Local mechanical gradients underlie coordinated cascades of epithelial cell-cycle advance
Shoham Wanszelbaum, Areej Saleem, Liav Daraf, Yael Lavi, Lior Atia
The paper shows that mechanical gradients from cell division coordinate cell-cycle progression in epithelial tissues through spatially localized high-tension zones.
bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics