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SUBMITTER: Chopra A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3930571 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chopra Anant A Murray Maria E ME Byfield Fitzroy J FJ Mendez Melissa G MG Halleluyan Ran R Restle David J DJ Raz-Ben Aroush Dikla D Galie Peter A PA Pogoda Katarzyna K Bucki Robert R Marcinkiewicz Cezary C Prestwich Glenn D GD Zarembinski Thomas I TI Chen Christopher S CS Puré Ellen E Kresh J Yasha JY Janmey Paul A PA
Biomaterials 20131010 1
Changes in tissue and organ stiffness occur during development and are frequently symptoms of disease. Many cell types respond to the stiffness of substrates and neighboring cells in vitro and most cell types increase adherent area on stiffer substrates that are coated with ligands for integrins or cadherins. In vivo cells engage their extracellular matrix (ECM) by multiple mechanosensitive adhesion complexes and other surface receptors that potentially modify the mechanical signals transduced a ...[more]