Effects of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity on cellular behaviour

O Chaudhuri, J Cooper-White, PA Janmey, DJ Mooney… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Substantial research over the past two decades has established that extracellular matrix
(ECM) elasticity, or stiffness, affects fundamental cellular processes, including spreading …

Advances in gelatin bioinks to optimize bioprinted cell functions

S Asim, TA Tabish, U Liaqat, IT Ozbolat… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Gelatin is a widely utilized bioprinting biomaterial due to its cell‐adhesive and enzymatically
cleavable properties, which improve cell adhesion and growth. Gelatin is often covalently …

Bioprinted anisotropic scaffolds with fast stress relaxation bioink for engineering 3D skeletal muscle and repairing volumetric muscle loss

T Li, J Hou, L Wang, G Zeng, Z Wang, L Yu, Q Yang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Viscoelastic hydrogels can enhance 3D cell migration and proliferation due to the faster
stress relaxation promoting the arrangement of the cellular microenvironment. However …

[HTML][HTML] Calponin 1 increases cancer-associated fibroblasts-mediated matrix stiffness to promote chemoresistance in gastric cancer

Y Lu, Z Jin, J Hou, X Wu, Z Yu, L Yao, T Pan, X Chang… - Matrix Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanical microenvironment regulated by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)
influence tumor progression. Chemotherapeutic interventions including 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu) …

Cell cycle progression in confining microenvironments is regulated by a growth-responsive TRPV4-PI3K/Akt-p27Kip1 signaling axis

S Nam, VK Gupta, H Lee, JY Lee, KM Wisdom… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
In tissues, cells reside in confining microenvironments, which may mechanically restrict the
ability of a cell to double in size as it prepares to divide. How confinement affects cell cycle …

Nanoindentation of soft biological materials

L Qian, H Zhao - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoindentation techniques, with high spatial resolution and force sensitivity, have recently
been moved into the center of the spotlight for measuring the mechanical properties of …

Distinguishing poroelasticity and viscoelasticity of brain tissue with time scale

L Su, M Wang, J Yin, F Ti, J Yang, C Ma, S Liu, TJ Lu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Brain tissue is considered to be biphasic, with approximately 80% liquid and 20% solid
matrix, thus exhibiting viscoelasticity due to rearrangement of the solid matrix and …

Biomimetic tumor microenvironments based on collagen matrices

J Sapudom, T Pompe - Biomaterials science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The extracellular matrix (ECM) establishes the basis for the cell's microenvironment
providing structural and mechanical support to cells and tissues, and regulating multiple cell …

Quantifying the impact of cancer on the viscoelastic properties of the prostate gland using a quasi-linear viscoelastic model

H Helisaz, E Belanger, P Black, M Bacca, M Chiao - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Pathological disorders can alter the mechanical properties of biological tissues, and
studying such changes can help to better understand the disease progression. The prostate …

Microscale characterisation of the time-dependent mechanical behaviour of brain white matter

A Jamal, A Bernardini, D Dini - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain mechanics is a topic of deep interest because of the significant role of mechanical
cues in both brain function and form. Specifically, capturing the heterogeneous and …