Matrix nanotopography as a regulator of cell function

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-360

  Kim, Deok Ho ^a   Provenzano, Paolo P ^b   Smith, Chris L ^c   Levchenko, Andre ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METASTASIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOANALYSIS; ORGANOGENESIS; OSTEOBLAST; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862621219     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201108062     Document Type: Review

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