Matrix rigidity regulates cancer cell growth and cellular phenotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Tilghman, Robert W ^a   Cowan, Catharine R ^a   Mih, Justin D ^b   Koryakina, Yulia ^a   Gioeli, Daniel ^a   Slack Davis, Jill K ^a   Blackman, Brett R ^c   Tschumperlin, Daniel J ^b   Parsons, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPREADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIGIDITY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77958571846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012905     Document Type: Article

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