Marisa M. Faraldo

The paper shows that mechanical sorting, driven by adhesion and contractility differences, maintains basal-luminal compartmentalization and influences lineage outcomes in glandular epithelia.

The paper identifies a conserved p63-Notch axis in multilayered epithelia and shows how context-specific modules generate functional diversity.

The paper identifies a transient population of contractile fibroblasts in the mouse mammary gland that support branching morphogenesis through recruitment from the fat pad.

This study identifies Hippo/YAP and Notch signaling coordination as essential for tissue architecture-driven cell fate decisions in bi-layered epithelia during development and regeneration.

The paper uses single-cell RNA-sequencing to map the differentiation trajectories of mammary stem cells and identifies spatial and molecular features of lineage commitment during mammary branching morphogenesis.

This study shows that RAB6A/A regulates mammary secretory function by controlling STAT5 activation during lactation, with implications for transport pathways in epithelial tissues.