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ReviewAnnual review of cell and developmental biology2010

Presentation counts: microenvironmental regulation of stem cells by biophysical and material cues.

Albert J Keung, Sanjay Kumar, David V Schaffer

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Review in Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Photon Upconversion Hydrogels for 3D Optogenetics.Advanced functional materials · 2021
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  14. Targeting Stem Cells in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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  16. β-Catenin signaling dynamics regulate cell fate in differentiating neural stem cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Albert J KeungDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.
Sanjay Kumar
David V Schaffer

Funding

TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143836 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI LIPHARDT, JAN T. · 2009 to 2014
$15.1M
Cellular mechanobiology: Biophysics and therapeuticsDP2OD004213 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI KUMAR, SANJAY · 2008 to 2008
$2.3M
Bioactive Materials for Stem Cell ControlR21EB007295 · NIBIB · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI KANE, RAVI S. · 2008 to 2009
$446k
Molecular Engineering of Bioactive HydrogelsR21DE018044 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SCHAFFER, DAVID V · 2008 to 2009
$382k
NCI NIH HHS 1U54CA143836NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143836NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB007295NIBIB NIH HHS R21EB007295NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE018044NIDCR NIH HHS R21DE018044NIH HHS 1DP2OD004213NIH HHS DP2 OD004213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cells reside in adult and embryonic tissues in a broad spectrum of developmental stages and lineages, and they are thus naturally exposed to diverse microenvironments or niches that modulate their hallmark behaviors of self-renewal and differentiation into one or more mature lineages. Within each such microenvironment, stem cells sense and process multiple biochemical and biophysical cues, which can exert redundant, competing, or orthogonal influences to collectively regulate cell fate and function. The proper presentation of these myriad regulatory signals is required for tissue development and homeostasis, and their improper appearance can potentially lead to disease. Whereas these complex regulatory cues can be challenging to dissect using traditional cell culture paradigms, recently developed engineered material systems offer advantages for investigating biochemical and biophysical cues, both static and dynamic, in a controlled, modular, and quantitative fashion. Advances in the development and use of such systems have helped elucidate novel regulatory mechanisms controlling stem cell behavior, particularly the importance of solid-phase mechanical and immobilized biochemical microenvironmental signals, with implications for basic stem cell biology, disease, and therapeutics.

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Cell Culture TechniquesStem Cell NicheAdult Stem CellsAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCell ProliferationEmbryonic Stem CellsHumans

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PMID20590452
PMCPMC5989312

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