Donald F. Ward

Mechanical Strain Enhances Extracellular Matrix-Induced Gene Focusing and Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Through an Extracellular-Related Kinase-Dependent Pathway

Donald F. Ward, Roman M. Salasznyk, Robert F. Klees et al. · Stem Cells and Development · 2007 · 108 citations

Life Sciences, Bioengineering, Cell Biology +17

Comparing the Protein Expression Profiles of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Human Osteoblasts Using Gene Ontologies

Roman M. Salasznyk, Aaron M. Westcott, Robert F. Klees et al. · Stem Cells and Development · 2005 · 62 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Dissection of the osteogenic effects of laminin-332 utilizing specific LG domains: LG3 induces osteogenic differentiation, but not mineralization

Robert F. Klees, Roman M. Salasznyk, Donald F. Ward et al. · Experimental Cell Research · 2007 · 47 citations · Full text

Medicine, Bioengineering, Biomaterials +13

Focal adhesion kinase signaling controls cyclic tensile strain enhanced collagen I-induced osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells.

Donald F. Ward, William A. Williams, Nicole E. Schapiro et al. · PubMed · 2007 · 19 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling +16