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Cellular Responses to Mechanical Cues Across Scales: From Fundamental Insights to Translational Potential

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how cellular behavior is regulated by mechanical cues transmitted through soft biomaterials, from single‐cell mechanosensing to tissue‐level adaptation. It highlights why physiological relevance, rather than model complexity alone, is critical for translational mechanobiology and introduces a scoring framework linking material ...
Mathias Polz, Manuel P. Kainz, Niklas Haider, Theresa Rienmüller, Kerstin Lenk, Rupert Kargl, Michele Terzano, Gerhard Sommer, Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Julia Fuchs   +9 more
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Mammalian Diaphanous 1 Mediates a Pathway for E-cadherin to Stabilize Epithelial Barriers through Junctional Contractility

Cell Reports, 2017
Formins are a diverse class of actin regulators that influence filament dynamics and organization. Several formins have been identified at epithelial adherens junctions, but their functional impact remains incompletely understood.
Bipul R. Acharya, Selwin K. Wu, Zi Zhao Lieu, Robert G. Parton, Stephan W. Grill, Alexander D. Bershadsky, Guillermo A. Gomez, Alpha S. Yap   +7 more
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The role of adherens junctions in the developing neocortex [PDF]

Cell Adhesion & Migration, 2015
The disproportional enlargement of the neocortex through evolution has been instrumental in the success of vertebrates, in particular mammals. The neocortex is a multilayered sheet of neurons generated from a simple proliferative neuroepithelium through a myriad of mechanisms with substantial evolutionary conservation.
Adam M, Stocker, Anjen, Chenn
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Collagen‐Based Gut‐on‐Chip for In Vitro Modeling of Intestinal Barrier Function and Host‐Pathogen Interactions

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A collagen‐based gut‐on‐chip model replicates the intestinal extracellular matrix, supporting villi‐like structures, tight junctions, and mucin production. This biomimetic platform enables rapid epithelial differentiation and functional barrier formation.
Fernanda López García, Jacques Leng, Hugo de Oliveira, Pierre Nassoy, Karine Dementhon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adipsin alleviates cardiac microvascular injury in diabetic cardiomyopathy through Csk-dependent signaling mechanism

BMC Medicine, 2023
Background Microvascular complications are associated with an overtly increased risk of adverse outcomes in patients with diabetes including coronary microvascular injury which manifested as disruption of adherens junctions between cardiac microvascular ...
Xuebin Zhang, Yu Duan, Xiao Zhang, Mengyuan Jiang, Wanrong Man, Yan Zhang, Dexi Wu, Jiye Zhang, Xinglong Song, Congye Li, Jie Lin, Dongdong Sun   +11 more
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Perivascular Matrix Densification Dysregulates Angiogenesis and Activates Pro‐Inflammatory Endothelial Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Perivascular matrix densification promotes the emergence of aberrant endothelial tip cells (ATECs) that invade and persist within fibrotic microenvironments. Using in vivo lineage tracing and a human microvessel model, this study shows that fibrous matrix cues destabilize VE‐cadherin–mediated junctions to gate TGF‐β signaling, inducing a pro ...
Jingyi Xia, William Y. Wang, Kyle A. Jacobs, Kairav Maniar, Daphne Lin, Evan H. Jarman, Daniel L. Matera, Kristen Loesel, Christopher D. Davidson, Harrison L. Hiraki, Xiaotian Tan, Eve H. Shikanov, Robert N. Kent, Carole Parent, Xudong Fan, Ariella Shikanov, Matthew L. Kutys, Brendon M. Baker   +17 more
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Modulation of miR‐23b Wnt/β‐catenin Axis Strengthens Endothelial Barrier Properties

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Early blood‐brain barrier (BBB) disruption contributes to stroke and CNS disease pathology. miR‐23b was identified as a regulator of BBB integrity in brain endothelial cells. Inhibition of miR‐23b enhanced barrier‐associated properties, promoted repair‐related signaling, and reduced BBB leakage in experimental stroke models, supporting further ...
Victor Anthony Martinez, Rose E. Presby, Sara Nakanishi, Pallavi Gaur, Ugur Akcan, Johannes Daugaard Krog, Iben Daugaard Krog, Lipi Das, David S. Johnson, Danny Jamoul, Douglas Jury, Brian Lawson, Jacob Körbelin, Lewis M. Brown, Vilas Menon, Dritan Agalliu, Irene Munk Pedersen   +16 more
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Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis and Chemoresistance Prediction Model Based on cfRNA Molecular Signature

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A deep learning model analyzes cfRNA profiles extracted from the blood of OVCA patients. This innovative approach distinguishes OVCA from healthy controls with high accuracy. Crucially, it reliably predicts patient response to chemotherapy (sensitive versus resistant subgroups).
Qinhao Guo, Yangyang Zhang, Yongcheng Jin, Siwei Deng, Yongqi Chen, Zheng Feng, Hao Wen, Liu Wang, Yilin Li, Fanghong Ou, Yong Shen, Haiming Li, Tianyao Zhou, Xingzhu Ju, Xiaohua Wu   +14 more
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Matrix Stiffness Induces Endothelial Network Senescence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using a 3D human in vitro model that decouples mechanical stress from inflammatory or biochemical signals, matrix stiffening induces a senescence phenotype in endothelial networks. This mechano‐induced senescence activates Notch signaling, and pharmacologic Notch inhibition attenuates this stiffness‐induced senescence.
Jiyeon Song, Alexandra N. Rindone, Ya Guan, Connor D. Amelung, Prarthana Sanjay Daswani, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Sharon Gerecht   +6 more
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E-cadherin is required for centrosome and spindle orientation in Drosophila male germline stem cells. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Many adult stem cells reside in a special microenvironment known as the niche, where they receive essential signals that specify stem cell identity.
Mayu Inaba, Hebao Yuan, Viktoria Salzmann, Margaret T Fuller, Yukiko M Yamashita   +4 more
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