Bioengineered 3D collagen-alginate interpenetrating network (IPN) to elucidate phenotypic switching of cancer associated fibroblasts

• Main Author: Cao, Huan
• Other Authors: Dalton Tay Chor Yong
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Bioengineering; Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148935
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Three-dimensional (3D) biomaterials with physiologically relevant and experimentally tractable biomechanical features are important platforms to advance the understanding on the influence of tissue mechanics in cancer progression. Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, which conserva...