Endothelium and subendothelial matrix mechanics modulate cancer cell transendothelial migration

Y Javanmardi, A Agrawal, A Malandrino… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cell extravasation, a key step in the metastatic cascade, involves cancer cell arrest
on the endothelium, transendothelial migration (TEM), followed by the invasion into the …

[HTML][HTML] The tumour microenvironment modulates cancer cell intravasation

A Agrawal, S Shahreza, Y Javanmardi, N Szita… - Organs-on-a-Chip, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of three dimensional (3D) in vitro models to realistically recapitulate
tumor microenvironment has the potential to improve translatability of anti-cancer drugs at …

Integrated role of human thymic stromal cells in hematopoietic stem cell extravasation

SA Watson, Y Javanmardi, L Zanieri… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The human thymus is the site of T‐cell maturation and induction of central tolerance.
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)‐derived progenitors are recruited to the thymus from the fetal …

[HTML][HTML] C-kit controls blood-brain barrier permeability by regulating caveolae-mediated transcytosis after chronic cerebral hypoperfusion

J Shang, W Li, H Zhang, W Wang, N Liu, D Gao… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction plays a pivotal role in the pathology of chronic
cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH)-related neurodegenerative diseases. Continuous endothelial …

TAD border deletion at the Kit locus causes tissue-specific ectopic activation of a neighboring gene

E Kabirova, A Ryzhkova, V Lukyanchikova… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Topologically associated domains (TADs) restrict promoter-enhancer interactions, thereby
maintaining the spatiotemporal pattern of gene activity. However, rearrangements of the …

The BulkECexplorer compiles endothelial bulk transcriptomes to predict functional versus leaky transcription

JT Brash, G Diez-Pinel, C Colletto… - Nature cardiovascular …, 2024 - nature.com
Transcriptomic data can be mined to understand the molecular activity of cell types. Yet,
functional genes may remain undetected in RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments for …

Emergent mechanical control of vascular morphogenesis

J Whisler, S Shahreza, K Schlegelmilch, N Ege… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Vascularization is driven by morphogen signals and mechanical cues that coordinately
regulate cellular force generation, migration, and shape change to sculpt the developing …