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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Portal fibroblasts"”.
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Investigating the role of geometry, mechanics, and microenvironmental cues on liver progenitor cell differentiation
… signaling between liver progenitor cells and portal fibroblasts, showing the portal fibroblasts lead to increased biliary differentiation in context-specific ways. This dissertation details the engineering behind these diverse methods for use by the scientific community, along with describing …
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Engineered 3D microenvironments to understand and direct liver progenitor and cancer cell fate
The cellular microenvironment encompasses every chemical and physical factor surrounding a cell, including all other cells, cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) signaling interactions and any detectible change in conditions. As the interplay between every component of the microenvironment …