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Abstract
Cellular activity is highly dependent on the extracellular environment, which is composed of surrounding cells and extracellular matrices. This focus review summarizes recent advances in chemically and physically engineered switchable substrates designed to control such cellular microenvironments by application of an external stimulus. Special attention is given to their molecular design, switching strategies, and representative examples for bioanalytical and biomedical applications.Keywords: cell adhesion; cell migration; electrochemistry; photochemistry; tissue engineering
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24339448 DOI： 10.1002/asia.201301325
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Asian J ISSN： 1861-471X