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Dogan A, Elcin AE, Elcin YM. Translational applications of tissue engineering in cardiovascular medicine. Curr Pharm Des 23(6):903-914, 2017. doi: 10.2174/1381612823666161111141954.

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Huang G, Wang L, Wang S, Han Y, Wu J, Zhang Q, Xu F, Lu TJ. Engineering three-dimensional cell mechanical microenvironment with hydrogels. Biofabrication 4(4):042001, 2012.

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Ravichandran A, Liu Y, Teoh SH. Review: bioreactor design towards generation of relevant engineered tissues: focus on clinical translation. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2017 Apr 3. doi: 10.1002/term.2270.

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Yan L, Zhao L, Li S, Habibou Z. Effects of hedgehog pathway genes on the response to tensile force and inflammatory cytokines in rat condylar cartilage cells. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 9(8):7793-7799, 2016.

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Youngstrom DW, Barrett JG. Engineering tendon: scaffolds, bioreactors, and models of regeneration. Stem Cells Int 2016:3919030, 2016.  

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Zein-Hammoud M, Standley PR. Modeled osteopathic manipulative treatments: A review of their in vitro effects on fibroblast tissue preparations. J Am Osteopath Assoc 115(8):490-502, 2015.

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Zhang Y, Sekar RB, McCulloch AD, Tung L. Cell cultures as models of cardiac mechanoelectric feedback. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 97(2-3):367-382, 2008.

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