Concentric gel system to study the biophysical role of matrix microenvironment on 3D cell migration

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 98, 2015, Pages

  Kurniawan, Nicholas Agung ^a   Chaudhuri, Parthiv Kant ^b   Lim, Chwee Teck ^b,c  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D cell culture; Bioengineering; Biomechanics; Biopolymer; Cancer invasion; Cell migration; Collagen; Confocal microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Extracellular matrix; Issue 98; Live cell imaging; Metastasis; Pore size

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GEL;

BIOPHYSICS; BREAST TUMOR; CELL MOTION; CELL TRACKING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BIOPHYSICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRACKING; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

EID: 84941254162     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52735     Document Type: Article

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