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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2012

Cellular mechanical properties reflect the differentiation potential of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Rafael D González-Cruz, Vera C Fonseca, Eric M Darling

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rafael D González-CruzDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Vera C Fonseca
Eric M Darling

Funding

COBRE for Skeletal Health and RepairP20GM104937 · NIGMS · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, QIAN · 2012 to 2016
$10.8M
Adult Stem Cell Enrichment via Biomechanical CharacterizationR00AR054673 · NIAMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI DARLING, ERIC M · 2009 to 2011
$829k
Adult Stem Cell Enrichment via Biomechanical CharacterizationK99AR054673 · NIAMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DARLING, ERIC M · 2007 to 2007
$81k
NIAMS NIH HHS K99 AR054673NIAMS NIH HHS R00 AR054673NIGMS NIH HHS GM104937NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanical properties of adipose-derived stem cell (ASC) clones correlate with their ability to produce tissue-specific metabolites, a finding that has dramatic implications for cell-based regenerative therapies. Autologous ASCs are an attractive cell source due to their immunogenicity and multipotent characteristics. However, for practical applications ASCs must first be purified from other cell types, a critical step which has proven difficult using surface-marker approaches. Alternative enrichment strategies identifying broad categories of tissue-specific cells are necessary for translational applications. One possibility developed in our lab uses single-cell mechanical properties as predictive biomarkers of ASC clonal differentiation capability. Elastic and viscoelastic properties of undifferentiated ASCs were tested via atomic force microscopy and correlated with lineage-specific metabolite production. Cell sorting simulations based on these "mechanical biomarkers" indicated they were predictive of differentiation capability and could be used to enrich for tissue-specific cells, which if implemented could dramatically improve the quality of regenerated tissues.

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Cell DifferentiationMechanotransduction, CellularAdipose TissueHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMicroscopy, Atomic Force

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PMID22615348
PMCPMC3386052

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