Biophysical cues and cell behavior: The big impact of little things

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-176

  Gasiorowski, Joshua Z ^a   Murphy, Christopher J ^b,c   Nealey, Paul F ^d  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

biomimetic; extracellular matrix; mechanotransduction; nanogrooves; topography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; CELLULAR INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NANOGROOVES; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE; TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CELLS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LAMININ; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETICS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LAMININ; POLYSACCHARIDES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84880516474     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071811-150021     Document Type: Article

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