Cell Morphology Control
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The Analysis of Purkinje Cell Dendritic Morphology in Organotypic Slice Cultures
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2012
We present a protocol that permits to view and to quantitatively asses the morphology of the dendritic tree of individual Purkinje cells grown in organotypic cerebellar slice cultures. This protocol is intended to promote studies on the mechanisms of Purkinje cell dendritic development.
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Studying the Protein Quality Control System of D. discoideum Using Temperature-controlled Live Cell Imaging
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2016
The social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum has recently been established as a system to study protein misfolding and proteostasis. Here, we describe a new imaging-based methodology to study temperature-induced protein aggregation and the cellular stress response in D. discoideum.
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Melt Electrospinning Writing of Three-dimensional Poly(ε-caprolactone) Scaffolds with Controllable Morphologies for Tissue Engineering Applications
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2017
This protocol serves as a comprehensive guideline to fabricate scaffolds via electrospinning with polymer melts in a direct writing mode. We systematically outline the process and define the appropriate parameter settings for achieving targeted scaffold architectures.
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Bone Marrow Aspiration: A Method to Obtain Bone Marrow to Examine Cell Morphology
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2023
This video describes the technique of aspirating bone marrow from iliac spine and smear preparation for biopsy. In the example, we perform bone marrow aspiration from an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient and examine the cells to check for measurable residual disease (MRD), an important prognostic biomarker.
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Whole-cell Patch-clamp Recordings from Morphologically- and Neurochemically-identified Hippocampal Interneurons
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2014
Cortical networks are controlled by a small, but diverse set of inhibitory interneurons. Functional investigation of interneurons therefore requires targeted recording and rigorous identification. Described here is a combined approach involving whole-cell recordings from single or synaptically-coupled pairs of neurons with intracellular labeling, post-hoc morphological and immunocytochemical analysis.
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A cell integrates substrate stiffness, surface adhesion, and geometric confinement as physical and biochemical cues. These signals influence how strongly the cell spreads, elongates, aligns, or organizes in three dimensions by changing cytoskeletal tension, focal adhesion formation, and intracellular signaling. Adjusting these environmental properties therefore provides bioengineers with several coordinated ways to guide structure and behavior.
Cytoskeletal tension and focal adhesions connect external environmental cues to intracellular responses. Adhesions help organize the cell’s attachment to a surface, while tension reflects forces within the cytoskeleton as the cell changes shape. Together, they influence signaling linked to migration, differentiation, and proliferation, making them important mechanisms for translating engineered physical conditions into functional cellular outcomes.
Morphology responds to multiple controllable variables rather than a single material property. Substrate stiffness, adhesion conditions, geometric confinement, cell density, and fluidic forces can each alter spreading, elongation, alignment, or three-dimensional organization. Because these factors may act together, bioengineering studies can tune the cellular environment to examine how structural changes relate to downstream behavior.
A typical strategy combines a defined physical environment with controlled culture conditions. Micropatterned substrates provide geometric cues, while tunable biomaterials adjust the surrounding mechanical context. Researchers can also regulate cell density and fluidic forces, then examine whether cells spread, elongate, align, or organize in three dimensions. This workflow links selected environmental inputs with observable structural outcomes.
This approach is useful when researchers need to connect cell structure with biological function in an engineered setting. It supports the design of disease models, biomaterials, organ-on-chip platforms, and regenerative medicine strategies. By controlling the cellular environment, investigators can study how morphology-associated changes relate to migration, differentiation, proliferation, and tissue formation.
Controlled morphology can provide a structural basis for evaluating cell behavior and tissue organization. Changes in spreading, elongation, alignment, or three-dimensional arrangement can be examined alongside migration, differentiation, proliferation, and tissue formation. In bioengineering, these relationships help assess whether a material, platform, or culture environment produces the organization needed for a particular model or regenerative strategy.