Stem & Progenitor Cells

Acosta Jr FL, Pham M, Safai Y, Buser Z. Improving bone formation in osteoporosis through in vitro mechanical stimulation compared to biochemical stimuli. Journal of Nature and Science 1(4):63, 2015.

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Ambrosio F, Ferrari RJ, Distefano G, Plassmeyer JM, Carvell GE, Deasy BM, Boninger ML, Fitzgerald GK, Huard J. The synergistic effect of treadmill running on stem-cell transplantation to heal injured skeletal muscle. Tissue Eng Part A 16(3):839-849, 2010.

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Bolno PB, Wechsler AS, Ranggappa S, Kresh JY. Cyclic strain of adult stem cells modulates matrix metalloproteinase activity: mechanism for promoting cell-based cardiac remodeling [abstract]. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 24(2 Suppl):S83, 2005.

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Brown JP, Galassi TV, Stoppato M, Schiele NR, Kuo CK. Comparative analysis of mesenchymal stem cell and embryonic tendon progenitor cell response to embryonic tendon biochemical and mechanical factors. Stem Cell Res Ther 6:89, 2015.

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Brown JP, Finley VG, Kuo CK. Embryonic mechanical and soluble cues regulate tendon progenitor cell gene expression as a function of developmental stage and anatomical origin. J Biomech 47(1):214-22, 2014.

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Case N, Thomas J, Sen B, Styner M, Xie Z, Galior K, Rubin J. Mechanical regulation of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) in mesenchymal stem cells is dependent on Akt protein serine 473 phosphorylation via mTORC2 protein. J Biol Chem 286(45):39450-39456, 2011.

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Case N, Xie Z, Sen B, Styner M, Zou M, O'Conor C, Horowitz M, Rubin J. Mechanical activation of β-catenin regulates phenotype in adult murine marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. J Orthop Res 28(11):1531-1538, 2010.

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Cassino TR, Drowley L, Okada M, Beckman SA, Keller B, Tobita K, Leduc PR, Huard J. Mechanical loading of stem cells for improvement of transplantation outcome in a model of acute myocardial infarction: the role of loading history. Tissue Eng Part A 18(11-12):1101-8, 2012.

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Charoenpanich A, Wall ME, Tucker CJ, Andrews DM, Lalush DS, Loboa EG. Microarray analysis of human adipose-derived stem cells in three-dimensional collagen culture: osteogenesis inhibits bone morphogenic protein and Wnt signaling pathways, and cyclic tensile strain causes upregulation of proinflammatory cytokine regulators and angiogenic factors. Tissue Eng Part A 17(21-22):2615-2627, 2011.

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Chen QZ, Ishii H, Thouas GA, Lyon AR, Wright JS, Blaker JJ, Chrzanowski W, Boccaccini AR, Ali NN, Knowles JC, Harding SE. An elastomeric patch derived from poly(glycerol sebacate) for delivery of embryonic stem cells to the heart. Biomaterials 31(14):3885-3893, 2010.

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Cherbuin T, Movahednia MM, Toh WS, Cao T. Investigation of human embryonic stem cell-derived keratinocytes as an in vitro research model for mechanical stress dynamic response. Stem Cell Rev 11(3):460-73, 2015.

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Clause KC, Tinney JP, Liu JL, Gharaibeh B, Fujimoto LK, Wagner WR, Ralphe JC, Keller BB, Huard J, Tobita K. Functioning engineered cardiac tissue from skeletal muscle derived stem cells [abstract]. 4th Annual Symposium of AHA Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, Keystone CO, 2007.

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Collins JM, Goldspink PH, Russell B. Migration and proliferation of human mesenchymal stem cells is stimulated by different regions of the mechano-growth factor prohormone. J Mol Cell Cardiol 49(6):1042-1045, 2010.

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David V, Marin A, Lafage-Proust MH, Malaval L, Peyroche S, Jones DB, Vico L, Guignandon A. Mechanical loading down-regulates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor in bone marrow stromal cells and favors osteoblastogenesis at the expense of adipogenesis. Endocrinology 148(5):2553-2562, 2007.

