Rigidity of silicone substrates controls cell spreading and stem cell differentiation
Grigory Vertelov, Edgar Gutierrez, Sin-Ae Lee, Edward Ronan, Alex Groisman, Eugene Tkachenko
This study investigates how the rigidity of silicone substrates affects cell spreading and stem cell differentiation, resolving conflicting findings about the role of substrate elasticity versus porosity.
Scientific Reports · Sep 21, 2016Peer-reviewedCell Biology