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A Method Enabling Comprehensive Isolation of Arabidopsis Mutants Exhibiting Unusual Root Mechanical Behavior

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Root penetration into soils is fundamental for land plants to support their own aboveground parts and forage water and nutrients. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying root mechanical penetration, mutants defective in this behavior need to be ...
Hiroshi Tojo, Aki Nakamura, Ali Ferjani, Yusuke Kazama, Tomoko Abe, Hidetoshi Iida   +5 more
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Stiffness‐Activated Stellate Cells Drive Pancreatic Cancer Liver Colonization via GMFG‐TNS4 Signaling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fibrotic liver stiffness activates hepatic stellate cells through Piezo1‐dependent calcium influx and ER stress, promoting EV‐associated GMFG release. Delivered GMFG engages TNS4 in pancreatic cancer cells, triggering FAK/AKT signaling, adhesion, and fatty acid synthesis.
Biwen Zhu, Jian Wan, Xue Zhang, Jiashuai Yan, Xi Chen, Xiaoqi Guan, Qianqian Ren, Tao Yang, Di Wu, Qingsong Guo, Yibing Guo, Yuhua Lu   +11 more
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Biomembrane force probe (BFP): Design, advancements, and recent applications to live‐cell mechanobiology

Exploration, 2023
Mechanical forces play a vital role in biological processes at molecular and cellular levels, significantly impacting various diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and COVID‐19.
Laura Moldovan, Caroline Haoran Song, Yiyao Catherine Chen, Haoqing Jerry Wang, Lining Arnold Ju   +4 more
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A Blood‐Derived Double‐Network Hydrogel with Robust Wet Adhesion for Keratinized Mucosa Regeneration via Neutrophil Phenotype Reprogramming and Mechanophysical Niche Modulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The iPRF‐MA/Alg‐NHS/Lut@EGCG (PGAE) double‐network hydrogel achieves durable wet adhesion in the oral environment. It simultaneously reprograms neutrophils from NETosis to phagocytosis for biofilm clearance, and activates the FAK‐RhoA‐YAP mechanotransduction pathway in gingival fibroblasts to drive extracellular matrix remodeling, thereby promoting ...
Sicong Ren, Xinting Yang, Jingxia Chen, Yihan Wang, Jian Feng, Jing Zhou, Jiaxin Luo, Jingjie Zhai, Quan Lin, Yanmin Zhou   +9 more
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Neuromorphic Metamaterials for Mechanosensing and Perceptual Associative Learning

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022
Physical systems exhibiting neuromechanical functions promise to enable structures with directly encoded autonomy and intelligence. A neuromorphic metamaterials class embodying bioinspired mechanosensing, memory, and learning functionalities obtained by ...
Katherine S. Riley, Subhadeep Koner, Juan C. Osorio, Yongchao Yu, Harith Morgan, Janav P. Udani, Stephen A. Sarles, Andres F. Arrieta   +7 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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Functional fibrillar interfaces: Biological hair as inspiration across scales

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Hair, or hair-like fibrillar structures, are ubiquitous in biology, from fur on the bodies of mammals, over trichomes of plants, to the mastigonemes on the flagella of single-celled organisms.
Guillermo J. Amador, Brett Klaassen van Oorschot, Caiying Liao, Jianing Wu, Da Wei   +4 more
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Endothelial miR‐15a/16‐1 Regulation of SYNE1 Mediates Structural and Functional Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Endothelial miR‐15a/16‐1 deletion promotes long‐term recovery after traumatic brain injury by restoring SYNE1 expression. Enhanced endothelial SYNE1 preserves vascular integrity, protects white and gray matter, and improves neurological function. The endothelial miR‐15a/16‐1–SYNE1 axis emerges as a key regulator of neurovascular repair and a potential ...
Shun Li, Na Qiu, Chao Zhou, Andrew Ni, Ping Sun, Jia‐Jun Liu, Xin‐Lei Huang, Tian‐Qing Xiong, Yu‐Chi Zhang, Hai‐Zhou Liu, Xiao‐Tao Xu, Rui Wang, Shi‐Qing Zhang, Yu‐Xin Zhang, Silvia Liu, C. Edward Dixon, Jun Chen, Ke‐Jie Yin   +17 more
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Caveolin‐1 enriched apoptotic bodies derived from oral hard palate orchestrate bone remodeling to treat heterotopic ossification

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Downregulated CAV1 in HO is restored via apoptotic bodies from PMSCs, which reprogram bone remodeling by delivering CAV1 to target cells, highlighting the therapeutic role of EV subtypes in heterotopic ossification. Abstract Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a pathological process characterized by ectopic bone formation in non‐osseous tissues, with an ...
Yuchen Wang, Like Tang, Zhou Yu, Wenjin Cai, Qifeng Jiang, Zhikang Wang, Yitong Chen, Kaichen Lai, Ying Wang, Tim Forouzanfar, Chiyuan Ma, Gang Wu, Tingben Huang, Guoli Yang   +13 more
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Cytoskeleton–Membrane Uncoupling in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Implications for Newborn Screening and Early Protection

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cytoskeleton of striated muscle integrates force transmission, mechanotransduction, and sarcolemmal stability through coordinated networks of sarcomeres, costameres, and intermediate filaments. Together, these systems establish mechanical continuity between the contractile apparatus, the sarcolemma, and the extracellular matrix.
Houda Cohen, Nora Hosny, Brian R. Thompson, Joseph M. Metzger   +3 more
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