A defining feature of biofilms is the production of extracellular matrix that ... and to polysaccharide components of the matrix. RbmA, and the invasion protection it confers, strongly localize ...

has found that the continuous restructuring of the extracellular matrix that upholds the weight ... framework in which to assess the process of invasion, not just of cancer cells but other ...

Rich in extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and enhancement factors, the matrix is composed of laminin, Collagen IV, enactin, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan. These ECM components both structurally ...

Perforating the basement membrane is a cancer cell's first move toward invasion, but how? Fibroblasts are most commonly found in connective tissue that synthesizes extracellular matrix and another ...

Cells may be suspended in extracellular matrix hydrogels to ... Using the same ECM-modulated process for spheroid formation, an invasion matrix comprised of basement membrane proteins and collagen ...

“The extracellular matrix is critical for maintaining the ... impaired ring formation around wounds and facilitated bacterial invasion,” the scientists wrote. First author Tommaso Vicanolo ...

Tracing tissue specimens and larger multi-cellular layers, in addition to the nanomechanical evaluation of the extracellular matrix and its embedded cells, need a (semi)automated AFM method with ...

Changes in the extracellular matrix, including increased collagen deposition and reorganization of collagen fibers outside the cell, is known to aid cancer progression and tumor cell invasion.