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de Jonge N, Muylaert DE, Fioretta ES, Baaijens FP, Fledderus JO, Verhaar MC, Bouten CV. Matrix production and organization by endothelial colony forming cells in mechanically strained engineered tissue constructs. PLoS One 8(9):e73161, 2013.

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De Lisio M, Jensen T, Sukiennik RA, Huntsman HD, Boppart MD. Substrate and strain alter the muscle-derived mesenchymal stem cell secretome to promote myogenesis. Stem Cell Res Ther 5(3):74, 2014.

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Doroudian G, Curtis MW, Gang A, Russell B. Cyclic strain dominates over microtopography in regulating cytoskeletal and focal adhesion remodeling of human mesenchymal stem cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 430(3):1040-6, 2013.

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Dugan JM, Cartmell SH, Gough JE. Uniaxial cyclic strain of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and C2C12 myoblasts in coculture. J Tissue Eng 5:2041731414530138, 2014.

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Földes G, Mioulane M, Wright JS, Liu AQ, Novak P, Merkely B, Gorelik J, Schneider MD, Ali NN, Harding SE. Modulation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte growth: a testbed for studying human cardiac hypertrophy? J Mol Cell Cardiol 50(2):367-376, 2011.

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French KM, Maxwell JT, Bhutani S, Ghosh-Choudhary S, Fierro MJ, Johnson TD, Christman KL, Taylor WR, Davis ME. Fibronectin and cyclic strain improve cardiac progenitor cell regenerative potential in vitro. Stem Cells Int 2016:8364382, 2016.

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Girão-Silva T, Bassaneze V, Campos LC, Barauna VG, Dallan LA, Krieger JE, Miyakawa AA. Short-term mechanical stretch fails to differentiate human adipose-derived stem cells into cardiovascular cell phenotypes. Biomed Eng Online 13:54, 2014.

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Granata A, Serrano F, Bernard WG, McNamara M, Low L, Sastry P, Sinha S. An iPSC-derived vascular model of Marfan syndrome identifies key mediators of smooth muscle cell death. Nat Genet 49(1):97-109, 2017. doi: 10.1038/ng.3723. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

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Gong Z, Niklason LE. Small-diameter human vessel wall engineered from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). FASEB J 22(6):1635-1648, 2008.

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Hamilton DW, Maul TM, Vorp DA. Characterization of the response of bone marrow-derived progenitor cells to cyclic strain: implications for vascular tissue-engineering applications. Tissue Engineering 10(3-4):361-369, 2004.

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Harada M, Osuga Y, Hirota Y, Koga K, Morimoto C, Hirata T, Yoshino O, Tsutsumi O, Yano T, Taketani Y. Mechanical stretch stimulates interleukin-8 production in endometrial stromal cells: possible implications in endometrium-related events. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90(2):1144-8, 2005.

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Harada M, Osuga Y, Takemura Y, Yoshino O, Koga K, Hirota Y, Hirata T, Morimoto C, Yano T, Taketani Y. Mechanical stretch upregulates insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) secretion from decidualized endometrial stromal cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 290(2):E268-72, 2006.

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Hegarty PK, Watson RW, Coffey RN, Webber MM, Fitzpatrick JM. Effects of cyclic stretch on prostatic cells in culture. J Urol 168(5):2291-2295, 2002.

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Huang CH, Chen MH, Young TH, Jeng JH, Chen YJ. Interactive effects of mechanical stretching and extracellular matrix proteins on initiating osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. J Cell Biochem 108(6):1263-1273, 2009.

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Huri PY, Wang A, Spector AA, Grayson WL. Multistage adipose-derived stem cell myogenesis: an experimental and modeling study. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 7(4):497-509, 2014.

