Controlling matrix stiffness and topography for the study of tumor cell migration

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-279

  Kraning Rush, Casey M ^a   Reinhart King, Cynthia A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer cell migration; Hydrogel swelling; Matrix stiffness; Polyacrylamide patterning; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; COLLAGEN FIBER; DIMETICONE; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; SILICON; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84864924217     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.21076     Document Type: Review

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