| Literature DB >> 27191679 |
Yunus Alapan1, Mousa Younesi1, Ozan Akkus1,2,3, Umut A Gurkan1,2,3,4.
Abstract
A microfabricated pillar substrate is developed to confine, align, and elongate cells, allowing decoupled analysis of stiffness and directionality in 3D. Mesenchymal stem cells and cardiomyocytes are successfully confined in a 3D environment with precisely tunable stiffness anisotropy. It is discovered that anisotropically stiff micropillar substrates provide cellular confinement in 3D, aligning cells in the stiffer direction with extraordinary elongation.Entities:
Keywords: 3D microenvironment; cell shape; microfabrication; micropillar arrays; stiffness anisotropy
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27191679 PMCID: PMC4982772 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201600096
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Healthc Mater ISSN: 2192-2640 Impact factor: 9.933