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Izumi G, Koga K, Nagai M, Urata Y, Takamura M, Harada M, Hirata T, Hirota Y, Ogawa K, Inoue S, Fujii T, Osuga Y. Cyclic stretch augments production of neutrophil chemokines, matrix metalloproteinases, and activin A in human endometrial stromal cells. Am J Reprod Immunol 73(6):501-6, 2015.

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Jagielska A, Lowe AL, Makhija E, Wroblewska L, Guck J, Franklin RJM, Shivashankar GV, Van Vliet KJ. Mechanical strain promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation by global changes of gene expression. Front Cell Neurosci 11:93, 2017.

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Jakkaraju S, Zhe X, Pan D, Choudhury R, Schuger L. TIPs are tension-responsive proteins involved in myogenic versus adipogenic differentiation. Developmental Cell 9(1):39-49, 2005.

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Jiang Y, Wang Y, Tang G. Cyclic tensile strain promotes the osteogenic differentiation of a bone marrow stromal cell and vascular endothelial cell co-culture system. Arch Biochem Biophys 607:37-43, 2016.

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Kang MN, Yoon HH, Seo YK, Park JK. Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into ligament-like cells with mechanical stimulation in various media. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 9(4):185-193, 2012.

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Kang MN, Yoon HH, Seo YK, Park JK. Effect of mechanical stimulation on the differentiation of cord stem cells. Connect Tissue Res 53(2):149-159, 2012.

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Kim YM, Kang YG, Park SH, Han MK, Kim JH, Shin JW, Shin JW. Effects of mechanical stimulation on the reprogramming of somatic cells into human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 8(1):139, 2017.

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Kmiecik G, Spoldi V, Silini A, Parolini O. Current view on osteogenic differentiation potential of mesenchymal stromal cells derived from placental tissues. Stem Cell Rev 11(4):570-85, 2015.

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Koike M, Shimokawa H, Kanno Z, Ohya K, Soma K. Effects of mechanical strain on proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow stromal cell line ST2. J Bone Miner Metab 23(3):219-225, 2005.

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Ku CH, Johnson PH, Batten P, Sarathchandra P, Chambers RC, Taylor PM, Yacoub MH, Chester AH. Collagen synthesis by mesenchymal stem cells and aortic valve interstitial cells in response to mechanical stretch. Cardiovasc Res 71(3):548-556, 2006.

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Kurpinski K, Park J, Thakar RG, Li S. Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cells and mesenchymal stem cells by mechanical strain. Mol Cell Biomech 3(1):21-34, 2006.

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Lee EL, Watson KC, von Recum HA. Contractile protein and extracellular matrix secretion of cell monolayer sheets following cyclic stretch. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology 3(3):302-310, 2012.

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Lee WC, Maul TM, Vorp DA, Rubin JP, Marra KG. Effects of uniaxial cyclic strain on adipose-derived stem cell morphology, proliferation, and differentiation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 6(4):265-273, 2007.

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Li M, Li X, Meikle MC, Islam I, Cao T. Short periods of cyclic mechanical strain enhance triple-supplement directed osteogenesis and bone nodule formation by human embryonic stem cells in vitro. Tissue Eng Part A 19(19-20):2130-7, 2013.

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Li R, Liang L, Dou Y, Huang Z, Mo H, Wang Y, Yu B. Mechanical strain regulates osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Biomed Res Int 2015:873251, 2015.

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Link PA, Farkas D, Farkas L, Heise RL. Pulmonary endothelial progenitor cells demonstrate phenotypic shift from altered substrate mechanics. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 195:A4309, 2017.

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Liu J, Li Q, Liu S, Gao J, Qin W, Song Y, Jin Z. Periodontal ligament stem cells in the periodontitis microenvironment are sensitive to static mechanical strain. Stem Cells Int 2017:1380851, 2017.

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Liu W, Yin L, Yan X, Cui J, Liu W, Rao Y, Sun M, Wei Q, Chen F. Directing the differentiation of parthenogenetic stem cells into tenocytes for tissue-engineered tendon regeneration. Stem Cells Transl Med 6(1):196-208, 2017.

