Single-cell profiling of the developing embryonic heart in Drosophila

X Huang, Y Fu, H Lee, Y Zhao, W Yang… - …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Drosophila is an important model for studying heart development and disease. Yet, single-
cell transcriptomic data of its developing heart have not been performed. Here, we report …

The Enigmas of Tissue Closure: Inspiration from Drosophila

X Huang, Z Su, XJ Xie - Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hollow structures are essential for development and physiological activity. The construction
and maintenance of hollow structures never cease throughout the lives of multicellular …

Advanced Imaging Techniques for Studying Drosophila Cardiogenesis

C McFaul - 2024 - tspace.library.utoronto.ca
In vertebrates and invertebrates alike, the heart forms as two groups of cells migrate
collectively to form a tube. While the genetics of heart development are largely understood …

Preprint Highlight: Myosin waves and a mechanical asymmetry guide the oscillatory migration of Drosophila cardiac progenitors

LD Ríos-Barrera - Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2022 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Heart formation in Drosophila is initiated by collective cell migration of two lateral rows of
cardioblasts that meet at the dorsal midline of the embryo to form a tube. How cardioblast …

Interfacial energy constraints are sufficient to align cells over large distances

S Tlili, M Shagirov, S Zhang, TE Saunders - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
During development and wound healing, cells need to form long-ranged ordered structures
to ensure precise formation of organs and repair damage. This requires cells to locate …