Metabolic labeling of secreted matrix to investigate cell–material interactions in tissue engineering and mechanobiology

See http://tny.im/ris — Re-creating features of the native extracellular matrix (ECM) with engineered biomaterials has become a valuable tool to probe the influence of ECM properties on cellular functions (e.g., differentiation) and toward the engineering of tissues. However, characterization of newly secreted (nascent) matrix and turnover, which are important in the context of cells interacting…