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Substrate Stress Relaxation Regulates Cell‐Mediated Assembly of Extracellular Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Silicone‐based viscoelastic substrates with tunable stress relaxation reveal how matrix mechanics regulates cellular mechanosensing and cell‐mediated matrix remodelling in the stiff regime. High stress relaxation promotes assembly of fibronectin fibril‐like structures, increased nuclear localization of YAP and formation of β1 integrin‐enriched ...
Jonah L. Voigt, Jens Timmer, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D Bioinspired Hair‐Based Solar Evaporator for Efficient Water Harvesting

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A bio‐derived solar evaporator inspired by blackbody radiation is developed using human hair waste. The vertically aligned hair structure enables broadband light absorption, efficient thermal localization, and rapid water transport, achieving high evaporation rates and stable desalination performance.
Yi Liu, Xuhui Sun, Jiaxian Zheng, Xiangfeng Lin, Jianqiushi Ma, Swellam Wafa Abdellatif Ali Sharshir, Liwei Wang, Meng An, Jie Wang, Yusuke Yamauchi, Zhanhui Yuan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-aa supports hair cell survival by regulating mitochondrial function

eLife, 2019
To support cell survival, mitochondria must balance energy production with oxidative stress. Inner ear hair cells are particularly vulnerable to oxidative stress; thus require tight mitochondrial regulation.
Mroj Alassaf, Emily C Daykin, Jaffna Mathiaparanam, Marc A Wolman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pvalb8, a Type of Oncomodulin, Regulates Neuromast Development and Auditory Function in Zebrafish

Cells
Congenital hearing loss, frequently resulting from defective hair cells, remains poorly understood due to the incomplete identification of key pathogenic genes. Oncomodulin (OCM) is a kind of calcium-binding protein (CaBP) that regulates diverse cellular
Guiyi Zhang, Qianqian Li, Ying Xu, Hanmeng Zhao, Chao Yang, Dong Liu, Jie Gong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Based Theranostic Platform for pH‐Sensitive Drug Delivery and Quantum Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional nanodiamond platform enables pH‐triggered Diazoxide (DZX) delivery and quantum sensing of subcellular radical dynamics in triple‐negative breast cancer cells. Diamond relaxometry revealed reduced lysosomal radicals during DZX‐induced mitochondrial radical elevation, providing insights into redox modulation and organelle‐ resolved ...
Kaiqui Wu, Siyu Fan, Yue Zhang, Willem Woudstra, Thomas Mulder, Laurens Boscher Navarro, Jur van Dijken, Katja Loos, Romana Schirhagl   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tailoring the Properties of Functional Materials With N‐Oxides

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The properties of materials bearing N‐oxide groups are often dominated by the polar N+─O− bond. It provides hydrophilicity, selective ion‐binding, electric conductivity, or antifouling properties. Many of the underlying mechanisms have only recently been discovered, and the interest in N‐oxide materials is rapidly growing.
Timo Friedrich, Michelle Kobus, Shirin Mesgarha, Erica Moretto, Laurens Grosche, Wolfgang Maison   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PCP and Wnt pathway components act in parallel during zebrafish mechanosensory hair cell orientation

Nature Communications, 2019
Planar cell polarity (PCP) regulates hair cell orientation in the zebrafish lateral line. Here, the authors show that mutating Wnt pathway genes (wnt11f1, fzd7a/b, and gpc4) causes concentric hair cell patterns not regulated by PCP, thus showing PCP/Wnt ...
Joaquin Navajas Acedo, Matthew G. Voas, Richard Alexander, Thomas Woolley, Jay R. Unruh, Hua Li, Cecilia Moens, Tatjana Piotrowski   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peptide Sequencing With Single Acid Resolution Using a Sub‐Nanometer Diameter Pore

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
To sequence a single molecule of Aβ1−42–sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), the aggregate is forced through a sub‐nanopore 0.4 nm in diameter spanning a 4.0 nm thick membrane. The figure is a visual molecular dynamics (VMD) snapshot depicting the translocation of Aβ1−42–SDS through the pore; only the peptide, the SDS, the Na+ (yellow/green) and Cl− (cyan ...
Apurba Paul, Archith Rayabharam, Lisa Almonte, Eveline Rigo, Joshy Joseph, Ashutosh Kumar, Zhuxin Dong, Narayana Aluru, Gregory Timp   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of anti-inflammatory drugs on hair cell regeneration in the zebrafish lateral line [PDF]

, 2014
Hair cell death and regeneration on the three distal-most neuromasts in the posterior lateral line of zebrafish larvae were investigated after neomycin treatment.
Garbo, Sarah C
core   +1 more source