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Crowding induces live cell extrusion to maintain homeostatic cell numbers in epithelia

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  • George T. Eisenhoffer

    (Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA)

  • Patrick D. Loftus

    (Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA)

  • Masaaki Yoshigi

    (University of Utah, 295 Chipeta Way RM 2S010, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA)

  • Hideo Otsuna

    (University of Utah, 401 MREB, 20N 1900E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA)

  • Chi-Bin Chien

    (University of Utah, 401 MREB, 20N 1900E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA)

  • Paul A. Morcos

    (Gene Tools, LLC, 1001 Summerton Way, Philmath, Oregon 97370, USA)

  • Jody Rosenblatt

    (Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA)

Abstract

Here it is shown that epithelia extrude live but not dying cells at sites of high strain, elucidating a mechanism for maintaining homeostatic cell numbers.

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  • George T. Eisenhoffer & Patrick D. Loftus & Masaaki Yoshigi & Hideo Otsuna & Chi-Bin Chien & Paul A. Morcos & Jody Rosenblatt, 2012. "Crowding induces live cell extrusion to maintain homeostatic cell numbers in epithelia," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7395), pages 546-549, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7395:d:10.1038_nature10999
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10999
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