, Omar F ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Parc Scientifique Unitec 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Material modifications; Micro and nano technology; Stem cell niche and nanoenvironment; Super resolution methods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULES; STEM CELLS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL FEATURES; SINGLE-MOLECULE METHODS; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; STEM-CELL NICHES; SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; SUPERRESOLUTION METHODS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84899478439     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.03.044     Document Type: Review

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