The term 'fibroblast'often serves as a catch-all for a diverse array of mesenchymal cells,
including perivascular cells, stromal progenitor cells and bona fide fibroblasts. Although …

Metastasis causes most cancer-related deaths; however, the efficacy of anti-metastatic drugs
is limited by incomplete understanding of the biological mechanisms that drive metastasis …

Tissue repair after trauma and infection has always been a difficult problem in regenerative
medicine. Hydrogels have become one of the most important scaffolds for tissue …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting based on digital light processing (DLP) offers
unique opportunities to prepare scaffolds that mimic the architecture and biomechanical …

The stiffness and nanotopographical characteristics of the extracellular matrix (ECM)
influence numerous developmental, physiological, and pathological processes in vivo …

The mechanical properties of the microenvironment and direct contact-mediated cell-cell
interactions are two variables known to be important in the determination of stem cell …

Bone organoids, which simulate and construct special organs in vitro with complex
biological functions based on tissue engineering technology, provide dramatically realistic …

Mechanobiology has underpinned many scientific advances in understanding how
biophysical and biomechanical cues regulate cell behavior by identifying mechanosensitive …

The role of skin in the human body is indispensable, serving as a barrier, moderating
homeostatic balance, and representing a pronounced endpoint for cosmetics and …

The current knowledge of bone marrow mechanics is limited to its viscous properties,
neglecting the elastic contribution of the extracellular matrix. To get a more complete view of …