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The impact of adhesion peptides within hydrogels on the phenotype and signaling of normal and cancerous mammary epithelial cells.
Biomaterials - 1 May 2012
Weiss Michael S, Bernabé Beatriz Peñalver, Shikanov Ariella, Bluver Dennis A, Mui Michael D, Shin Seungjin, Broadbelt Linda J, Shea Lonnie D
Abstract excerpt
The microenviroment contributes to directing mammary epithelial cell (MEC) development and the progression of breast cancer. Three-dimensional culture models have been used to support formation of structures that display varying degrees of disorganization that parallel the degree of cancer. Synthetic hydrogels were employed to investigate the mechanisms by which specific adhesion signals in the microenvironment...
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