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Lohberger B, Kaltenegger H, Stuendl N, Payer M, Rinner B, Leithner A. Effect of cyclic mechanical stimulation on the expression of osteogenesis genes in human intraoral mesenchymal stromal and progenitor cells. Biomed Res Int 2014:189516, 2014.

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MacQuarrie RA, Fang Chen Y, Coles C, Anderson GI. Wear-particle-induced osteoclast osteolysis: the role of particulates and mechanical strain. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 69(1):104-112, 2004.

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Mauretti A, Bax NA, van Marion MH, Goumans MJ, Sahlgren C, Bouten CV. Cardiomyocyte progenitor cell mechanoresponse unrevealed: strain avoidance and mechanosome development. Integr Biol (Camb) 8(9):991-1001, 2016.

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Nieponice A, Maul TM, Cumer JM, Soletti L, Vorp DA. Mechanical stimulation induces morphological and phenotypic changes in bone marrow-derived progenitor cells within a three-dimensional fibrin matrix. J Biomed Mater Res A 81(3):523-530, 2007.

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Park JS, Chu JS, Cheng C, Chen F, Chen D, Li S. Differential effects of equiaxial and uniaxial strain on mesenchymal stem cells. Biotechnol Bioeng 88(3):359-68, 2004.

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Payne TR, Oshima H, Okada M, Momoi N, Tobita K, Keller BB, Peng H, Huard J. A relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor, angiogenesis, and cardiac repair after muscle stem cell transplantation into ischemic hearts. J Am Coll Cardiol 50(17):1677-1684, 2007.

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Rahnert J, Fan X, Case N, Murphy TC, Grassi F, Sen B, Rubin J. The role of nitric oxide in the mechanical repression of RANKL in bone stromal cells. Bone 43(1):48-54, 2008.

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Rathbone SR, Glossop JR, Gough JE, Cartmell SH. Cyclic tensile strain upon human mesenchymal stem cells in 2D and 3D culture differentially influences CCNL2, WDR61 and BAHCC1 gene expression levels. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 11:82-91, 2012.

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Ruan JL, Tulloch NL, Saiget M, Paige SL, Razumova MV, Regnier M, Tung KC, Keller G, Pabon L, Reinecke H, Murry CE. Mechanical stress promotes maturation of human myocardium from pluripotent stem cell-derived progenitors. Stem Cells 33(7):2148-57, 2015.

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Rubin J, Fan X, Biskobing DM, Taylor WR, Rubin CT. Osteoclastogenesis is repressed by mechanical strain in an in vitro model. J Orthop Res 17(5):639-645, 1999.

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Rubin J, Murphy T, Nanes MS, Fan X. Mechanical strain inhibits expression of osteoclast differentiation factor by murine stromal cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 278(6):C1126-C1132, 2000.

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Rubin J, Murphy TC, Fan X, Goldschmidt M, Taylor WR. Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase is involved in mechanical strain inhibition of RANKL expression in bone stromal cells. J Bone Miner Res 17(8):1452-1460, 2002.

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Rubin J, Murphy TC, Rahnert J, Song H, Nanes MS, Greenfield EM, Jo H, Fan X. Mechanical inhibition of RANKL expression is regulated by H-Ras-GTPase. J Biol Chem 281(3):1412-1418, 2006.

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Rubin J, Murphy TC, Zhu L, Roy E, Nanes MS, Fan X. Mechanical strain differentially regulates endothelial nitric-oxide synthase and receptor activator of nuclear B ligand expression via ERK1/2 MAPK. J Biol Chem 278(36):34018-34025, 2003.

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Saha S, Ji L, de Pablo JJ, Palecek SP. Inhibition of human embryonic stem cell differentiation by mechanical strain. J Cell Physiol 206(1):126-37, 2006.

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Saha S, Ji L, de Pablo JJ, Palecek SP. TGFβ/Activin/Nodal pathway in inhibition of human embryonic stem cell differentiation by mechanical strain. Biophys J 94(10):4123-4133, 2008.

