Tissue stiffness dictates development, homeostasis, and disease progression

AM Handorf, Y Zhou, MA Halanski, WJ Li - Organogenesis, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tissue development is orchestrated by the coordinated activities of both chemical and
physical regulators. While much attention has been given to the role that chemical regulators …

Mechanical control of tissue and organ development

T Mammoto, DE Ingber - Development, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Many genes and molecules that drive tissue patterning during organogenesis and tissue
regeneration have been discovered. Yet, we still lack a full understanding of how these …

Mechanobiology and developmental control

T Mammoto, A Mammoto… - Annual review of cell and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Morphogenesis is the remarkable process by which cells self-assemble into complex tissues
and organs that exhibit specialized form and function during embryological development …

Muscular thin films for building actuators and powering devices

AW Feinberg, A Feigel, SS Shevkoplyas, S Sheehy… - Science, 2007 - science.org
We demonstrate the assembly of biohybrid materials from engineered tissues and synthetic
polymer thin films. The constructs were built by culturing neonatal rat ventricular …

Left ventricular structure and function: basic science for cardiac imaging

PP Sengupta, J Korinek, M Belohlavek, J Narula… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
The myofiber geometry of the left ventricle (LV) changes gradually from a right-handed helix
in the subendocardium to a left-handed helix in the subepicardium. In this review, we …

Perspective: The promise of multi-cellular engineered living systems

RD Kamm, R Bashir, N Arora, RD Dar, MU Gillette… - APL …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Recent technological breakthroughs in our ability to derive and differentiate induced
pluripotent stem cells, organoid biology, organ-on-chip assays, and 3-D bioprinting have all …

Transgenic fluorescent zebrafish lines that have revolutionized biomedical research

CP Choe, SY Choi, Y Kee, MJ Kim, SH Kim… - Laboratory Animal …, 2021 - Springer
Since its debut in the biomedical research fields in 1981, zebrafish have been used as a
vertebrate model organism in more than 40,000 biomedical research studies. Especially …

Uncovering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of heart development using the zebrafish

D Staudt, D Stainier - Annual review of genetics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Over the past 20 years, the zebrafish has emerged as a powerful model organism for
studying cardiac development. Its ability to survive without an active circulation and …

Reversing Blood Flows Act through klf2a to Ensure Normal Valvulogenesis in the Develo** Heart

J Vermot, AS Forouhar, M Liebling, D Wu… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Heart valve anomalies are some of the most common congenital heart defects, yet neither
the genetic nor the epigenetic forces guiding heart valve development are well understood …

Zebrafish and Medaka: new model organisms for modern biomedical research

CY Lin, CY Chiang, HJ Tsai - Journal of biomedical science, 2016 - Springer
Although they are primitive vertebrates, zebrafish (Danio rerio) and medaka (Oryzias latipes)
have surpassed other animals as the most used model organisms based on their many …