Endothelial cells on the move: dynamics in vascular morphogenesis and disease

CG Fonseca, P Barbacena, CA Franco - Vascular Biology, 2020 - vb.bioscientifica.com
The vascular system is a hierarchically organized network of blood vessels that play crucial
roles in embryogenesis, homeostasis and disease. Blood vessels are built by endothelial …

Sha** epithelial tissues by stem cell mechanics in development and cancer

VF Fiore, J Almagro, E Fuchs - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2025 - nature.com
Adult stem cells balance self-renewal and differentiation to build, maintain and repair
tissues. The role of signalling pathways and transcriptional networks in controlling stem cell …

Anisotropy links cell shapes to tissue flow during convergent extension

X Wang, M Merkel, LB Sutter… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Within develo** embryos, tissues flow and reorganize dramatically on timescales as short
as minutes. This includes epithelial tissues, which often narrow and elongate in convergent …

Genome-wide genetic structure of henan indigenous chicken breeds

Y Zhi, D Wang, K Zhang, Y Wang, W Geng, B Chen… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There are five indigenous chicken breeds in Henan Province, China;
however, comprehensive knowledge of their genetic basis is lacking. Therefore, using whole …

Tissue fluidity mediated by adherens junction dynamics promotes planar cell polarity-driven ommatidial rotation

N Founounou, R Farhadifar, GM Collu, U Weber… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The phenomenon of tissue fluidity—cells' ability to rearrange relative to each other in
confluent tissues—has been linked to several morphogenetic processes and diseases, yet …

E-cadherin tunes tissue mechanical behavior before and during morphogenetic tissue flows

X Wang, CM Cupo, S Ostvar, AD Countryman… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Adhesion between epithelial cells enables the remarkable mechanical behavior of epithelial
tissues during morphogenesis. However, it remains unclear how cell-cell adhesion …

Actin polymerization and depolymerization in develo** vertebrates

Y Bai, F Zhao, T Wu, F Chen, X Pang - Frontiers in physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Development is a complex process that occurs throughout the life cycle. F-actin, a major
component of the cytoskeleton, is essential for the morphogenesis of tissues and organs …

Tissue flows are tuned by actomyosin-dependent mechanics in develo** embryos

RM Herrera-Perez, C Cupo, C Allan, AB Dagle… - PRX life, 2023 - APS
Rapid epithelial tissue flows are essential to building and sha** develo** embryos.
However, the mechanical properties of embryonic epithelial tissues and the factors that …

Hylozoic by design: Converging material and biological complexities for cell‐driven living materials with 4D behaviors

K Shariati, AS Ling, S Fuchs… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of novel techniques in biology and material science, coupled with greater
understandings of cell–material interactions, have given rise to the creation of living …

Transcytosis in the development and morphogenesis of epithelial tissues

ND Serra, MV Sundaram - The EMBO Journal, 2021 - embopress.org
Transcytosis is a form of specialized transport through which an extracellular cargo is
endocytosed, shuttled across the cytoplasm in membrane‐bound vesicles, and secreted at a …