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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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134 Cell and Material Interface
(B)
(b) (c)
(a)
Asy
mmetric stabilisation
of microtubules
Anisotropic tension
centrosome off-centred
Microtubules rerouting
Tension equilibrat
ed
centrosome centred
Increased
spreading
Contractility+
Straight edges
Contractility++
Adhesion-free edge
Contractility+++
Low spreading
Contractility–
Key
(A)
ECM micropattern
Stress fiber
Branched meshwork
Vinculin
F-actin
Filament bundle
FIGURE 5.17 (A) Variation in cell and cell contractility with change in adhesion area.
(Adapted from Thery, M. etal., Cell Motil. Cytoskel., 63, 341, 2006.) (B) Cytoskeletal remod-
eling also results in orientation of microtubules within the cell. (From Thery
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