Pan-tissue scaling of stiffness versus fibrillar collagen reflects contractility-driven strain that inhibits fibril degradation
Karanvir Saini, Sangkyun Cho, Manu Tewari, AA.R. Jalil, M. Wang, Alexander J. Kasznel, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, David M. Chenoweth, Dennis E. Discher
The paper examines how tissue stiffness scales with collagen levels across different tissues and finds sub-linear scaling that aligns with cellularized gels, suggesting contractility-driven strain inhibition of collagen degradation.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2023 · PreprintMolecular Biology