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Mechanical stimulation induces morphological and phenotypic changes in bone marrow-derived progenitor cells within a three-dimensional fibrin matrix.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A - 1 Jun 2007
Nieponice Alejandro, Maul Timothy M, Cumer Joy M, Soletti Lorenzo, Vorp David A
Abstract excerpt
One of the major limitations in tissue engineering is cell sourcing. Multipotent progenitor cells appear to have many promising features for that purpose. Mechanical stimulation is known to play an important role in determining cell phenotype. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of cyclic stretch on rat bone marrow derived progenitor cell (BMPC) morphology and smooth muscle-directed...
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