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ReviewJournal of cellular physiology2019

How is mechanobiology involved in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation toward the osteoblastic or adipogenic fate?

Dafna Benayahu, Yarden Wiesenfeld, Rony Sapir-Koren

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Review in Journal of cellular physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dafna BenayahuDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1522-1362
Yarden WiesenfeldDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rony Sapir-KorenDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tel Aviv University · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanobiology plays a major role in transducing physical cues from the dynamic cellular environment into biochemical modifications that promote cell-specific differentiation paths. Mesenchymal stem cells in the bone marrow or in other mesenchymal tissues will differentiate according to the expression of transcription factors (TFs) that govern their lineage commitment. The favoring of either osteogenic or adipogenic differentiation relies on TF expression as well as mechanical properties of the cells' niche that are translated into the activation of certain signaling pathways. Physical factors can induce significant shifts in bipotential lineage commitment between osteogenesis and adipogenesis. The stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding a cell, varying greatly from rigid environments close to the bone surface to softer regions in the bone marrow, can influence the path of differentiation. Additionally, mechanical loading through exercise appears to favor osteogenesis whereas disuse conditions seem to promote adipogenesis.

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AdipogenesisBiophysical PhenomenaBone and BonesBone Marrow CellsCell LineageExtracellular MatrixHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteogenesisStress, Physiologicalcell nicheECMmesenchymal cellsstiffness

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PMID30633367
PMCPMC13484546
OpenAlexW2909369782

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