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Vine‐Inspired Soft Robotics: Materials, Actuations, and Emerging Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Vine‐inspired robots grow from the tip, enabling navigation through confined spaces with minimal disturbance. This Review summarizes material and actuation strategies for vine‐inspired growth, key functions including steering, retraction, attachment, branching, and variable stiffness, and emerging applications spanning medical intervention, confined ...
Jiahao Wu, Xingyun Liu, Fangzhou Wang, Huili Ren, Chaojun Zhang, Ziyu Ren, Zunqi Liu, Jing Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanically Regulated Secretion: How Physical Forces Instruct the Secretory Pathway and Remodel the Secretome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mechanical cues, including ECM stiffness, stretch, compression, shear stress, and traction forces, remodel trafficking across the secretory pathway, from the ER and Golgi to endolysosomal compartments and the plasma membrane. The resulting secretome reshapes ECM composition and tissue mechanics, establishing feedback loops that support homeostasis or ...
Domenico Russo, Seetharaman Parashuraman, Maria Luigia Maresca, Angela Francesca Dinoi, Alessia Calcagnì, Riccardo Rizzo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hypothalamic Oxytocinergic–Sympathetic Axis Couples Anxiety Dysregulation With Impaired Tendon–Bone Repair

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
RCI is associated with functional suppression of oxytocinergic neurons in the PVN. Reduced PVNOXT neuronal activity contributes to altered sympathetic regulation involving the IML–sympathetic chain pathway, accompanied by changes in norepinephrine signaling at the BTI.
Liyang Wan, Tingmo Huang, Liyue Zeng, Ruixue Du, Hengshuo Zhang, Shen Liu, Tao Zhang, Jianzhong Hu, Hongbin Lu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meningeal Lymphatic LTBR Deficiency Links Spinal Cord Injury to Secondary Brain Pathology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces remote brain alterations beyond the injured spinal cord. This study links dysfunction of meningeal lymphatic vessels (mLVs) to neuroinflammation and neuronal injury after SCI. LTBR‐mediated lymphatic restoration improves meningeal lymphatic integrity and neurological outcomes, highlighting LTBR as a potential regulator ...
Yi Chen, Yu Tang, Chengpeng Hu, Xiaoyan Duan, LingXia Min, Boya Cong, Chao Ma, Mingliang Tan, Ya Luo, Pengfei Wei, Minpeng Xu, Zhou Feng, Jingming Hou   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuous and Large‐Scale: ELEANOR, the Soft Architected Arm Inspired by the Elephant Trunk

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A large‐scale, architected continuum robot inspired by the macroscopic properties of the African elephant trunk achieves adaptive elephant‐like movements and whole‐body grasping. The results demonstrate that designing from the natural system’s macroscopic properties, rather than prescribing behaviors, provides a powerful strategy for developing ...
Giovanna A. Naselli, Anderson B. Nardin, Seonggun Joe, Ryan Drinkwater, Enrico Donato, Diego Bianchi, Egidio Falotico, Michel C. Milinkovitch, Lucia Beccai   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Multistage Venturi Amplifier for Rapid Inflation of Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work presents the amplifier inflator for soft robotic systems (AIRS), a compact, lightweight, and effective device for rapidly deploying inflatable structures to high pressure. By integrating a check valve with a Venturi‐based air entrainer, AIRS delivers an initial high‐flow output followed by pressurization, supporting fast inflation and ...
Saba Firouznia, Ciqun Xu, Tim Helps, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Factors in Tendon Injury: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017
Background: Tendon injury such as tendinopathy or rupture is common and has multiple etiologies, including both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The genetic influence on susceptibility to tendon injury is not well understood.
Natalie H. Vaughn MD, Hayk Stepanyan MD, Robert A. Gallo MD, Aman Dhawan MD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The EXPLAIN Study: Exploring Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in Adults in Norway — A Description of Demographic, Medical, and Neurological Findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) encompasses several hundred conditions with diverse genetic, pathophysiological, and clinical origins. The overarching EXPLAIN study explores underlying causes and implications of AMC and represents the largest clinical cohort of adults with AMC reported to date.
My Vuong Hermansen, Kristin Ørstavik, Unni Steen, Mathias Toft, Cathrine Brunborg, Lena Lande Wekre   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lagomorph cranial biomechanics and the functional significance of the unique fenestrated rostrum of leporids

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The crania of leporid lagomorphs are uniquely fenestrated, including the posterior cranial bones and the lateral portion of the maxilla. The functional significance of the highly fenestrated rostrum has received considerably little attention, despite being absent in other mammalian herbivores with a long rostrum.
Amber P. Wood‐Bailey, Alana C. Sharp
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The petrotympanic canal (Huguier canal): Evolutionary, anatomical, and medical perspectives

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The petrotympanic canal, traditionally referred to as Civinini's or Huguier's canal, represents an anatomical passage connecting the middle ear and temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Despite its early description, its structural complexity and functional significance have often been underestimated. In this study, we combined historical, anatomical,
Andrea Papini, Nicola Montemurro, Ferdinando Paternostro, Immacolata Belviso, Massimo Galli, Petra Martini, Licia Uccelli, Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi, Gregorio Oxilia   +8 more
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