Measuring dynamic cell–material interactions and remodeling during 3D human mesenchymal stem cell migration in hydrogels

Three-dimensional hMSC motility within peptide-functionalized PEG-based hydrogels of varying adhesivity and crosslinking density

(2013) Kyle A. Kyburz et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The mechanical properties of human adipose tissues and their relationships to the structure and composition of the extracellular matrix

(2013) Nadia Alkhouli et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Engineering synthetic hydrogel microenvironments to instruct stem cells

(2013) Murat Guvendiren et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Physical limits of cell migration: Control by ECM space and nuclear deformation and tuning by proteolysis and traction force

(2013) Katarina Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Degradation-mediated cellular traction directs stem cell fate in covalently crosslinked three-dimensional hydrogels

(2013) Sudhir Khetan et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Sphingosine-1-phosphate-induced release of TIMP-2 from vascular smooth muscle cells inhibits angiogenesis

(2012) K. S. Mascall et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Microrheology of biomaterial hydrogelators

(2012) Kelly M. Schultz et al.   Soft Matter

Monitoring degradation of matrix metalloproteinases-cleavable PEG hydrogels via multiple particle tracking microrheology

(2012) Kelly M. Schultz et al.   Soft Matter

Measuring the Modulus and Reverse Percolation Transition of a Degrading Hydrogel

(2012) Kelly M. Schultz et al.   ACS Macro Letters

The performance of human mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in cell-degradable polymer-peptide hydrogels

(2011) Sarah B. Anderson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

(2011) Dhananjay T. Tambe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Mechanical Properties of Cellularly Responsive Hydrogels and Their Experimental Determination

(2010) April M. Kloxin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioactive hydrogels made from step-growth derived PEG–peptide macromers

(2010) Jordan S. Miller et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Enhanced proteolytic degradation of molecularly engineered PEG hydrogels in response to MMP-1 and MMP-2

(2010) J. Patterson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Mesenchymal stem cells inhibit both endogenous and exogenous MMPs via secreted TIMPs

(2010) Thomas P. Lozito et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Measurement of mechanical tractions exerted by cells in three-dimensional matrices

(2010) Wesley R Legant et al.   NATURE METHODS

A Versatile Synthetic Extracellular Matrix Mimic via Thiol-Norbornene Photopolymerization

(2009) Benjamin D. Fairbanks et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine

(2009) Brandon V. Slaughter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoinitiated polymerization of PEG-diacrylate with lithium phenyl-2,4,6-trimethylbenzoylphosphinate: polymerization rate and cytocompatibility

(2009) Benjamin D. Fairbanks et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels formed by thiol-ene photopolymerization for enzyme-responsive protein delivery

(2009) Alex A. Aimetti et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Elastic Moduli of Collagen Gels Can Be Predicted from Two-Dimensional Confocal Microscopy

(2009) Ya-li Yang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A synthetic strategy for mimicking the extracellular matrix provides new insight about tumor cell migration

(2009) Michael P. Schwartz et al.   Integrative Biology

Regulating MCP-1 diffusion in affinity hydrogels for enhancing immuno-isolation

(2009) Chien-Chi Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Mapping Local Matrix Remodeling Induced by a Migrating Tumor Cell Using Three-Dimensional Multiple-Particle Tracking

(2008) Ryan J. Bloom et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mapping proteolytic cancer cell-extracellular matrix interfaces

(2008) Katarina Wolf et al.   CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS

Effects of PEG hydrogel crosslinking density on protein diffusion and encapsulated islet survival and function

(2008) Laney M. Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Direct visualization of protease activity on cells migrating in three-dimensions

(2008) Beverly Z. Packard et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY