Hironobu Fujiwara

The paper shows that basement membrane components maintain dermal papilla fibroblast aggregation by mediating cell-ECM interactions, supporting their in vitro aggregation in Matrigel.

This study presents a single-cell epigenomic and transcriptomic atlas of aged mice under germ-free conditions, revealing sterile inflammation as an intrinsic ageing feature.

The paper shows that laminin-2 in the kidney glomerular basement membrane comes from circulating sources, not local cells, and that BM integrity affects this trans-tissue deposition.

This study identifies a mechanism for epithelial stratification analogous to a phase transition, driven by foam-geometric instability and nucleation-growth processes.

The paper introduces a new method combining USIM and AFM to measure stiffness and biomolecular distributions in 3D living tissue, revealing mechanical heterogeneity and the role of collagens.

The study uses a fluorescent mouse model to show that basement membrane dynamics during hair follicle development are spatially graded and influence progenitor cell behavior and organ shape.

The paper identifies BM composition and architecture at inter-tissue interfaces in mouse hair follicles, revealing specialized structures for different interactions.

The paper withdraws a previous version due to errors in submission and plans to release a revised manuscript.

The paper introduces a functional data analysis approach for scRNA-seq data to improve cell type classification by modeling cells as functions, achieving better accuracy than conventional methods.

The paper identifies a niche of hair follicle epidermal stem cells that support tactile sensation by maintaining stable interfaces with mechanosensory structures.