Cellular and multicellular form and function.

نویسندگان

  • Wendy F Liu
  • Christopher S Chen
چکیده

Engineering artificial tissue constructs requires the appropriate spatial arrangement of cells within scaffolds. The introduction of microengineering tools to the biological community has provided a valuable set of techniques to manipulate the cellular environment, and to examine how cell structure affects cellular function. Using micropatterning techniques, investigators have found that the geometric presentation of cell-matrix adhesions are important regulators of various cell behaviors including cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, polarity and migration. Furthermore, the presence of neighboring cells in multicellular aggregates has a significant impact on the proliferative and differentiated state of cells. Using microengineering tools, it will now be possible to manipulate the various environmental factors for practical applications such as engineering tissue constructs with greater control over the physical structure and spatial arrangement of cells within their surrounding microenvironment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Advanced drug delivery reviews

دوره 59 13  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007