The biomechanical properties of an epithelial tissue determine the location of its vasculature

Autor: Martin Kragl, Rajib Schubert, Haiko Karsjens, Silke Otter, Barbara Bartosinska, Kay Jeruschke, Jürgen Weiss, Chunguang Chen, David Alsteens, Oliver Kuss, Stephan Speier, Daniel Eberhard, Daniel J. Müller, Eckhard Lammert
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13560
Popis: Vasculature is denser in soft than in stiff tissues. Kragl et al. suggest a mechanistic link between biomechanical tissue properties and vascularization by showing that integrin-linked kinase reduces the contractile forces of the cell cortex in endocrine pancreatic cells, facilitating their adhesion to blood vessels and enabling pancreatic islet vascularization.
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