Generating a Fractal Microstructure of Laminin-111 to Signal to CellsCamila Hochman-Mendez 1, Tatiana Coelho-Sampaio 2, Ariel J. Kent 3, Jamie L. Inman 3, Mina J. Bissell 3, Claire Robertson 4
1Regenerative Medicine Research, Texas Heart Institute, 2Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 3Biological Systems and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 4Materials Engineering Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
We describe three methods to generate Ln1 polymers with fractal properties that signal to cells differently compared to unpolymerized Ln1.