Harnessing nanotopography and integrin-matrix interactions to influence stem cell fate

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 558-569

  Dalby, Matthew J ^a   Gadegaard, Nikolaj ^b   Oreffo, Richard O C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOTECHNOLOGY; STEM CELLS;

CELL FATES; CELL MORPHOLOGY; FOCAL ADHESIONS; IMPLANT INTERFACES; INTEGRIN RECEPTORS; MATERIALS SCIENTIST; NANO-SCALE SURFACES; NANOTOPOGRAPHIES;

REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS;

INTEGRIN;

CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84901194561     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3980     Document Type: Article

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