The extracellular matrix protein fibronectin forms fibrils when in association with cells that exert tension. Cells apply enough force to stretch fibrils in vivo. Stretching of individual ...

The physical properties of the extracellular environment — in terms of confinement, rigidity, surface topology and adhesion-ligand density — can have profound effects on the migration strategy ...

Future of Neurodegenerative Disease Studies “When our brains are naturally developing in utero, they are of course not growing on a bed of extracellular matrix produced by mouse cancer cells ...

More information: Hyeonji Kim et al, Extracellular matrix-based sticky sealants for scar-free corneal tissue reconstruction, Biomaterials (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121941 Journal ...