Stiffness of primordial germ cells is required for their extravasation in avian embryos
Daisuke Saito, Ryosuke Tadokoro, Arata Nagasaka, Daisuke Yoshino, Takayuki Teramoto, Kanta Mizumoto, Kenichi Funamoto, Hinako Kidokoro, Takaki Miyata, Koji Tamura, Yoshiko Takahashi
This study shows that the stiffness of primordial germ cells is required for their arrest and extravasation in avian embryos, with actin polymerization regulating this stiffness.
iScience · Nov 18, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology