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Figure 7

From: Bio-inspired micropatterned hydrogel to direct and deconstruct hierarchical processing of geometry-force signals by human mesenchymal stem cells during smooth muscle cell differentiation

Figure 7

(a) Schematic to illustrate the complex inter-relationship between cell anisotropy-force generation-SF arrangements in determining the optimal degree of hMSC elongation for SMC differentiation. (b) Proposed cellular decision-making model to aid in the understanding of how hMSCs process and inter-regulate hierarchical structural cues to adopt an SMC phenotype under the influence of TGF-β1.

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