ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
Cell-matrix feedback controls stretch-induced cellular memory and fibroblast activation.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Hoffman's Exercise for Breastfeeding Support Among Postnatal Mothers With Nipple Defects: A Scoping Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis.The breast journal · 2026Pooled it
- Mechanical regulation of cell memory.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026Review
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- Mechanobiology of orofacial tissues: principles, mechanisms, and therapeutic applications.International journal of oral science · 2026Review
- A Photothermally Amplified Enzyme-Nitric Oxide Co-Regulatory System Reprograms Pathological ECM-Fibroblast Crosstalk to Alleviate Hypertrophic Scarring.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Seta-Inspired Mechano-Intelligent Janus Bandage with Coordinated Adhesion-Contraction for Minimizing Scarring.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- 3D-Printing-Assisted, Microfabricated Devices Reveal Hierarchical and Temporal Mechanosensing in High-Density Fibroblast Culture.ACS nano · 2026Article
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- Extracellular matrix physical properties regulate cancer cell morphological transitions in 3D hydrogel microtissues.Acta biomaterialia · 2026Article
- Mechanical memory in cells: mechanisms, effects, and applications in regenerative medicine.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Deep learning reveals how cells pull, buckle, and navigate fibrous environments.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Fiber recruitment drives a phase transition of cell polarization at a critical cell spacing in matrix-mediated tissue remodeling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- The mechanobiology of fibroblast activation in disease.APL bioengineering · 2025Review
- Start your engines: How migratory fibroblasts respond to and remember mechanical stretch.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- A PIEZO-Gated Mechanotransduction Timing Window Governs Scar Commitment in Wound Healing.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyReview
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Abstract
Mechanical stretch can activate long-lived changes in fibroblasts, increasing their contractility and initiating phenotypic transformations. This activation, critical to wound healing and procedures such as skin grafting, increases with mechanical stimulus for cells cultured in two-dimensional but is highly variable in cells in three-dimensional (3D) tissue. Here, we show that static mechanical stretch of cells in 3D tissues can either increase or decrease fibroblast activation depending upon recursive cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) feedback and demonstrate control of this activation through integrated in vitro and mathematical models. ECM viscoelasticity, signaling dynamics, and cell mechanics combine to yield a predictable, but nonmonotonic, relationship between mechanical stretch and long-term cell activation. Results demonstrate that feedback between cells and ECM determine how cells retain memory of mechanical stretch and have direct implications for improving outcomes in skin grafting procedures.
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