Cells Prioritize the Regulation of Cell Mass Density
Jinyu Fu, Qin Ni, Yufei Wu, Anoushka Gupta, Zhuoxu Ge, Hongru Yang, Yasin Afrida, Ishan Barman, Sean X. Sun
The paper investigates cell mass density (CMD) dynamics after osmotic shock and finds CMD recovers monotonically through coordinated protein synthesis and volume growth, with NHE playing a regulatory role.
Science Advances · Aug 27, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics