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ELUCIDATING BIOPHYSICAL CUES CONDUCIVE TO TARGETED MULTIPOTENT CELL DIFFERENTIATION

McBride, Sarah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1196435881

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2008, Master of Sciences (Engineering), Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering.
The use of biochemical factors in targeted stem cell differentiation has been extensively investigated. While it is known that that biophysical cues, such as mechanical signaling and physical microenvironment, have an effect their individual roles and/or integration with biochemical cues have not been elucidated. In the first chapter we investigate the effect of seeding density on the formation of multicellular structures and the physiology of the cells of these structures. Seeding at very high densities rather than allowing the development of these densities from low densities results in a more three]dimensional or stacked structure and a different genetic profile. In the second chapter we investigate the effect of different magnitudes and durations of shear stress on these different multicellular structures. The magnitude of shear stress does not provide a significant change in genetic expression; duration of exposure to shear stress is a more powerful modulator of gene expression.
Melissa Knothe Tate (Advisor)
Engineering, Biomedical
stem cell; differentiation; multicellular structure; shear stress; magnitude; duration; cell seeding; condensation; early skeletal development

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  • McBride, S. (2008). ELUCIDATING BIOPHYSICAL CUES CONDUCIVE TO TARGETED MULTIPOTENT CELL DIFFERENTIATION [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1196435881

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McBride, Sarah. ELUCIDATING BIOPHYSICAL CUES CONDUCIVE TO TARGETED MULTIPOTENT CELL DIFFERENTIATION. 2008. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1196435881.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McBride, Sarah. "ELUCIDATING BIOPHYSICAL CUES CONDUCIVE TO TARGETED MULTIPOTENT CELL DIFFERENTIATION." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1196435881

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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