Biomechanical strain induces elastin and collagen production in human pluripotent stem cell-derived vascular smooth muscle cells

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Biomechanical regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell functions: from in vitro to in vivo understanding

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Low Incidence of DNA Sequence Variation in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated by Nonintegrating Plasmid Expression

(2012) Linzhao Cheng et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Functional characterization of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells under cyclic mechanical strain in a degradable polyurethane scaffold

(2011) Soroor Sharifpoor et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Efficient human iPS cell derivation by a non-integrating plasmid from blood cells with unique epigenetic and gene expression signatures

(2011) Bin-Kuan Chou et al.   CELL RESEARCH

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(2011) Mark W. Majesky et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

The Effects of Hemodynamic Force on Embryonic Development

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Measurement of meningeal blood vessel diameter in vivo with a plug-in for ImageJ

(2010) Michael J.M. Fischer et al.   MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH

Smooth-Muscle-Like Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Support and Augment Cord-Like Structures In Vitro

(2010) Elaine Vo et al.   Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

The Extracellular Matrix of Blood Vessels

(2009) Johannes Eble et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Time-dependent Changes in Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness and Focal Adhesion Area in Response to Cyclic Equibiaxial Stretch

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Coronary, Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Disease: a Complex Relationship

(2008) Amber M. Shah et al.   HERZ

Cyclic strain induces mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation into vascular smooth muscle cells by activating PDGF receptor β

(2008) Nobutaka Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

A New Method for Measuring Deformation of Folding Surfaces During Morphogenesis

(2008) Benjamen A. Filas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Biomimetic control of vascular smooth muscle cell morphology and phenotype for functional tissue-engineered small-diameter blood vessels

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