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Cell and Material Interface
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Cell and Material Interface

by Nihal Engin Vrana
September 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
294 pages
11h 13m
English
CRC Press
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56 Cell and Material Interface
dynamically regulated by these specialized niches. However, it should be noted that
not only ECM components have an inuence on the fate of stem cells but cells also
produce and remodel their microenvironment. Cell–ECM interaction is reciprocal
(Petreaca and Martins-Green, 2007; Kurtz and Oh, 2012). As discussed earlier,
the properties of stem cell niche are important determinants of stem cell behav-
ior. Properties of stem cell niches and several tissues’ niches have been reviewed
in detail by several researchers (Lander et al., 2012; Gattazzo et al., 2014; Han
etal., 2014). Considerable efforts have been put to engineer physical microenvi-
ronments of stem cells. The development of scaffolds mimicking nat
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