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Scharenberg MA, Pippenger BE, Sack R, Zingg D, Ferralli J, Schenk S, Martin I, Chiquet-Ehrismann R. TGF-β-induced differentiation into myofibroblasts involves specific regulation of two MKL1 isoforms. J Cell Sci 127(Pt 5):1079-91, 2014.

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Schmelter M, Ateghang B, Helmig S, Wartenberg M, Sauer H. Embryonic stem cells utilize reactive oxygen species as transducers of mechanical strain-induced cardiovascular differentiation. FASEB J 20:1182-1184, 2006.

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Sen B, Xie Z, Case N, Ma M, Rubin C, Rubin J. Mechanical strain inhibits adipogenesis in mesenchymal stem cells by stimulating a durable -catenin signal. Endocrinology 149(12):6065-6075, 2008.

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Sen B, Xie Z, Case N, Thompson WR, Uzer G, Styner M, Rubin J. mTORC2 regulates mechanically induced cytoskeletal reorganization and lineage selection in marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. J Bone Miner Res 29(1):78-89, 2014.

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Shen T, Qiu L, Chang H, Yang Y, Jian C, Xiong J, Zhou J, Dong S. Cyclic tension promotes osteogenic differentiation in human periodontal ligament stem cells. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 7(11):7872-80, 2014.

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Shi GX, Zheng XF, Zhu C, Li B, Wang YR, Jiang SD, Jiang LS. Evidence of the role of R-spondin 1 and its receptor Lgr4 in the transmission of mechanical stimuli to biological signals for bone formation. Int J Mol Sci 18(3), 2017. pii: E564.

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Shradhanjali A, Riehl BD, Lee JS, Ha L, Lim JY. Enhanced cardiomyogenic induction of mouse pluripotent cells by cyclic mechanical stretch. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 488(4):590-595, 2017.

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Simionescu A, Tedder ME, Chuang T, Simionescu DT. Lectin and antibody-based histochemical techniques for cardiovascular tissue engineering. Journal of Histotechnology 34(1):20-28, 2011.

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Simmons CA, Matlis S, Thornton AJ, Chen S, Wang CY, Mooney DJ. Cyclic strain enhances matrix mineralization by adult human mesenchymal stem cells via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) signaling pathway. Journal of Biomechanics 36(8):1087-1096, 2003.

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Song F, Jiang D, Wang T, Wang Y, Chen F, Xu G, Kang Y, Zhang Y. Mechanical loading improves tendon-bone healing in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model by promoting proliferation and matrix formation of mesenchymal stem cells and tendon cells. Cell Physiol Biochem 41(3):875-889, 2017.

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Sumanasinghe RD, Bernacki SH, Loboa EG. Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in collagen matrices: effect of uniaxial cyclic tensile strain on bone morphogenetic protein (BMP-2) mRNA expression. Tissue Eng 12(12):3459-3465, 2006.

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Sun L, Qu L, Zhu R, Li H, Xue Y, Liu X, Fan J, Fan H. Effects of mechanical stretch on cell proliferation and matrix formation of mesenchymal stem cell and anterior cruciate ligament fibroblast. Stem Cells International 2016:9842075, 2016.

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Sun X, Nunes SS. Bioengineering approaches to mature human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Front Cell Dev Biol 5:19, 2017.

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Tan J, Xu X, Tong Z, Lin J, Yu Q, Lin Y, Kuang W. Decreased osteogenesis of adult mesenchymal stem cells by reactive oxygen species under cyclic stretch: a possible mechanism of age related osteoporosis. Bone Res 3:15003, 2015.

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Tchao J, Han L, Lin B, Yang L, Tobita K. Combined biophysical and soluble factor modulation induces cardiomyocyte differentiation from human muscle derived stem cells. Sci Rep 4:6614, 2014.

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Tchao J, Kim JJ, Lin B, Salama G, Lo CW, Yang L, Tobita K. Engineered human muscle tissue from skeletal muscle derived stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiac cells. Int J Tissue Eng 2013:198762, 2013.

