Mesenchymal morphogenesis of embryonic stem cells dynamically modulates the biophysical microtissue niche

Quantifying cell-generated mechanical forces within living embryonic tissues

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Nuclear Lamin-A Scales with Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation

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Adhesion in the stem cell niche: biological roles and regulation

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Systematic analysis of embryonic stem cell differentiation in hydrodynamic environments with controlled embryoid body size

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Patient specific proteolytic activity of monocyte-derived macrophages and osteoclasts predicted with temporal kinase activation states during differentiation

(2012) Keon-Young Park et al.   Integrative Biology

Stiffening of human mesenchymal stem cell spheroid microenvironments induced by incorporation of gelatin microparticles

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Gene Expression Signatures of Extracellular Matrix and Growth Factors during Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

(2012) Rekha Nair et al.   PLoS One

Cellular mechanical properties reflect the differentiation potential of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

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Forces Driving Epithelial Spreading in Zebrafish Gastrulation

(2012) M. Behrndt et al.   SCIENCE

Punctuated actin contractions during convergent extension and their permissive regulation by the non-canonical Wnt-signaling pathway

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A bioinformatic assay for pluripotency in human cells

(2011) Franz-Josef Müller et al.   NATURE METHODS

A High-Resolution Anatomical Atlas of the Transcriptome in the Mouse Embryo

(2011) Graciana Diez-Roux et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Mechanical control of tissue and organ development

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Surprisingly Simple Mechanical Behavior of a Complex Embryonic Tissue

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Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Development and Disease

(2009) Jean Paul Thiery et al.   CELL

Actomyosin stiffens the vertebrate embryo during crucial stages of elongation and neural tube closure

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Mechanical Characterization of Differentiated Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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Human embryonic stem cell technologies and drug discovery

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Synthesis and Organization of Hyaluronan and Versican by Embryonic Stem Cells Undergoing Embryoid Body Differentiation

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A role for Rho GTPases and cell–cell adhesion in single-cell motility in vivo

(2009) Elena Kardash et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cytoskeleton-based forecasting of stem cell lineage fates

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Stem cell paracrine actions and tissue regeneration

(2009) Priya R Baraniak et al.   Regenerative Medicine

Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

(2009) D. E. Discher et al.   SCIENCE

Embryoid body morphology influences diffusive transport of inductive biochemicals: A strategy for stem cell differentiation

(2008) Eleftherios Sachlos et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Substrate Modulus Directs Neural Stem Cell Behavior

(2008) Krishanu Saha et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Clinically Relevant Populations: Lessons from Embryonic Development

(2008) Charles E. Murry et al.   CELL

Stem Cells and Niches: Mechanisms That Promote Stem Cell Maintenance throughout Life

(2008) Sean J. Morrison et al.   CELL

Analysis of the temporal and concentration-dependent effects of BMP-4, VEGF, and TPO on development of embryonic stem cell–derived mesoderm and blood progenitors in a defined, serum-free media

(2008) Kelly A. Purpura et al.   EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY

Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

(2008) M. Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction in development: a growing role for contractility

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