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Regulation of Cyclic Longitudinal Mechanical Stretch on Proliferation of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Guanbin Song^∗,†,‡, Yang Ju^∗,†,§, Hitoshi Soyama^*, Toshiro Ohashi^¶, Masaaki Sato^¶

∗ Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 9808579, Japan
† Current address: Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya464-8603, Japan
‡ Department of Bioengineering, College of Bioengineering, ChongqingUniversity, Chongqing400044, China
§ Corresponding author. Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 7894672, Fax: +81 52 7893109, E-mail: ju@mech.nagoya-u.ac.jp
¶ Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 9808579, Japan