Abstract
The use of cells in clinical therapies holds great promise for the treatment of a wide range of diseases and disorders. However, the fate of cells depends on several soluble and insoluble environmental factors. It is well known that bonds formed between cells and their surrounding environments can direct cellular activities, phenotypes, etc. Therefore, extensive efforts have been made to develop methods to characterize the engagement of integrins with adhesion ligands and their effects on cell adhesion, signaling activation, and phenotypic activities, both in vitro and in vivo. This chapter summarizes methods developed to quantitatively evaluate (1) cell adhesion forces and (2) the number of integrin-ligand bonds formed on two-dimensional (2D) and within 3D platforms, all of which can be examined with respect to cellular phenotypic properties and cellular fates.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Tissue and Organ Engineering |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 65-71 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Volume | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080552941 |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Atomic force microscopy
- Extracellular matrix
- Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
- Hydrogel
- Immunofluorescence
- Integrin
- Ligand
- Magnetic twisting cytometry
- RGD peptide
- Traction force microscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Dentistry
- General Medicine