Evolution of a confluent gut epithelium under cyclic stretching
L. Geremie, E. Ilker, M. Bernheim-Dennery, C. Cavaniol, J.-L. Viovy, D. Matic Vignjevic, J.-F. Joanny, S. Descroix
This study examines how cyclic stretching affects intestinal epithelial cell orientation using Caco-2 cells on PDMS substrates, revealing a perpendicular alignment response and modeling it with a vertex model.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2021Biophysics