18 October 2024
Controlling Inflation
Making tubes – tissue with a cavity or lumen fit for fluid passage – is vital for organ development. This study reveals how neighbouring cells' tight junctions in the tube control the lumen inflation via mechanical forces
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- Video from work by Markus Mukenhirn, Chen-Ho Wang and Tristan Guyomar, and colleagues
- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Université de Strasbourg, IGBMC UMR 7104 - UMR-S 1258, Illkirch, France
- Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Developmental Cell, August 2024
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