On/off switchable physical stimuli regulate the future direction of adherent cellular fate
- 9 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
- Vol. 9 (27), 5560-5571
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tb00908g
Abstract
A simple method to regulate cell function with anisotropic shape using enzymatically degradable alginate hydrogels offers physical stimuli for reversible cell patterning that allows regulation of the future direction of adherent cellular behaviors.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Research Council of Science and Technology (CAP-17-01-KIST Europe)
- National Research Foundation of Korea (2020R1A2C2010413)
- Arthritis Research UK (20631)
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