Environmental Factors That Influence Stem Cell Migration: An “Electric Field”

" a thorough understanding of how EFs direct cell behaviour is not well established. Work to date has revealed that EFs activate a number of channels and that variations in the extracellular and intracellular environment as well as the distribution of channels on the membrane contribute to the galvanotactic response (Figure 1). Cell-specific factors such as cell type and differentiation state, along with time in culture, cell-matrix, and cell–cell contact can influence the galvanotactic response of cells." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Iwasa, S. N., Babona-Pilipos, R., & Morshead, C. M. (2017). Environmental Factors That Influence Stem Cell Migration: An "Electric Field". Stem cells international, 2017, 4276927. doi:10.1155/2017/4276927. Copyright © 2017 Stephanie N. Iwasa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.