Substrates with engineered step changes in rigidity induce traction force polarity and durotaxis

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Breckenridge, Mark T ^a   Desai, Ravi A ^a,b,c   Yang, Michael T ^a   Fu, Jianping ^a,d   Chen, Christopher S ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Durotaxis; Mechanotransduction; Microfabrication; Rigidity sensing

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; ELASTOMER;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CELLULAR TRACTION FORCE POLARITY; DUROTAXIS; ELASTOMERIC MICROPOST ARRAY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUBSTRATE RIGIDITY;

EID: 84899489700     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-013-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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