Biomechanical Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Developing Embryo.
Paulina D HortonSandeep P DumbaliKrithikaa Rajkumar BhanuMiguel F DiazPamela L WenzelPublished in: Current tissue microenvironment reports (2021)
Despite challenges of measuring and modeling biophysical cues in the embryonic HSC niche, the past decade has revealed critical roles for mechanotransduction in governing HSC fate decisions. Lessons learned from the study of the embryonic hematopoietic niche promise to provide critical insights that could be leveraged for improvement in HSC generation and expansion ex vivo.