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SUBMITTER: McKinnon DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4445372 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McKinnon D D DD Domaille D W DW Brown T E TE Kyburz K A KA Kiyotake E E Cha J N JN Anseth K S KS
Soft matter 20141201 46
Studies focused on understanding the role of matrix biophysical signals on cells, especially those when cells are encapsulated in hydrogels that are locally remodelled, are often complicated by appropriate methods to measure differences between the bulk and local material properties. From this perspective, stress-relaxing materials that allow long-term culture of embedded cells provide an opportunity to elucidate aspects of this biophysical signalling. In particular, rheological characterization ...[more]