Emiliana De Santis, Nilofar Faruqui, Craig T Russell, James E Noble, Ibolya E Kepiro, Katharine Hammond, Maria Tsalenchuk, Eugeni M Ryadnov, Magda Wolna, Mark D Frogley, Christopher J Price, Ivana Barbaric, Gianfelice Cinque, Maxim G Ryadnov
Extracellular matrices interface with cells to promote cell growth and tissue development. Given this critical role, matrix mimetics are introduced to enable biomedical materials ranging from tissue engineering scaffolds and tumor models to organoids for drug screening and implant surface coatings. Traditional microscopy methods are used to evaluate such materials in their ability to support exploitable cell responses, which are expressed in changes in cell proliferation rates and morphology. However, the physical imaging methods do not capture the chemistry of cells at cell-matrix interfaces...
January 5, 2024: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces