The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation

J Haerinck, S Goossens, G Berx - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) enables cells to interconvert between several
states across the epithelial–mesenchymal landscape, thereby acquiring hybrid epithelial …

Regulation of genome organization and gene expression by nuclear mechanotransduction

C Uhler, GV Shivashankar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
It is well established that cells sense chemical signals from their local microenvironment and
transduce them to the nucleus to regulate gene expression programmes. Although a number …

A feedforward mechanism mediated by mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 and tissue mechanics promotes glioma aggression

X Chen, S Wanggou, A Bodalia, M Zhu, W Dong… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Alteration of tissue mechanical properties is a physical hallmark of solid tumors including
gliomas. How tumor cells sense and regulate tissue mechanics is largely unknown. Here …

Tissue mechanics regulate brain development, homeostasis and disease

JM Barnes, L Przybyla, VM Weaver - Journal of cell science, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
All cells sense and integrate mechanical and biochemical cues from their environment to
orchestrate organismal development and maintain tissue homeostasis …

Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition by tumor microenvironmental signals and its implication in cancer therapeutics

J Zhang, Z Hu, CA Horta, J Yang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been implicated in various aspects of tumor
development, including tumor invasion and metastasis, cancer stemness, and therapy …

Mechanobiology of macrophages: how physical factors coregulate macrophage plasticity and phagocytosis

N Jain, J Moeller, V Vogel - Annual review of biomedical …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In addition to their early-recognized functions in host defense and the clearance of apoptotic
cell debris, macrophages play vital roles in tissue development, homeostasis, and repair. If …

Compression-induced dedifferentiation of adipocytes promotes tumor progression

Y Li, AS Mao, BR Seo, X Zhao, SK Gupta, M Chen… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Dysregulated physical stresses are generated during tumorigenesis that affect the
surrounding compliant tissues including adipocytes. However, the effect of physical …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptotic extracellular vesicles are metabolized regulators nurturing the skin and hair

L Ma, C Chen, D Liu, Z Huang, J Li, H Liu, RTK Kwok… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Over 300 billion of cells die every day in the human body, producing a large number of
endogenous apoptotic extracellular vesicles (apoEVs). Also, allogenic stem cell …

Focal adhesion kinase signaling in unexpected places

EG Kleinschmidt, DD Schlaepfer - Current opinion in cell biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•FAK undergoes conformational activation and dimerization.•FAK activation can
occur at adhesions, on endosomes, and in the nucleus.•FAK localizes to adherens junctions …

Tumor-on-a-chip for integrating a 3D tumor microenvironment: chemical and mechanical factors

L Wan, CA Neumann, PR LeDuc - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor progression, including metastasis, is significantly influenced by factors in the tumor
microenvironment (TME) such as mechanical force, shear stress, chemotaxis, and hypoxia …