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Interplay of Glucose Metabolism and Hippo Pathway in Chondrocytes: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets

Bioengineering
In this review, we explore the intricate relationship between glucose metabolism and mechanotransduction pathways, with a specific focus on the role of the Hippo signaling pathway in chondrocyte pathophysiology.
Jacob Jahn, Quinn T. Ehlen, Lee Kaplan, Thomas M. Best, Zhipeng Meng, Chun-Yuh Huang   +5 more
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Functional Disorder at the Neural Interface: How Disordered Nanostructures Promote Proper Growth and Differentiation in In Vitro Neural Cultures

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work provides a practical guide for neuroengineers to design advanced neural interfaces, embracing and tailoring the concept of functional disorder. By bridging 2D and 3D in vitro models, this work highlights how non‐periodic, spatially heterogeneous, multiscale nanotopography can enable more physiologically relevant platforms for studying neural ...
F. Maita, E. Palmieri, I. Lucarini, L. Montaina, L. Maiolo   +4 more
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Review: Mechanotransduction in ovarian cancer: Shearing into the unknown

APL Bioengineering, 2018
Ovarian cancer remains a deadly diagnosis with an 85% recurrence rate and a 5-year survival rate of only 46%. The poor outlook of this disease has improved little over the past 50 years owing to the lack of early
Caymen Novak, Eric Horst, Geeta Mehta
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote Magnetomechanical Neuromodulation Uncovers Therapeutic Mechanisms for Alleviating Parkinsonian Symptoms in Freely Moving Mice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Magnetomechanical neuromodulation using magnetic nanodiscs enables remote activation of neurons. In a hemiparkinsonian mouse model, alternating magnetic fields actuate the nanodiscs to generate torque that opens mechanosensitive ion channels within the subthalamic nucleus, thereby modulating basal ganglia motor circuitry.
Anouk Wolters, Lorenzo Signorelli, Christian Herff, Sophia Gimple, Renzo Riemens, Gunter Kenis, Kim Rijkers, Hamed Shabani, Jyh‐Jang Sun, Yasin Temel, Hans Clusmann, Danijela Gregurec, Sarah‐Anna Hescham   +12 more
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A small scale cell culture system to analyze mechanobiology using reporter gene constructs and polyurethane dishes [PDF]

European Cells & Materials, 2010
Mechanical forces are translated into biochemical signals and contribute to cell differentiation and phenotype maintenance. Mesenchymal stem cells and their tissue-specific offspring, as osteoblasts and chondrocytes, cells of cardiovascular tissues and ...
W Wilke, F Jakob, R Ebert, A Ignatius, M Schieker, L Claes, D Docheva, A Liedert, M Kassem, T Lind, B Mentrup, M Kober, T Schwarz, S Mueller-Deubert, L Seefried   +14 more
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PIEZO1 is Required for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression and Leukemia Stem Cell Maintenance via HIF1A‐SLC7A11 Axis‐Mediated Ferroptosis Defense

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies the mechanosensor PIEZO1 as a key factor in promoting acute myeloid leukemia progression and uncovers a ferroptosis defense system mediated by PIEZO1‐HIF1A‐SLC7A11 axis that is essential for leukemia stem cell maintenance. This ferroptotic defense system may represent a unique vulnerability for leukemia stem cells, providing a ...
Tiantian Zhang, Ziyan Cao, Kexin Gao, Shuxin Yao, Yanbing Zheng, Manman Cui, Rong Yin, Guoqiang Han, Jin Hu, Chengyi Wang, Haojian Zhang   +10 more
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A Wireless 3D Magneto‐Mechanical Stimulation Platform Drives In Situ Chondrogenic Commitment of Endogenous MSCs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An intracellular magneto‐mechanical platform utilizing MSC‐targeted nanomotors is developed. After intra‐articular delivery, these nanomotors target endogenous BMSCs and are actuated within lysosomes to execute trans‐planar rotational‐bouncing motions under a rotating‐fluctuating 3D magnetic field, generating amplified mechanical stimulation.
Zhenguang Li, Li Peng, Laiya Lu, Yingying Wang, Xiaolei Chen, Feng Yin, Cuijun Deng, Yu Cheng   +7 more
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Cholesterol‐Mediated Metabolic‐mechanotransductive Crosstalk Orchestrates Castration Resistance in Prostate Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Full androgen deprivation (FAD) induces paracrine cholesterol in prostate cancer that drives the polarization of cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and subsequent elevated matrix stiffness. Matrix stiffness in turn potentiates tumor cell survival under FAD pressure via dual mechanotransductive activation of the IRE1α‐XBP1s stress‐response axis ...
Shaojie Liu, Chao Xu, Jun Jiang, Limin He, Yike Zhou, Zhengxuan Li, Yu Li, Keying Zhang, Fa Yang, Tong Lu, Hongtao Song, Hai Zhu, Zhihao Hu, Xiaolong Zhao, Kai Gan, Hongji Li, Bo Yang, Rui Zhang, Weihong Wen, Donghui Han, Weijun Qin   +20 more
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Advanced Microarrays as Heterogeneous Force‐Remodeling Coordinator to Orchestrate Nuclear Configuration and Force‐Sensing Mechanotransduction in Stem Cells

Advanced Science
Integrin and focal adhesion can regulate cytoskeleton distribution to govern actin‐related force remodeling and play an important role in nuclear configuration and force‐sensing mechanotransduction of stem cells.
Nana Wang, Yan Hou, Lili Lin, Shihui Xu, Kyubae Lee, Yingjun Yang, Yazhou Chen, Yachun Li, Xiuhui Wang, Yongtao Wang, Tao Chen   +10 more
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