Mechanics regulates fate decisions of human embryonic stem cells.

Research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) has attracted much attention given their great potential for tissue regenerative therapy and fundamental developmental biology studies. Yet, there is still limited understanding of how mechanical signals in the local cellular microenvironment of hESCs r...

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Main Authors: Yubing Sun, Luis G Villa-Diaz, Raymond H W Lam, Weiqiang Chen, Paul H Krebsbach, Jianping Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353896?pdf=render