Durotaxis

Curr Biol. 2020 May 4;30(9):R383-R387. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.051.

¹ Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028, Spain. Electronic address: rsunyer@ibecbarcelona.eu.
² Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028, Spain; Facultat de Medicina, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona 08028, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Barcelona 08028, Spain. Electronic address: xtrepat@ibecbarcelona.eu.

Abstract

In this Primer, Sunyer and Trepat introduce durotaxis, the mode of migration by which cells follow gradients of extracellular matrix stiffness.