Plastic deformation in cells and tissues has been found to play crucial roles in collective cell
migration, cancer metastasis, and morphogenesis. However, the fundamental question of …

Licorice is not only a widely used food, but also a classic tonic Chinese medicine, which
mainly contains glycyrrhiza polysaccharides (GP) and flavonoids with excellent anti …

The epithelium, an essential barrier to protect organisms against infection, exists in many
organs. However, rapid re‐epithelialization to restore tissue integrity and function in an …

Skin wounds are susceptible to microbial infections which commonly lead to the delayed
wound healing. Rapid clearance of pathogens from the wound is of great significance and …

Metastasis accounts for the vast majority of breast cancer-related fatalities. Although the
contribution of genetic and epigenetic modifications to breast cancer progression has been …

Gene therapies and cellular programming rely on effective cell transfection. Despite
continuous advancements in carrier development and transfection techniques to enhance …

Cells lacking a stiff cell wall, eg, mammalian cells, must actively regulate their volume to
maintain proper cell function. On the time scale that protein production is negligible, water …

Mammalian cells rapidly respond to environmental changes by altering transmembrane
water and ion fluxes, changing cell volume. Contractile forces generated by actomyosin …

Monocytes are critical to innate immunity, participating in chemotaxis during tissue injury,
infection, and inflammatory conditions. However, the migration dynamics of human …

Our understanding of how fluid forces influence cell migration in confining environments
remains limited. By integrating microfluidics with live-cell imaging, we demonstrate that cells …