Physical limits to biomechanical sensing in disordered fibre networks
Cells in the connective tissue are surrounded by a heterogeneous network of biopolymers. Here, the authors investigate how such heterogeneity affects cellular mechanosensing by simulating the deformation response of experimental and modelled biopolymer networks to locally applied forces.
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/d63624febc554c4b9870ce7fee988307 |
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