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Architected Load Paths Enable Stiffening and Motion Programming in Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A single MARS template introduces an architected reinforcement strategy for programmable soft pneumatic actuators through internal structural organization and selective beam removal. This monolithic architecture enables deformation reconfiguration from continuous bending to joint‐like articulation and torsional motion, allowing one compliant platform ...
Jie Wang, Yuwen Wu, Yuze Zhang, Ye Wei, Yuting Ma, Yingxiang Liu, Kai Guo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Variation and Enzymatic Susceptibility of Collagen Fibril Extracted from Native and Overloaded Tail Tendons

, 2019
The mechanical overload of collagen based connective tissues is a common cause of injuries, resulting in the loss of locomotion. In the case of overloaded tendons, the transmission of forces between muscle and bone are affected, impeding the function ...
Baldwin, Samuel
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Nascent Extracellular Matrix Converts Biomaterial Cues into Cell Fate Decisions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers a tri‐directional interplay among cells, hydrogels, and their nascent extracellular matrix. Hydrogel norbornene modification alters CD44‐mediated cell–hydrogel interactions, which shape nascent matrix deposition, composition, and spatial organization.
Joshua Y. Liu, Ziqian Yang, Arina E. Velieva, Eleanor M. Plaster, Mingyue Fan, Donia W. Ahmed, Avinava Roy, Pamela Duran, Pamela Panovich, Alexandra S. Piotrowski‐Daspit, Carlos A. Aguilar, Megan L. Killian, Claudia Loebel   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomechanical comparison of innovative suture techniques for repair of Achilles tendon rupture in a porcine flexor tendon model. [PDF]

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Weigand L, Liebrand B, Scheible S, Meffert R, Hoelscher-Doht S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Aged tendons have impaired mechanosensitivity and lower thresholds for injury under dynamic compression. [PDF]

J Biomech
Mlawer SJ, Connizzo BK.
europepmc   +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

Quantitative Sodium MRI of the Human Patellar Tendon. [PDF]

NMR Biomed
Möller R, Jurisic J, Drewes LR, Ljimani A, Wittsack HJ, Nagel AM, Antoch G, Wilms LM, Müller-Lutz A, Kamp B.   +9 more
europepmc   +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