The mechanical characteristics of the extracellular environment are known to significantly
influence cancer cell behavior in vivo and in vitro. The structural complexity and viscoelastic …

Cardiovascular disease stemmed from atherosclerosis (AS) is well recognized to be the
predominant cause of global death. To comprehensively clarify the pathogenesis of AS …

The immune microenvironment presents a diverse panel of cues that impacts immune cell
migration, organization, differentiation, and the immune response. Uniquely, both the liquid …

Neurodegenerative disorders are characterised by the activation of brain‐resident microglia
cells and by the infiltration of peripheral T cells. However, their interplay in disease has not …

Fibroblasts are a diverse population of connective tissue cells that are a key component in
physiological wound healing. Myofibroblasts are differentiated fibroblasts occurring in …

Controlled wound healing requires a temporal and spatial coordination of cellular activities
within the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). Disruption of cell–cell and cell–matrix …

Hydrogel forming physical networks based on gelatin are an attractive approach toward
multifunctional biomaterials with the option of reshaping, self‐healing, and stimuli …

Tumor cell growth, invasion, and metastasis are dependent on the tumor microenvironment.
Many studies emphasize a correlation between the material characteristics of the tumor …

As injected drugs finally diffuse to the target cells, a quantitative understanding of the
diffusion behavior of drug molecules or drug carriers is essential for the determination of …

The identification of the role of tumor stroma—the tissue in the surroundings of cancer cells—
in cancer development, progression, and metastasis has revolutionized the fields of cancer …