Learning rules by which cell shape impacts cell function would enable control of cell
physiology and fate in medical applications, particularly, on the interface of cells and …

Adult stem cells hold great promise as a source of diverse terminally differentiated cell types
for tissue engineering applications. However, due to the complexity of chemical and …

Tissue‐specific stem cells reside in a specialized environment known as niche. The niche
plays a central role in the regulation of cell behaviour and, through the concerted action of …

Beautiful images of animal cells cultured on surfaces are ubiquitous in biological research,
but these shapes also carry valuable information about the cells and the organism that they …

Tissue-specific stem cells are found throughout the body and, with proper intervention and
environmental cues, these stem cells exercise their capabilities for differentiation into …

Substrate stiffness and topography are two powerful means by which mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) activities can be modulated. The effects of substrate stiffness on the MSCs …

Cell-material interactions are important to tissue engineering. Inspired by the natural
topographic structures on the extracellular matrix, a growing number of studies have …

Adult stem cells, including mesenchymal stem cells, display plasticity in that they can
differentiate toward various lineages including bone cells, cartilage cells, fat cells, and other …

In the area of biomaterials, there has been recent activity in the use of micro-and
nanofabrication technology to alter material surfaces for influencing the attachment and …

Mutually interacted musculoskeletal tissues work together within the physiological
environment full of varieties of external stimulus. Consistent with the locomotive function of …