Inherent Interfacial Mechanical Gradients in 3D Hydrogels Influence Tumor Cell Behaviors

Concentration Independent Modulation of Local Micromechanics in a Fibrin Gel

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Thickness sensing of hMSCs on collagen gel directs stem cell fate

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Biomimetic gradient hydrogels for tissue engineering

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Matrix elasticity, cytoskeletal forces and physics of the nucleus: how deeply do cells 'feel' outside and in?

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How deeply cells feel: methods for thin gels

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Mechanosensing of substrate thickness

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Microscale Control of Stiffness in a Cell-Adhesive Substrate Using Microfluidics-Based Lithography

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Synthetic Materials in the Study of Cell Response to Substrate Rigidity

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Probing cellular mechanobiology in three-dimensional culture with collagen–agarose matrices

(2009) Theresa A. Ulrich et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Durotaxis Depends on Substrate Stiffness Gradient Strength

(2009) Brett C. Isenberg et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

PEGDA hydrogels with patterned elasticity: Novel tools for the study of cell response to substrate rigidity

(2009) Stephanie Nemir et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The Mechanical Rigidity of the Extracellular Matrix Regulates the Structure, Motility, and Proliferation of Glioma Cells

(2009) T. A. Ulrich et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Matrix Strains Induced by Cells: Computing How Far Cells Can Feel

(2009) Shamik Sen et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

The elastic modulus of Matrigel™ as determined by atomic force microscopy

(2009) Shauheen S. Soofi et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Mechanical properties of brain tissue by indentation: Interregional variation

(2009) J.A.W. van Dommelen et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Non-Linear Elasticity of Extracellular Matrices Enables Contractile Cells to Communicate Local Position and Orientation

(2009) Jessamine P. Winer et al.   PLoS One

Spatially controlled hydrogel mechanics to modulate stem cell interactions

(2009) Ross A. Marklein et al.   Soft Matter

Neurite growth in 3D collagen gels with gradients of mechanical properties

(2008) Harini G. Sundararaghavan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Influence of finite thickness and stiffness on cellular adhesion-induced deformation of compliant substrata

(2008) John M. Maloney et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Microelastic gradient gelatinous gels to induce cellular mechanotaxis

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