During embryonic development, tissues undergo major rearrangements that lead to germ
layer positioning, patterning, and organ morphogenesis. Often these morphogenetic …

Epithelial cells display dynamic behaviours, such as rearrangement, movement and shape
changes, particularly during embryonic development and in equivalent processes in adults …

Understanding the factors that direct tissue organization during development is one of the
most fundamental goals in developmental biology. Various hypotheses explain cell sorting …

Fibronectin (FN) is a multidomain protein with the ability to bind simultaneously to cell
surface receptors, collagen, proteoglycans, and other FN molecules. Many of these domains …

The controlled adhesion of cells to each other and to the extracellular matrix is crucial for
tissue development and maintenance. Numerous assays have been developed to quantify …

This review addresses the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cadherin-based tissue
morphogenesis. Tissue physiology is profoundly influenced by the distinctive organizations …

Collective cell migration in morphogenesis and cancer progression often involves the
coordination of multiple cell types. How reciprocal interactions between adjacent cell …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based methods have matured into a powerful nanoscopic
platform, enabling the characterization of a wide range of biological and synthetic …

Wnt ligands and their receptors orchestrate many essential cellular and physiological
processes. During development they control differentiation, proliferation, migration, and …

The mechanisms that order cellular packing geometry are critical for the functioning of many
tissues, but they are poorly understood. Here, we investigate this problem in the develo** …