Macromolecular Crowding Amplifies Adipogenesis of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Enhancing the Pro-Adipogenic Microenvironment

Macromolecular Crowding Effect on Cartilaginous Matrix Production: A Comparison of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Models

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Autocrine fibroblast growth factor 2-mediated interactions between human mesenchymal stem cells and the extracellular matrix under varying oxygen tension

(2012) Junho Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Macromolecular Crowding Directs Extracellular Matrix Organization and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Behavior

(2012) Adam S. Zeiger et al.   PLoS One

Stiffening hydrogels to probe short- and long-term cellular responses to dynamic mechanics

(2012) Murat Guvendiren et al.   Nature Communications

Applying macromolecular crowding to enhance extracellular matrix deposition and its remodeling in vitro for tissue engineering and cell-based therapies

(2011) Clarice Chen et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

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

(2011) Jennifer S. Park et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Cell line models for differentiation: preadipocytes and adipocytes

(2011) Sylvia P Poulos et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Basement membrane collagen type IV expression by human mesenchymal stem cells during adipogenic differentiation

(2011) Tarvo Sillat et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

ECM roles in the function of metabolic tissues

(2011) Guorui Huang et al.   TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Adipocyte extracellular matrix composition, dynamics and role in obesity

(2010) Edwin C. M. Mariman et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

GMP-manufactured density gradient media for optimized mesenchymal stromal/stem cell isolation and expansion

(2010) Giulia Grisendi et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

The Scar-in-a-Jar: studying potential antifibrotic compounds from the epigenetic to extracellular level in a single well

(2009) CZC Chen et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Cell culture: building a better matrix

(2009) Nathan Blow   NATURE METHODS

Understanding how the crowded interior of cells stabilizes DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA hybrids–in silico predictions and in vitro evidence

(2009) Karthik S. Harve et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH