Angiogenesis, the process of new blood vessel formation from pre-existing vessels, plays a relevant role during both physiological (i.e. wound healing ... | It is becoming increasingly clear that synthetic extracellular matrices will play an important role in medicine. Artificial tissues and organs are sti ... |
Diabetes has become a world epidemic with almost 180 million people affected. Overtime, diabetes results in the progressive development of such compli ... | The ubiquitous appearance of extracellular matrix during embryogenesis is integral to successful development of a complex body plan. Fibroblasts in de ... |
Tissue regeneration implies the production of new tissues from renewable resources. The biochemical basis of this response, which is characteristic of ... | It is well established that the tumor microenvironment plays a role in progression as well as emergence of “malignant” traits, i.e., invasiveness and ... |
Wound healing requires the progressive activation of cell-matrix interactions during hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and remodeling. These eve ... | |
