| Literature DB >> 20676108 |
Jianping Fu1, Yang-Kao Wang, Michael T Yang, Ravi A Desai, Xiang Yu, Zhijun Liu, Christopher S Chen.
Abstract
We report the establishment of a library of micromolded elastomeric micropost arrays to modulate substrate rigidity independently of effects on adhesive and other material surface properties. We demonstrated that micropost rigidity impacts cell morphology, focal adhesions, cytoskeletal contractility and stem cell differentiation. Furthermore, early changes in cytoskeletal contractility predicted later stem cell fate decisions in single cells.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20676108 PMCID: PMC3069358 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1487
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Methods ISSN: 1548-7091 Impact factor: 28.547