Physical stimuli are essential for the function of eukaryotic cells, and changes in physical signals are important elements in normal tissue development as well as in disease initiation …
Cell migration is an adaptive process that depends on and responds to physical and molecular triggers. Moving cells sense and respond to tissue mechanics and induce …
Hydrogels are highly water-swollen molecular networks that are ideal platforms to create tissue mimetics owing to their vast and tunable properties. As such, hydrogels are promising …
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a highly dynamic system that constantly offers physical, biological, and chemical signals to embraced cells. Increasing evidence suggests that …
Cells alter their mechanical properties in response to their local microenvironment; this plays a role in determining cell function and can even influence stem cell fate. Here, we identify a …
Y Li, Y Xiao, C Liu - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Although the biological functions of cell and tissue can be regulated by biochemical factors (eg, growth factors, hormones), the biophysical effects of materials on the regulation of …
Cell adhesion is essential in cell communication and regulation, and is of fundamental importance in the development and maintenance of tissues. The mechanical interactions …
CL Marchant, AN Malmi-Kakkada, JA Espina… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Embryogenesis, tissue repair and cancer metastasis rely on collective cell migration. In vitro studies propose that cells are stiffer while migrating in stiff substrates, but softer when plated …
WJ Hadden, JL Young, AW Holle… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The spatial presentation of mechanical information is a key parameter for cell behavior. We have developed a method of polymerization control in which the differential diffusion …