Towards organoid culture without Matrigel

MT Kozlowski, CJ Crook, HT Ku - Communications biology, 2021 - nature.com
Organoids—cellular aggregates derived from stem or progenitor cells that recapitulate organ
function in miniature—are of growing interest in developmental biology and medicine …

Cellular mechanotransduction in health and diseases: from molecular mechanism to therapeutic targets

X Di, X Gao, L Peng, J Ai, X Jin, S Qi, H Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular mechanotransduction, a critical regulator of numerous biological processes, is the
conversion from mechanical signals to biochemical signals regarding cell activities and …

Mechanical properties of whole-body soft human tissues: a review

G Singh, A Chanda - Biomedical Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical properties of soft tissues play a key role in studying human injuries and their
mitigation strategies. While such properties are indispensable for computational modelling …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Disease mechanisms and drug development

P Spagnolo, JA Kropski, MG Jones, JS Lee… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive disease of unknown cause
characterized by relentless scarring of the lung parenchyma leading to reduced quality of life …

The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

CF Guimarães, L Gasperini, AP Marques… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals profibrotic roles of distinct epithelial and mesenchymal lineages in pulmonary fibrosis

AC Habermann, AJ Gutierrez, LT Bui, SL Yahn… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a form of chronic lung disease characterized by pathologic
epithelial remodeling and accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). To comprehensively …

Regeneration or repair? The role of alveolar epithelial cells in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)

P Confalonieri, MC Volpe, J Jacob, S Maiocchi… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD)
with unknown etiology in which gradual fibrotic scarring of the lungs leads to usual interstitial …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

FJ Martinez, HR Collard, A Pardo, G Raghu… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive lung disease characterized by
progressive lung scarring and the histological picture of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP). It …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

L Richeldi, HR Collard, MG Jones - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a prototype of chronic, progressive, and fibrotic lung disease.
Healthy tissue is replaced by altered extracellular matrix and alveolar architecture is …

Extracellular matrix as a driver of progressive fibrosis

J Herrera, CA Henke… - The Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is dynamically tuned to optimize physiological function. Its
major properties, including composition and mechanics, profoundly influence cell biology …