Entropic forces drive cellular contact guidance
G. Buskermolen, H. Suresh, S. Shishvan, A. Vigliotti, A. deSimone, N. Kurniawan, C. Bouten, V. Deshpande
The paper investigates contact guidance in cells by analyzing alignment on micropatterned substrates and identifies two regimes: one driven by biochemical changes and another by entropic forces.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2018Biophysics