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Control of Behaviour and Growth by Imitating the Contact Environment

G. BrunnerR.j. Wieser

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ChemistryBiophysicsCell behaviourIn vitro

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The behaviour of cells in vitro is the result of all the influences exerted by the actual microenvironment which, in a simplified form, is composed of two main compartments (Fig. 1): (i) the diffusive environment, (ii) the contact environment. These two compartments regulate the cell behaviour by distinct mechanisms induced by molecules which, beside being compartment-specific, differ in their mobility.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69290-1_20