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Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage specification.

Adam J. Engler, +3 more
- 25 Aug 2006 - 
- Vol. 126, Iss: 4, pp 677-689
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Naive mesenchymal stem cells are shown here to specify lineage and commit to phenotypes with extreme sensitivity to tissue-level elasticity, consistent with the elasticity-insensitive commitment of differentiated cell types.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2006-08-25 and is currently open access. It has received 12204 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation & Stem cell fate determination.

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Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

TL;DR: Adult stem cells isolated from marrow aspirates of volunteer donors could be induced to differentiate exclusively into the adipocytic, chondrocytic, or osteocytic lineages.
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Tissue Cells Feel and Respond to the Stiffness of Their Substrate

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CellProfiler: image analysis software for identifying and quantifying cell phenotypes

TL;DR: The first free, open-source system designed for flexible, high-throughput cell image analysis, CellProfiler is described, which can address a variety of biological questions quantitatively.
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Cell shape, cytoskeletal tension, and rhoa regulate stem cell lineage commitment

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that cell shape regulates commitment of human mesenchymal stem cells to adipocyte or osteoblast fate and mechanical cues experienced in developmental and adult contexts, embodied by cell shape, cytoskeletal tension, and RhoA signaling, are integral to the commitment of stem cell fate.
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Myofibroblasts and mechano-regulation of connective tissue remodelling

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