Keratins coordinate tissue spreading by balancing spreading forces with tissue material properties
Suyash Naik, Yann-Edwin Keta, Kornelija Pranjic-Ferscha, Édouard Hannezo, Silke Henkes, Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg
The paper shows keratins balance spreading forces and tissue resilience in zebrafish embryos to enable uniform tissue spreading.
Nature Communications · May 16, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology