Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM). An interlinked net of proteins and sugars that surrounds brain cells, the ...

Various forms of inflammation, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), can impact neuroimmune communication between the brain and the periphery, and are ...

“This review explores our current understanding of how ECM geometry influences the behaviors of both immune cells and tumor cells, which in turn impacts treatment efficacy and cancer evolutionary ...