Cellular stiffness sensing through talin 1 in tissue mechanical homeostasis
Chanduri M, Kumar A, Weiss D, Emuna N, Barsukov I, Shi M, Tanaka K, Wang X, Datye A, Kanyo J, Collin F, Lam T, Schwarz U, Bai S, Nottoli T, Goult B, Humphrey J, Schwartz M. Cellular stiffness sensing through talin 1 in tissue mechanical homeostasis. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadi6286. PMID: 39167642, PMCID: PMC11338229, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi6286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue mechanical homeostasisStiffness sensingExtracellular matrixTalin-1Mechanical homeostasisExtracellular matrix mechanicsIncreased cell spreadingCell spreadingTalinMutationsCellular sensingFibrillar collagenReduced axial stiffnessTissue mechanical propertiesMechanical propertiesAxial stiffnessCompliant substratesHomeostasisRupture pressureArp2/3ARPC5LStiffnessHomeostasis hypothesisResident cellsTissue stiffnessCell signaling and tissue remodeling in the pulmonary autograft after the Ross procedure: A computational study
Maes L, Vervenne T, Hendrickx A, Estrada A, Van Hoof L, Verbrugghe P, Rega F, Jones E, Humphrey J, Famaey N. Cell signaling and tissue remodeling in the pulmonary autograft after the Ross procedure: A computational study. Journal Of Biomechanics 2024, 171: 112180. PMID: 38906711, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoss procedurePulmonary autograftPatient's pulmonary valveTranscription factorsPulmonary valveSmooth muscleActivation of genesAortic positionRelevant transcription factorsTissue remodelingAutograftExcessive dilatationTranscriptome dataGene activationCell signalingSignaling pathwayTarget genesMultiscale modelGenesTissueCellsFailure mechanismCell-scaleMechanical propertiesCell-scale model