How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions

M Luciano, C Tomba, A Roux, S Gabriele - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Among the physicochemical cues in the cellular microenvironment that orchestrate cell
processes, the different levels of curvature in the extracellular matrix and intrinsic to the …

Cell monolayers sense curvature by exploiting active mechanics and nuclear mechanoadaptation

M Luciano, SL Xue, WH De Vos, L Redondo-Morata… - Nature Physics, 2021‏ - nature.com
The early development of many organisms involves the folding of cell monolayers, but this
behaviour is difficult to reproduce in vitro; therefore, both mechanistic causes and effects of …

Mechanical compartmentalization of the intestinal organoid enables crypt folding and collective cell migration

C Pérez-González, G Ceada, F Greco, M Matejčić… - Nature cell …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Intestinal organoids capture essential features of the intestinal epithelium such as crypt
folding, cellular compartmentalization and collective movements. Each of these processes …

Membrane-actin interactions in morphogenesis: Lessons learned from Drosophila cellularization

AM Sokac, N Biel, S De Renzis - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
During morphogenesis, changes in the shapes of individual cells are harnessed to mold an
entire tissue. These changes in cell shapes require the coupled remodeling of the plasma …

Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia

P Gómez-Gálvez, P Vicente-Munuera, A Tagua… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
As animals develop, tissue bending contributes to shape the organs into complex three-
dimensional structures. However, the architecture and packing of curved epithelia remains …

3D cell neighbour dynamics in growing pseudostratified epithelia

HF Gomez, MS Dumond, L Hodel, R Vetter, D Iber - Elife, 2021‏ - elifesciences.org
During morphogenesis, epithelial sheets remodel into complex geometries. How cells
dynamically organise their contact with neighbouring cells in these tightly packed tissues is …

Sha** organs: shared structural principles across kingdoms

O Hamant, TE Saunders - Annual Review of Cell and …, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
Development encapsulates the morphogenesis of an organism from a single fertilized cell to
a functional adult. A critical part of development is the specification of organ forms. Beyond …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanics and self-organization in tissue development

P Gómez-Gálvez, S Anbari, LM Escudero… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Self-organization is an all-important feature of living systems that provides the means to
achieve specialization and functionality at distinct spatio-temporal scales. Herein, we review …

3D shape of epithelial cells on curved substrates

N Harmand, A Huang, S Hénon - Physical Review X, 2021‏ - APS
Epithelia are ubiquitous tissues that display a large diversity of functions and forms, from
totally flat to highly curved. Various morphogenetic events, such as gastrulation or branching …

Local and global changes in cell density induce reorganisation of 3D packing in a proliferating epithelium

V Barone, A Tagua, JÁ Román, A Hamdoun… - …, 2024‏ - journals.biologists.com
Tissue morphogenesis is intimately linked to the changes in shape and organisation of
individual cells. In curved epithelia, cells can intercalate along their own apicobasal axes …