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Figure 8

From: Three-Dimensional Characterization of Mechanical Interactions between Endothelial Cells and Extracellular Matrix during Angiogenic Sprouting

Figure 8

Two identified types of stalk cell-ECM interaction behavior.

I: “pull”. II: “migration-related push”. Similar to the tip cells, the stalk cell (in dark red) also manifested a “pulling” behavior, driving the radial movement of the surrounding beads toward itself. The “migration-related push” was also observed and involved the beads that moved along with the “shuffling” (i.e., backward and forward movement) of the stalk cell.

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