Cell Guidance by 3D-Gradients in Hydrogel Matrices: Importance for Biomedical Applications

VEGF and endothelial guidance in angiogenic sprouting

(2010) Holger Gerhardt   Organogenesis

The induction of cell alignment by covalently immobilized gradients of the 6th Ig-like domain of cell adhesion molecule L1 in 3D-fibrin matrices

(2009) Tessa Lühmann et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Rheology and Confocal Reflectance Microscopy as Probes of Mechanical Properties and Structure during Collagen and Collagen/Hyaluronan Self-Assembly

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

Analysis of cell locomotion on ligand gradient substrates

(2009) Alireza S. Sarvestani et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics for 3D cell culture

(2009) Mark W. Tibbitt et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Haptotactic Gradients for Directed Cell Migration: Stimulation and Inhibition Using Soluble Factors

(2009) Jason Smith et al.   COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY & HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING

Blastocyst lineage formation, early embryonic asymmetries and axis patterning in the mouse

(2009) J. Rossant et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Differential Regulation of Cell Type-specific Apoptosis by Stromelysin-3

(2009) Smita Mathew et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Adhesion Behavior of Human Adipo-Stromal Cells on Self-Assembled Monolayers with Different Surface Densities or Gradients of RGD Peptide

(2009) Sachiko Inoue et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION

A mechanosensitive transcriptional mechanism that controls angiogenesis

(2009) Akiko Mammoto et al.   NATURE

The Tail of Integrins, Talin, and Kindlins

(2009) M. Moser et al.   SCIENCE

Biopolymer-Based Growth Factor Delivery for Tissue Repair: From Natural Concepts to Engineered Systems

(2009) Lorenz Uebersax et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS

Multi-Molecular Gradients of Permissive and Inhibitory Cues Direct Neurite Outgrowth

(2008) Grace N. Li et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Integrin activation

(2008) Asoka Banno et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Three-Dimensional Biochemical Patterning of Click-Based Composite Hydrogels via Thiolene Photopolymerization

(2008) Brian D. Polizzotti et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Microarchitecture of Three-Dimensional Scaffolds Influences Cell Migration Behavior via Junction Interactions

(2008) Brendan A.C. Harley et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nutrient gradients in engineered cartilage: Metabolic kinetics measurement and mass transfer modeling

(2008) Shengda Zhou et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Healing of critical size defect on diaphiseal bone in rabbits by using free omental graft

(2008) Josip Kos et al.   BONE

Microscale control over collagen gradient on poly(l-lactide) membrane surface for manipulating chondrocyte distribution

(2008) Huaping Tan et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Moving towards a Better Understanding of Chemotaxis

(2008) Len Stephens et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Chemotaxis, chemokine receptors and human disease

(2008) Tian Jin et al.   CYTOKINE

The specific targeting of guidance receptors within neurons: Who directs the directors?

(2008) James Allen et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Growth cone responses to growth and chemotropic factors

(2008) Staci D. Sanford et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

End-to-Side Nerve Repair: Review of the Literature and Clinical Indications

(2008) Linda T. Dvali et al.   HAND CLINICS

Growth factor gradients via microsphere delivery in biopolymer scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering

(2008) Xiaoqin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Miniaturized system of neurotrophin patterning for guided regeneration

(2008) Laura M.Y. Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

A fluidic device to study directional angiogenesis in complex tissue and organ culture models

(2008) Irmeli Barkefors et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Surface-Bound Soft Matter Gradients

(2008) Jan Genzer et al.   LANGMUIR

Hybrid Multicomponent Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering

(2008) Xinqiao Jia et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Progress in matrix metalloproteinase research

(2008) G MURPHY et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

Epidermal Growth Factor–induced Enhancement of Glioblastoma Cell Migration in 3D Arises from an Intrinsic Increase in Speed But an Extrinsic Matrix- and Proteolysis-dependent Increase in Persistence

(2008) Hyung-Do Kim et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Beyond polymer polarity: how the cytoskeleton builds a polarized cell

(2008) Rong Li et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

From cells to organs: building polarized tissue

(2008) David M. Bryant et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

(2008) Benjamin Geiger et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

(2008) Ning Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Biomechanical regulation of cell orientation and fate

(2008) J I Lopez et al.   ONCOGENE

PEG Hydrogels for the Controlled Release of Biomolecules in Regenerative Medicine

(2008) Chien-Chi Lin et al.   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Growth cone chemotaxis

(2008) Duncan Mortimer et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Differences between the effect of anisotropic and isotropic laminin and nerve growth factor presenting scaffolds on nerve regeneration across long peripheral nerve gaps

(2007) Mahesh Chandra Dodla et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Biomolecular gradients in cell culture systems

(2007) Thomas M. Keenan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Gradient polymer surfaces for biomedical applications

(2007) Moon Suk Kim et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE