Extracellular matrix structure and nano-mechanics determine megakaryocyte function
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Extracellular matrix structure and nano-mechanics determine megakaryocyte function.
Cell interactions with matrices via specific receptors control many functions, with chemistry, physics, and membrane elasticity as fundamental elements of the processes involved. Little is known about how biochemical and biophysical processes integrate to generate force and, ultimately, to regulate hemopoiesis into the bone marrow-matrix environment. To address this hypothesis, in this work we ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-04-345876