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ArticleAdvanced materials interfaces2014

Microfabricated Systems and Assays for Studying the Cytoskeletal Organization, Micromechanics, and Motility Patterns of Cancerous Cells.

Sabil Huda, Didzis Pilans, Monika Makurath, Thomas Hermans, Kristiana Kandere-Grzybowska, Bartosz A Grzybowski

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Article in Advanced materials interfaces, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Sabil HudaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA.
Didzis PilansDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA.
Monika MakurathDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA.
Thomas HermansDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA.
Kristiana Kandere-GrzybowskaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA.
Bartosz A GrzybowskiDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA; Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA.

Funding

Microsystems for targeting Levy walks in metastatic cancer cellsR21CA173347 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI GRZYBOWSKI, BARTOSZ ANDRZEJ · 2012 to 2014
$627k
Mechanism and Control of the "Predatory," Levy Walks of Metastatic Cancer CellsR21CA173232 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI GRZYBOWSKI, BARTOSZ ANDRZEJ · 2014 to 2015
$363k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA173232NCI NIH HHS R21 CA173347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell motions are driven by coordinated actions of the intracellular cytoskeleton - actin, microtubules (MTs) and substrate/focal adhesions (FAs). This coordination is altered in metastatic cancer cells resulting in deregulated and increased cellular motility. Microfabrication tools, including photolithography, micromolding, microcontact printing, wet stamping and microfluidic devices have emerged as a powerful set of experimental tools with which to probe and define the differences in cytoskeleton organization/dynamics and cell motility patterns in non-metastatic and metastatic cancer cells. In this review, we discuss four categories of microfabricated systems: (i) micropatterned substrates for studying of cell motility sub-processes (for example, MT targeting of FAs or cell polarization); (ii) systems for studying cell mechanical properties, (iii) systems for probing overall cell motility patterns within challenging geometric confines relevant to metastasis (for example, linear and ratchet geometries), and (iv) microfluidic devices that incorporate co-cultures of multiple cells types and chemical gradients to mimic

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