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Thayer P, Tong E, Butler-Abisrror N, Goldstein A. Influence of sparse electrospun fibers on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in collagen gels [abstract]. Tissue Engineering Part A 20:S18, 2014.

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Throm Quinlan AM, Sierad LN, Capulli AK, Firstenberg LE, Billiar KL. Combining dynamic stretch and tunable stiffness to probe cell mechanobiology in vitro. PLoS ONE 6(8):e23272, 2011.

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Uzer G, Thompson WR, Sen B, Xie Z, Yen SS, Miller S, Bas G, Styner M, Rubin CT, Judex S, Burridge K, Rubin J. Cell mechanosensitivity to extremely low-magnitude signals is enabled by a LINCed nucleus. Stem Cells 33(6):2063-76, 2015.

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Valero MC, Huntsman HD, Liu J, Zou K, Boppart MD. Eccentric exercise facilitates mesenchymal stem cell appearance in skeletal muscle. PLoS One 7(1):e29760, 2012.

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Wall ME, Rachlin A, Otey CA, Loboa EG. Human adipose-derived adult stem cells upregulate palladin during osteogenesis and in response to cyclic tensile strain. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 293(5):C1532-C1538, 2007.

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Wang J, Wang CD, Zhang N, Tong WX, Zhang YF, Shan SZ, Zhang XL, Li QF. Mechanical stimulation orchestrates the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells by regulating HDAC1. Cell Death Dis 7:e2221, 2016.

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Ward DF, Salasznyk RM, Klees RF, Backiel J, Agius P, Bennett K, Boskey A, Plopper GE. Gene focusing and promotes osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells through an extracellular-related kinase-dependent pathway. Stem Cells and Development 16:467–479, 2007.

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Wei FL, Wang JH, Ding G, Yang SY, Li Y, Hu YJ, Wang SL. Mechanical force-induced specific microRNA expression in human periodontal ligament stem cells. Cells Tissues Organs 199(5-6):353-63, 2014.

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Wilson CJ, Kasper G, Schütz MA, Duda GN. Cyclic strain disrupts endothelial network formation on Matrigel. Microvasc Res 78(3):358-63, 2009.

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Wozniak M, Fausto A, Carron CP, Meyer DM, Hruska KA. Mechanically strained cells of the osteoblast lineage organize their extracellular matrix through unique sites of alphaVbeta3-integrin expression. J Bone Miner Res 15(9):1731-1745, 2000.

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Wu Y, Zhang P, Dai Q, Fu R, Yang X, Fang B, Jiang L. Osteoclastogenesis accompanying early osteoblastic differentiation of BMSCs promoted by mechanical stretch. Biomedical Reports 1(3):474-78, 2013.

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Wu Y, Zhang P, Dai Q, Yang X, Fu R, Jiang L, Fang B. Effect of mechanical stretch on the proliferation and differentiation of BMSCs from ovariectomized rats. Mol Cell Biochem 382(1-2):273-82, 2013.

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Wu Y, Zhang X, Zhang P, Fang B, Jiang L. Intermittent traction stretch promotes the osteoblastic differentiation of bone mesenchymal stem cells by the ERK1/2-activated Cbfa1 pathway. Connect Tissue Res 53(6):451-9, 2012.

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Xiao WL, Zhang DZ, Fan CH, Yu BJ. Intermittent stretching and osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells via the p38MAPK-osterix signaling pathway. Cell Physiol Biochem 36(3):1015-25, 2015.

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Yang G, Rothrauff BB, Lin H, Gottardi R, Alexander PG, Tuan RS. Enhancement of tenogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells by tendon-derived extracellular matrix. Biomaterials 34(37):9295-306, 2013.

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Yu HC, Wu TC, Chen MR, Liu SW, Chen JH, Lin KM. Mechanical stretching induces osteoprotegerin in differentiating C2C12 precursor cells through noncanonical Wnt pathways. J Bone Miner Res 25(5):1128-1137, 2010.

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