Interplay of matrix stiffness and protein tethering in stem cell differentiation

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 979-987

  Wen, Jessica H ^a   Vincent, Ludovic G ^a   Fuhrmann, Alexander ^a   Choi, Yu Suk ^a,d   Hribar, Kolin C ^b   Taylor Weiner, Hermes ^a   Chen, Shaochen ^b   Engler, Adam J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; POROSITY; PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; STIFFNESS; SUBSTRATES;

ADIPOGENIC DIFFERENTIATIONS; DEGREE OF COUPLING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSTRATE DEFORMATION; SUBSTRATE POROSITY;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

BAYSILON; BIOMATERIAL; DIMETICONE; HYDROGEL; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ADIPOGENESIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADIPOGENESIS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POROSITY; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84921654422     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4051     Document Type: Article

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