Bimodal sensing of guidance cues in mechanically distinct microenvironments

Invasive cells respond to contact guidance cues during migration. Here, using micro- and nanopatterning with different ligands and varying stiffness, the authors find that cells can make cellular protrusions through both contractility-dependent and contractility-independent means.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erdem D. Tabdanov, Vikram V. Puram, Zaw Win, Ashab Alamgir, Patrick W. Alford, Paolo P. Provenzano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07290-y