Self-assembly of mesoscale collagen architectures and applications in 3D cell migration
Liu C, Nguyen R, Pizzurro G, Zhang X, Gong X, Martinez A, Mak M. Self-assembly of mesoscale collagen architectures and applications in 3D cell migration. Acta Biomaterialia 2022, 155: 167-181. PMID: 36371004, PMCID: PMC9805527, DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNano-scale topographyCollagen-based scaffoldsBiomimetic scaffoldsMicroscale topographyMechanical agitationCollagen networkGelation processCollagen scaffoldsMatrix structureCollagen architectureMesoscale featuresCell behaviorScaffoldsLarge scaleTopographySoftnessLocal propertiesExtracellular matrix structureBehaviorECM architectureMicroCurrent methodsProcessMethod