Contractile forces direct the chiral swirling of minimal cell collectives
Ghina Badih, Alexandre Schaeffer, Benoît Vianay, Pauline Smilovici, Laurent Blanchoin, Manuel Théry, Laëtitia Kurzawa
This study shows that contractile forces in endothelial cell pairs determine the direction and strength of chiral swirling in minimal cell collectives.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Nov 14, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology