Controlled electromechanical cell stimulation on-a-chip

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pavesi, Andrea ^a   Adriani, Giulia ^a   Rasponi, Marco ^b   Zervantonakis, Ioannis K ^c   Fiore, Gianfranco B ^b   Kamm, Roger D ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84944209336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11800     Document Type: Article

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