a molecular dynamics model to simulate the dynamics of fibrous ECM networks under cell-generated forces, and an ordinary differential equation model to describe the dynamics of mechanosensitive focal ...

While it is true that in some engineered tissues, such as those involving cardiac and skeletal muscle, electrical contractions can occur without incorporating conducting polymers-owing to the presence ...

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Notably, interactions involving the integrin family and ICAM/VCAM, known for their roles in cell adhesion between blood leukocytes and brain endothelial cells, were particularly prominent in the ...

Here, we report a composite nanofiber biomaterial scaffold as a promising solution that closely mimics the extracellular matrix (ECM) to improve ... to visualize α- smooth muscle actin (α-SMA).