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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Matrix Stiffness Induces Endothelial Network Senescence.

Jiyeon Song, Alexandra N Rindone, Ya Guan, Connor D Amelung, Prarthana Sanjay Daswani, Jennifer H Elisseeff, Sharon Gerecht

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jiyeon SongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5636-6757
Alexandra N RindoneTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-5933
Ya GuanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Connor D AmelungDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Prarthana Sanjay DaswaniTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jennifer H ElisseeffTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5066-1996
Sharon GerechtDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8542-4835

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ALAN KEITH MEEKER · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
Women's Cancer Research ProgramP30CA014236 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Laura Fish · 1985 to 2026
$174.8M
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL)UC6AI058607 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, R SANDERS · 2003 to 2005
$16.3M
Resources and Workforce Development for the Regional Biocontainment LaboratoriesUC7AI180254 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Herman F Staats · 2023 to 2026
$14.0M
Regional Biocontainment Laboratories Facility and Building System Upgrades SupportG20AI167200 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI STAATS, HERMAN F · 2021 to 2022
$6.6M
JHU-Mayo-NIA Murine Senescence Mapping Program (JMN-MSMP)U54AG079779 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Darren Baker, JENNIFER H ELISSEEFF · 2022 to 2026
$6.4M
Senescence in the Foreign Body Response Across LifespanR01AG082965 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JENNIFER H ELISSEEFF · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
Engineering three-dimensional perfusable microphysiological models of the human inner blood-retina barrierR01EY035853 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Sharon Gerecht · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
American Heart AssociationBloomberg ∼ Kimmel InstituteDuke Science and Technology National Institute of Health NIH U54AG079779Duke Science and Technology National Institute of Health R01AG082965Duke Science and Technology National Institute of Health R01EY035853Mandel Foundation, Duke Regeneration Center (DRC)National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program NSF GRFPNCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014236NEI NIH HHS R01 EY035853NIAID NIH HHS G20 AI167200NIAID NIH HHS UC6 AI058607NIAID NIH HHS UC7 AI180254NIA NIH HHS R01 AG082965NIA NIH HHS U54 AG079779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying the drivers of cellular senescence that contribute to the decline in vascular function with age and disease is critical for developing restorative interventions. Here, we investigated how increased mechanical stress from extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffening shapes endothelial cell (EC) senescence. We developed a 3D human in vitro model that decouples mechanical stress from inflammatory or biochemical signals, enabling the study of senescence responses to tissue stiffening alone. We found that matrix stiffening induces an EC senescence phenotype with elevated p16/p21 and an immunomodulatory senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), in the absence of inflammatory signals. This mechano-induced senescence activates Notch signaling, and treatment with an FDA-approved γ-secretase inhibitor attenuates stiffness-induced senescence. Analysis of fibrotic capsule tissue from patients with synthetic breast implants, a model of localized, mechanically driven fibrosis, validated an increase in p16

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceEndothelial CellsExtracellular MatrixCells, CulturedHumansSenescence-Associated Secretory PhenotypeSignal TransductionStress, Mechanicalbiomaterialcell biologyendothelial stem cellengineered tissueextracellular matrixfibrosishydrogel scaffoldnotch signaling pathwayphenotypesenescence

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PMID42389866
PMCPMC13337105

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