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International Journal of Mechanical Systems Engineering Volume 1 (2015), Article ID 1:IJMSE-104, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-7412/2015/104
Research Article
Cell Shapes and Actin Alignment of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Different Elastic Matrices with the Same Surface Topography

So Hyun Kim1, Gwang Lee2 and Sungsu Park3*

1Department of Chemistry and Nano Sciences (BK21 plus), Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Physiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
3School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
Dr. Sungsu Park, School of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Building #21319, Sungkyunkwan University, Jang-An Gu, Suwon, Korea, Tel: +82-31-290-7431; E-mail: nanopark@skku.edu
01 April 2015; 04 June 2015; 07 June 2015
Kim SH, Lee G, Park S (2015) Cell Shapes and Actin Alignment of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Different Elastic Matrices with the Same Surface Topography. Int J Mech Syst Eng 1: 104. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-7412/2015/104
This work was equally supported by the Technology Innovation Program (#10050154, Business Model Development for Personalized Medicine Based on Integrated Genome and Clinical Information) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MI, Korea).

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