supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(China)(No.H2020206226);Hebei Province Science and Technology Support Program(China)(No.18277756D);the Science and Technology Research Project of Hebei Higher Education Institutions(China)(No.ZD2022010);High-level talent funding project of Hebei(China)(No.20231141)to W.W.
Ontogeny cannot be separated from mechanical forces. Cells are continuously subjected to different types of mechanical stimuli that convert into intracellular signals throughmechanotransduction. As a member of the G p...
Connective tissue is a dynamic structure that reacts to environmental cues to maintain homeostasis,including mechanical properties.Mechanical load influences extracellular matrix(ECM)—cell interactions and modulates ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 12032003,12302409).
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has once again sparked considerable interest in microRNA(miRNA).Recent advances have unveiled that miRNAs play critical roles in mediating the effects of mechanical stimu...
supported,in part,by the National Science Foundation Grant 2304667(to Z.H.);the National Institutes of Health Grant 7 R15 HL147214-02(to Z.H.).
Cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)persistently rank as a leading cause of premature death and illness worldwide.The Hippo signaling pathway,known for its highly conserved nature and integral role in regulating organ size,t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.31971257);Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(grant no.2022NSFSC0360).
Increasing studies have revealed the importance of mechanical cues in tumor progression,invasiveness and drug resistance.During malignant transformation,changes manifest in either the mechanical properties of the tiss...
supported by the BBSRC(sLOLA grant BB/G010579/1);an EU ERC Advanced Grant DYNACEUTICS(grant no.789119).
Bone tissue engineering requires a combination of materials,cells,growth factors and mechanical cues to recapitulate bone formation.In this study we evaluated hybrid hydrogels for minimally invasive bone formation by ...
the Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province,China(No.20230101163JC and No.20210509003RQ)。
Mechanical stimulation is the key physical factor in cell environment.Mechanotransduction acts as a fundamental regulator of cell behavior,regulating cell proliferation,differentiation,apoptosis,and exhibiting specifi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31771047);Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2022A1515010592and 2023A1515010107);Guangdong Provincial Key Areas R&D Programs(2022B1111080007);the Key Areas Research and Development Program of Guangzhou(202103030003);the Outstanding Innovative Talents Cultivation Funded Programs for Doctoral Students of Jinan University(2023CXB013).
Osteoid plays a crucial role in directing cell behavior and osteogenesis through its unique characteristics,including viscoelasticity and liquid crystal(LC)state.Thus,integrating osteoid-like features into 3D printing...
supported by start-up funding(grant OJQD2022015)from Oujiang Laboratory;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant 82301873).
Micropatterning is a sophisticated technique that precisely manipulates the spatial distribution of cell adhesion proteins on various substrates across multiple scales.This precise control over adhesive regions facili...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFB2008501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21901207);Shaanxi Science and Technology Fund(2020JQ-137)for financial support.
Organic mechanophores have been widely adopted for polymer mechanotransduction.However,most examples of polymer mechanotransduction inevitably experience macromolecular chain rupture,and few of them mimic mussel’s me...