Durotaxis bridges phase transition as a function of tissue stiffness in vivo
Min Zhu, Bin Gu, Evan Thomas, Yunyun Huang, Yun‐Kyo Kim, Hirotaka Tao, Theodora M. Yung, Xin Chen, Kaiwen Zhang, Elizabeth K. Woolaver, Mikaela R. Nevin, Xi Huang, Rudolph Winklbauer, Janet Rossant, Yu Sun, Sevan Hopyan
The paper shows that fibronectin-dependent tissue stiffness controls durotaxis and cell rearrangements through a phase transition model in mouse limb bud mesoderm.
Science Advances · Jul 19, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology