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ArticleTissue engineering. Part A2010

Fluid shear stress promotes an endothelial-like phenotype during the early differentiation of embryonic stem cells.

Tabassum Ahsan, Robert M Nerem

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part A, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Applying Shear Stress to Pluripotent Stem Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tabassum AhsanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA. tahsan@tulane.edu
Robert M Nerem
Georgia Institute of Technology · USTulane University · US

Funding

Mechanical modulation of stem cells to endothelial cellsF32HL076978 · NHLBI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI AHSAN, TABASSUM · 2005 to 2006
$113k
NHLBI NIH HHS 1F32HL076978-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem and progenitor cells are emerging as a potential source for cell-based therapies, in which large homogenous populations of differentiated cells are frequently deemed necessary for efficacy. Methods focused on biochemical cues have not yet yielded the numbers of endothelial cells thought necessary for cardiovascular applications. Interest in alternate methods has prompted the study of physical cues on stem and progenitor cell differentiation. In this study, fluid-based shear stress, at levels comparable to those experienced by endothelial cells in large vessels, was applied during the first few days of mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation. After 2 days of applied shear stress, there were increases in cell proliferation and in protein expression of endothelial markers (FLK1, VECAD, and PECAM). Further, treatment increased the number of FLK1+ cells from 1% to 40%, which were then capable of forming vessel-like structures in vitro. Thus, shear stress may be used to direct differentiation of embryonic stem cells toward an endothelial-like phenotype, helping to address the cell sourcing issue in cardiovascular regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationRheologyStress, MechanicalAnimalsBiomarkersCell CountCell CycleCell LineEmbryonic Stem CellsEndothelial CellsFlow CytometryMiceOctamer Transcription Factor-3PhenotypeBiomarkersOctamer Transcription Factor-3Pou5f1 protein, mouse

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PMID20666609
PMCPMC2992398
OpenAlexW2124183444

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