With the advancement in tissue engineering, researchers are working hard on new
techniques to fabricate more advanced scaffolds from biocompatible polymers with …

Cadherins are transmembrane proteins that mediate cell–cell adhesion in animals. By
regulating contact formation and stability, cadherins play a crucial role in tissue …

The ability of cells to follow gradients of extracellular matrix stiffness—durotaxis—has been
implicated in development, fibrosis, and cancer. Here, we found multicellular clusters that …

To investigate how substrate properties influence stem-cell fate, we cultured single human
epidermal stem cells on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogel …

Many essential cellular functions in health and disease are closely linked to the ability of
cells to respond to mechanical forces. In the context of cell adhesion to the extracellular …

Single molecule force spectroscopy probes the strength, lifetime, and energetic details of
intermolecular interactions in a simple experiment. A growing number of these studies have …

Biological studies on the importance of carbohydrate moieties in tissue engineering have
incited a growing interest in the application of polysaccharides as scaffolds over the past two …

Quantitative analysis of cellular interactions with the extracellular environment is necessary
to gain an understanding of how cells regulate adhesion in the development and …

Material systems that exhibit tailored interactions with cells are a cornerstone of biomaterial
and tissue engineering technologies. One method of achieving these tailored interactions is …

Take polymer colloids—simple to make and ubiquitously available—let them self-assemble
into a monolayer and you have, readily engineered, a sophisticated mask to create highly …