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Controllable Dynamic Mechanical Cell Stimulation using Magnetically Actuated Artificial Cilia

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This paper introduces a platform based on magnetic artificial cilia for providing controllable dynamic mechanical stimulation to single cells, suitable for investigating large cell populations and enabling live cell imaging. Proof‐of‐principle experiments show that cell morphology is strongly influenced by the artificial cilia, that cellular forces can
Roel Kooi, Tanveer Ul Islam, Oscar M.J.A. Stassen, Naomie Amsing, Jan de Boer, Jaap M.J. den Toonder   +5 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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A Soft Microrobot for Single‐Cell Transport, Spheroid Assembly, and Dual‐Mode Drug Screening

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A soft, untethered hydrogel microrobot enables precise single‐cell delivery, self‐assembly into 3D spheroids, and real‐time thermal actuation. Driven by light‐induced convection and embedded with gold nanorods and temperature sensors, the microrobot guides cells, modulates local microenvironments, and supports drug testing.
Philipp Harder, Nergishan İyisan, Yukun Wang, Berna Özkale   +3 more
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Matrix Stiffness Governs Fibroblasts’ Regulation of Gingival Immune Homeostasis

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study identifies a “mechano‐epigenetic” checkpoint in which matrix stiffness governs the immune responses of gingival fibroblasts. Using biomimetic hydrogels and human gingival explants, the studies revealed that restoring extracellular matrix stiffness actively suppresses inflammation via non‐canonical NF‐κB signaling and DNA methylation ...
Hardik Makkar, Nghi Tran, Yu‐Chang Chen, Kang I. Ko, Rebecca G. Wells, Kyle H. Vining   +5 more
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BLOC: Buildable and Linkable Organ on a Chip

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We developed a “Buildable and Linkable Organ on a Chip” (BLOC) that can construct diverse microphysiological systems (MPSs). The BLOC is standardized to the same size and has one of the functions of “Culture,” “Control,” or “Analysis.” Users can freely configure various MPSs, including developing perfusion, cytotoxicity analysis, and biochemical ...
Yusuke Kimura, Hiroki Hamaguchi, Kotaro Oyama, Tomoko G. Oyama, Atsushi Kimura, Yasuhiro Ohshima, Noriko S. Ishioka, Mitsumasa Taguchi   +7 more
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Liver Stiffness Directs Intrahepatic Cholesterol Accumulation Through YAP/TAZ in Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Liver stiffness promotes intrahepatic cholesterol accumulation by repressing LXRα through YAP/TAZ activation. Stiff matrices impair cholesterol efflux in hepatocytes, while YAP/TAZ deletion restores LXRα activity and prevents cholesterol‐induced fibrosis.
Na Young Lee, Myeung Gi Choi, Ho Jae Ryu, Young Jin Min, Seon Min Kim, Yeonseok Chung, Bo Kyung Koo, Yun Pyo Kang, Won Kim, Ja Hyun Koo   +9 more
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Lamins’ role in osteosarcoma

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare and highly aggressive bone tumor that can develop in several skeletal segments, although it predominantly affects the long bones. This cancer mostly occurs in adolescents, young adults and people older than 60.
Giulia Bagnato, Giulia Bagnato, Barbara Peruzzi, Barbara Peruzzi   +3 more
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Stochastic Nanoscale Biophysical Cues as a Basis for the Induction of Glioblastoma‐Like Transcriptional Programs in Astrocytes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Stochastic nanoscale physical cues induce glioblastoma (GBM)‐associated transcriptional traits in naïve astrocytes leading to spontaneous formation of spheroids. Cells within spheroids express activated‐MMP2 and a differential gene expression pattern involving P53 and NOTCH3, providing evidence for a role for changes in brain topography, as observed in
Laurent Starck, Tobias Butelmann, Sabrina Hogan, Melika Sarem, Bernd Heimrich, Ritwick Sawarkar, Marie‐Françoise Ritz, Gregor Hutter, V. Prasad Shastri   +8 more
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The Role of Connections Between Cellular and Tissue Mechanical Elements and the Importance of Applied Energy in Mechanotransduction in Cancerous Tissue

Biomolecules
In the presence of cellular mutations and impaired mechanisms of energy transmission to the attached cells and tissues, excess energy is available to upregulate some of the mechanotransduction pathways that maintain cell and tissue structure and function.
Frederick H. Silver
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A Biomarker‐Driven Ovary–Endometrium Organ‐on‐a‐Chip Mimicking 3D Multicellular Complexity and Menstrual Cyclicity for Predicting Reproductive Toxicity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We present a dual‐organ, biomarker‐integrated ovaryendometrium organ‐on‐a‐chip that recapitulates 3D tissue complexity, menstrual cycle dynamics, and hormonal crosstalk. This platform enables real‐time, cell‐typespecific fluorescent readouts of reproductive toxicity using ANGPTL4 and SERPINB2 as early‐response reporters.
Soo‐Rim Kim, Eun‐kyung Min, Choon‐Mi Lee, Chan Hum Park, Byung‐Chul Oh, YunJae Jung, In‐Sun Hong   +6 more
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