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Topological defects in epithelia govern cell death and extrusion

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  • Thuan Beng Saw

    (Mechanobiology Institute
    National University of Singapore Graduate School of Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS))

  • Amin Doostmohammadi

    (The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford)

  • Vincent Nier

    (Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 6, Institut Curie, CNRS, UMR 168)

  • Leyla Kocgozlu

    (Mechanobiology Institute)

  • Sumesh Thampi

    (The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

  • Yusuke Toyama

    (Mechanobiology Institute
    National University of Singapore
    Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore)

  • Philippe Marcq

    (Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 6, Institut Curie, CNRS, UMR 168)

  • Chwee Teck Lim

    (Mechanobiology Institute
    National University of Singapore Graduate School of Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS))

  • Julia M. Yeomans

    (The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford)

  • Benoit Ladoux

    (Mechanobiology Institute
    Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), Université Paris Diderot, CNRS)

Abstract

By modelling epithelial cells as active nematic liquid crystals, stresses induced at the sites of topological defects are found to be the primary drivers of extrusion and cell death.

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  • Thuan Beng Saw & Amin Doostmohammadi & Vincent Nier & Leyla Kocgozlu & Sumesh Thampi & Yusuke Toyama & Philippe Marcq & Chwee Teck Lim & Julia M. Yeomans & Benoit Ladoux, 2017. "Topological defects in epithelia govern cell death and extrusion," Nature, Nature, vol. 544(7649), pages 212-216, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:544:y:2017:i:7649:d:10.1038_nature21718
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21718
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    3. Yee Han Tee & Wei Jia Goh & Xianbin Yong & Hui Ting Ong & Jinrong Hu & Ignacius Yan Yun Tay & Shidong Shi & Salma Jalal & Samuel F. H. Barnett & Pakorn Kanchanawong & Wenmao Huang & Jie Yan & Yong Ann, 2023. "Actin polymerisation and crosslinking drive left-right asymmetry in single cell and cell collectives," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.
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    11. Antonio Lamura & Adriano Tiribocchi, 2021. "Shearing Effects on the Phase Coarsening of Binary Mixtures Using the Active Model B," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(23), pages 1-13, November.

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