The Drosophila motor system starts to assemble during embryonic development. It is
composed of 30 muscles per abdominal hemisegment and 36 motor neurons assembling …

Collective cell migration is the coordinated movement of cells, which organize tissues during
morphogenesis, repair and some cancers. The motile cell membrane of the advancing front …

Tissue homeostasis depends on the ability of tissue-specific adult stem cells to maintain a
balance between proliferation and differentiation, as well as ensure DNA damage repair …

During embryogenesis, the Drosophila heart forms a lumen, the posterior region of which is
increased in diameter and corresponds to the heart proper. To identify the transcriptional …

Abstract Introduction The Drosophila dorsal vessel (DV) is comprised of two opposing rows
of cardioblasts (CBs) that migrate toward the dorsal midline during development. While …

Lineage reprogramming has become a potential strategy for therapy of cardiac diseases.
Somatic cells can be directly converted into the induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs) without …