Determinants of cell-material crosstalk at the interface: Towards engineering of cell instructive materials

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 74, 2012, Pages 2017-2032

  Ventre, Maurizio ^a   Causa, Filippo ^a   Netti, Paolo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biomolecular signals; Cell adhesion; Cell material interaction; Patterned substrates; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CROSSTALK; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMOLECULAR SIGNALS; CELL BEHAVIOURS; CELL RESPONSE; CELL SORTING; CELL-MATERIAL INTERACTION; COMMUNICATION CODES; CONTROL-CELL; CULTURE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FORMATION DYNAMICS; LITERATURE DATA; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES;

CELL ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL;

BIOENGINEERING; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANICS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866171590     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0308     Document Type: Review

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