Single-Cell Migration in Complex Microenvironments: Mechanics and Signaling Dynamics
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Mak, Michael
Spill, Fabian
Kamm, Roger Dale
Zaman, Muhammad
Date Issued
February 2016
Journal
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
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ASME International
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Mak, Michael, Fabian Spill, Roger D. Kamm, and Muhammad H. Zaman. “Single-Cell Migration in Complex Microenvironments: Mechanics and Signaling Dynamics.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 138, no. 2 (January 27, 2016): 021004.
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Abstract
Cells are highly dynamic and mechanical automata powered by molecular motors that respond to external cues. Intracellular signaling pathways, either chemical or mechanical, can be activated and spatially coordinated to induce polarized cell states and directional migration. Physiologically, cells navigate through complex microenvironments, typically in three-dimensional (3D) fibrillar networks. In diseases, such as metastatic cancer, they invade across physiological barriers and remodel their local environments through force, matrix degradation, synthesis, and reorganization. Important external factors such as dimensionality, confinement, topographical cues, stiffness, and flow impact the behavior of migrating cells and can each regulate motility. Here, we review recent progress in our understanding of single-cell migration in complex microenvironments.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032188
