A role for matrix stiffness in the regulation of cardiac side population cell function

The combined effects of matrix stiffness and growth factor immobilization on the bioactivity and differentiation capabilities of adipose-derived stem cells

(2014) Jessica M. Banks et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The influence of physiological matrix conditions on permanent culture of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

(2014) Carlos O. Heras-Bautista et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Combination of CD34-positive cell subsets with infarcted myocardium-like matrix stiffness: a potential solution to cell-based cardiac repair

(2014) Shuning Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Extracellular matrix remodeling following myocardial infarction influences the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells

(2014) Kelly Sullivan et al.   Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Mesenchymal stem cells ability to generate traction stress in response to substrate stiffness is modulated by the changing extracellular matrix composition of the heart during development

(2013) Joshua R. Gershlak et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

3D matrix microenvironment for targeted differentiation of embryonic stem cells into neural and glial lineages

(2013) Chandrasekhar R. Kothapalli et al.   BIOMATERIALS

High-efficiency matrix modulus-induced cardiac differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells inside a thermosensitive hydrogel

(2012) Zhenqing Li et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The effects of interactive mechanical and biochemical niche signaling on osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells using combinatorial hydrogels

(2012) Michelle Nii et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

ATP-Binding Cassette G-Subfamily Transporter 2 Regulates Cell Cycle Progression and Asymmetric Division in Mouse Cardiac Side Population Progenitor Cells

(2012) Konstantina-Ioanna Sereti et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Myocardial tissue elastic properties determined by atomic force microscopy after stromal cell–derived factor 1α angiogenic therapy for acute myocardial infarction in a murine model

(2012) William Hiesinger et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

A Bio-inspired Platform to Modulate Myogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Through Focal Adhesion Regulation

(2012) Haiyang Yu et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

The effect of matrix stiffness on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in response to TGF-β

(2011) Jennifer S. Park et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The role of stiffness of gelatin–hydroxyphenylpropionic acid hydrogels formed by enzyme-mediated crosslinking on the differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cell

(2010) Li-Shan Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Matrix stiffness regulation of integrin-mediated mechanotransduction during osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

(2010) Yu-Ru V Shih et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

The effect of matrix stiffness on mesenchymal stem cell differentiation in a 3D thixotropic gel

(2009) Y. Shona Pek et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The multiple functions of Numb

(2009) Alberto Gulino et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Viscoelastic Characterization and Modeling of Polymer Transducers for Biological Applications

(2009) I-Kuan Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Evidence for Cardiomyocyte Renewal in Humans

(2009) Olaf Bergmann et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2009) D. E. Discher et al.   SCIENCE

Directing osteogenic and myogenic differentiation of MSCs: interplay of stiffness and adhesive ligand presentation

(2008) Andrew S. Rowlands et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Substrate Stiffness Affects the Functional Maturation of Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes

(2008) Jeffrey G. Jacot et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Visualizing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Multicellular Cell-Cycle Progression

(2008) Asako Sakaue-Sawano et al.   CELL

Increased Cardiac Myocyte Progenitors in Failing Human Hearts

(2008) Hajime Kubo et al.   CIRCULATION

Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

(2008) A. J. Engler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanotransduction in development: a growing role for contractility

(2008) Michele A. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY