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SUBMITTER: Huang YL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295764 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Yu Ling YL Ma Yujie Y Wu Cindy C Shiau Carina C Segall Jeffrey E JE Wu Mingming M
Scientific reports 20200615 1
Tumor invasion within the interstitial space is critically regulated by the force balance between cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) and cell-cell interactions. Interstitial flows (IFs) are present in both healthy and diseased tissues. However, the roles of IFs in modulating cell force balance and subsequently tumor invasion are understudied. In this article, we develop a microfluidic model in which tumor spheroids are embedded within 3D collagen matrices with well-defined IFs. Using co-cultured tu ...[more]