Bidirectional extracellular matrix signaling during tissue morphogenesis
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Bidirectional extracellular matrix signaling during tissue morphogenesis.
Normal tissue development and function are regulated by the interplay between cells and their surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM provides biochemical and mechanical contextual information that is conveyed from the cell membrane through the cytoskeleton to the nucleus to direct cell phenotype. Cells, in turn, remodel the ECM and thereby sculpt their local microenvironment. Here we r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1359-6101
DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2009.10.013