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ArticleActa biomaterialia2021

"Viscotaxis"- directed migration of mesenchymal stem cells in response to loss modulus gradient.

Pallavi Uday Shirke, Hiya Goswami, Vardhman Kumar, Darshan Shah, Sarayu Beri, Siddhartha Das, Jayesh Bellare, Satyajit Mayor, K V Venkatesh, Jyoti R Seth and 1 more

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Article in Acta biomaterialia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Extracellular Matrix Viscoelasticity Regulates Mammary Branching Morphogenesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. Computational models in directed cell migration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  5. Substrate stress relaxation regulates monolayer fluidity and leader cell formation for collectively migrating epithelia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  12. Engineering Gels with Time-Evolving Viscoelasticity.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Pallavi Uday ShirkeDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Hiya GoswamiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Vardhman KumarDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Darshan ShahDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Sarayu BeriNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore, India.
Siddhartha DasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Jayesh BellareDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Satyajit MayorNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore, India.
K V VenkateshDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Jyoti R SethDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: jyoti@che.iitb.ac.in.
Abhijit MajumderDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: abhijitm@iitb.ac.in.

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/M/15/1/502018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Directed cell migration plays a crucial role in physiological and pathological conditions. One important mechanical cue, known to influence cell migration, is the gradient of substrate elastic modulus (E). However, the cellular microenvironment is viscoelastic and hence the elastic property alone is not sufficient to define its material characteristics. To bridge this gap, in this study, we investigated the influence of the gradient of viscous property of the substrate, as defined by loss modulus (G

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Mesenchymal Stem CellsCell MovementElastic ModulusFocal AdhesionsHumansViscositycell mechanicsCell migrationloss modulusMesenchymal stem cellsviscoelasticity

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PMID34469788
PMCPMC7616456

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