Mechanosensitive expression of the mesenchymal subtype marker connective tissue growth factor in glioblastoma

Abstract Mechanical forces created by the extracellular environment regulate biochemical signals that modulate the inter-related cellular phenotypes of morphology, proliferation, and migration. A stiff microenvironment induces glioblastoma (GBM) cells to develop prominent actin stress fibres, take o...

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Main Authors: Thomas James Grundy, Louise Orcheston-Findlay, Eshana de Silva, Thuvarahan Jegathees, Victoria Prior, Farhana Amy Sarker, Geraldine Margaret O’Neill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19175-8