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ArticleScientific reports2019

Polyacrylamide Bead Sensors for in vivo Quantification of Cell-Scale Stress in Zebrafish Development.

N Träber, K Uhlmann, S Girardo, G Kesavan, K Wagner, J Friedrichs, R Goswami, K Bai, M Brand, C Werner and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

N TräberLeibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
K UhlmannChair of Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
S GirardoBiotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 47/49, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
G KesavanCenter for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 105, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
K WagnerBiotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 47/49, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
J FriedrichsLeibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
R GoswamiCenter for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 105, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
K BaiCenter for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 105, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
M BrandCenter for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 105, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
C WernerLeibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
D BalzaniChair of Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany. daniel.balzani@rub.de.
J GuckBiotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 47/49, 01307, Dresden, Germany. jochen.guck@mpl.mpg.de.
TU Dresden · DELeibniz Institute of Polymer Research · DEMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light · DERuhr University Bochum · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanical stress exerted and experienced by cells during tissue morphogenesis and organ formation plays an important role in embryonic development. While techniques to quantify mechanical stresses in vitro are available, few methods exist for studying stresses in living organisms. Here, we describe and characterize cell-like polyacrylamide (PAAm) bead sensors with well-defined elastic properties and size for in vivo quantification of cell-scale stresses. The beads were injected into developing zebrafish embryos and their deformations were computationally analyzed to delineate spatio-temporal local acting stresses. With this computational analysis-based cell-scale stress sensing (COMPAX) we are able to detect pulsatile pressure propagation in the developing neural rod potentially originating from polarized midline cell divisions and continuous tissue flow. COMPAX is expected to provide novel spatio-temporal insight into developmental processes at the local tissue level and to facilitate quantitative investigation and a better understanding of morphogenetic processes.

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Elastic ModulusAcrylic ResinsAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaComputational BiologyEmbryonic DevelopmentEmbryo, NonmammalianMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesMorphogenesisNanoparticlesPolyacrylamidesStress, MechanicalZebrafishAcrylic ResinsPolyacrylamides

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PMID31745109
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