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ReviewCell stem cell2023

Getting physical: Material mechanics is an intrinsic cell cue.

Hamza Atcha, Yu Suk Choi, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Adam J Engler

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In one paragraph

Review in Cell stem cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Prepatterned Tissue Stiffness Gradient Controls Organ shape and size.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. Biomaterials in organoid research: current state and future directions.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hamza AtchaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Yu Suk ChoiSchool of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.
Ovijit ChaudhuriDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Adam J EnglerDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: aengler@ucsd.edu.

Funding

Training In Cardiovascular Physiology & PharmacologyT32HL007444 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ju Chen, Robert Scott Ross · 1985 to 2026
$11.1M
Role of extracellular matrix malleability in mediating breast cancer cell invasion and migrationR37CA214136 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHAUDHURI, OVIJIT · 2018 to 2024
$2.5M
Biophysical Interrogation of Signals that Drive GBM InvasionR01NS116802 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ENGLER, ADAM J, FURNARI, FRANK · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Biomaterial Mimicry of Dynamic Matrix Stiffening During Tumor ProgressionR01CA206880 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ENGLER, ADAM J, YANG, JING · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA206880NCI NIH HHS R37 CA214136NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007444NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS116802
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in biomaterial science have allowed for unprecedented insight into the ability of material cues to influence stem cell function. These material approaches better recapitulate the microenvironment, providing a more realistic ex vivo model of the cell niche. However, recent advances in our ability to measure and manipulate niche properties in vivo have led to novel mechanobiological studies in model organisms. Thus, in this review, we will discuss the importance of material cues within the cell niche, highlight the key mechanotransduction pathways involved, and conclude with recent evidence that material cues regulate tissue function in vivo.

Indexed as

CuesMechanotransduction, CellularBiocompatible MaterialsStem CellsBiocompatible Materialsextracellular matrixforcesmechanobiologynicheprogenitor

Identifiers

PMID37267912
PMCPMC10247187

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