
Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 23, 2024
Язык: Английский
Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 23, 2024
Язык: Английский
Cell, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 187(12), С. 3072 - 3089.e20
Опубликована: Май 22, 2024
Tissue folds are structural motifs critical to organ function. In the intestine, bending of a flat epithelium into periodic pattern gives rise villi, finger-like protrusions that enable nutrient absorption. However, molecular and mechanical processes driving villus morphogenesis remain unclear. Here, we identify an active mechanism simultaneously patterns intestinal initiate formation. At cellular level, find PDGFRA+ subepithelial mesenchymal cells generate myosin II-dependent forces sufficient produce patterned curvature in neighboring tissue interfaces. This symmetry-breaking process requires altered cell extracellular matrix interactions enabled by metalloproteinase-mediated fluidization. Computational models, together with vitro vivo experiments, revealed these features manifest at level as differences interfacial tensions promote aggregation interface through analogous dewetting thin liquid film.
Язык: Английский
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26Genetics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 227(4)
Опубликована: Июль 12, 2024
Apical extracellular matrices (aECMs) coat the exposed surfaces of animal bodies to shape tissues, influence social interactions, and protect against pathogens other environmental challenges. In nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, collagenous cuticle zona pellucida protein-rich precuticle aECMs alternately external epithelia across molt cycle play many important roles in worm's development, behavior, physiology. Both these types contain matrix proteins related those vertebrates, as well some that are nematode-specific. Extensive differences observed among tissues life stages demonstrate a major feature epithelial cell identity. addition forming discrete layers, components assemble into complex substructures such ridges, furrows, nanoscale pillars. The epidermis mechanically linked, allowing sense damage induce protective innate immune stress responses. C. elegans model, with its optical transparency, facilitates study aECM biology structure/function relationships all myriad ways by which can an organism.
Язык: Английский
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15Science Advances, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(22)
Опубликована: Май 31, 2024
The ability of cells to organize into tissues with proper structure and function requires the effective coordination proliferation, migration, polarization, differentiation across length scales. Skeletal muscle is innately anisotropic; however, few biomaterials can emulate mechanical anisotropy determine its influence on tissue patterning without introducing confounding topography. Here, we demonstrate that substrate stiffness coordinates contractility-driven collective cellular dynamics resulting in C2C12 myotube alignment over millimeter-scale distances. When cultured mechanically anisotropic liquid crystalline polymer networks (LCNs) lacking topography, myoblasts collectively polarize stiffest direction. Cellular amplified through reciprocal cell-ECM emerge during fusion, driving global myotube-ECM ordering. Conversely, was restricted small local domains no directional preference isotropic LCNs same chemical formulation. These findings provide valuable insights for designing mimic microenvironments underscore importance orchestrating morphogenesis.
Язык: Английский
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10Developmental Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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1Nature Cell Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Март 10, 2025
Язык: Английский
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1Current Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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1Nature, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 11, 2024
Amniote integumentary appendages constitute a diverse group of micro-organs, including feathers, hair and scales. These structures typically develop as genetically controlled units
Язык: Английский
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5Developmental Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 515, С. 129 - 138
Опубликована: Июль 24, 2024
In this review we discuss how the mammalian interfollicular epidermis forms during development, maintains homeostasis, and is repaired following wounding. Recent studies have provided new insights into relationship between stem cell compartment differentiating layers; ability of differentiated cells to dedifferentiate cells; epigenetic memory epidermal
Язык: Английский
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4Biomaterials Advances, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 172, С. 214262 - 214262
Опубликована: Март 2, 2025
Язык: Английский
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0Biophysical Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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