Extracellular Matrix acts as pressure detector in biological tissues
Monika E. Dolega, Benjamin Brunel, Magali Le Goff, Magdalena Greda, Claude Verdier, Jean-François Joanny, Pierre Recho, Giovanni Cappello
The paper shows that extracellular matrix detects mechanical compression in multicellular aggregates by regulating cell behavior through deformation and dehydration.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2018 · PreprintBiophysics