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 ...

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

However, modeling tumor cell invasion the way it occurs in the body – three dimensional movement of cells through ECM (Extracellular Matrix) - has proven difficult, especially in an automated, high ...