[HTML][HTML] Collagen gel contraction assays: From modelling wound healing to quantifying cellular interactions with three-dimensional extracellular matrices

Q Zhang, P Wang, X Fang, F Lin, J Fang… - European journal of cell …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cells respond to and actively remodel the extracellular matrix (ECM). The dynamic and
bidirectional interaction between cells and ECM, especially their mechanical interactions …

Keratocyte mechanobiology

WM Petroll, VD Varner, DW Schmidtke - Experimental eye research, 2020 - Elsevier
In vivo, corneal keratocytes reside within a complex 3D extracellular matrix (ECM) consisting
of highly aligned collagen lamellae, growth factors, and other extracellular matrix …

Measuring collagen fibril diameter with differential interference contrast microscopy

SM Siadat, AA Silverman, CA DiMarzio… - Journal of structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Collagen fibrils, linear arrangements of collagen monomers, 20–500 nm in diameter,
comprising hundreds of molecules in their cross-section, are the fundamental structural unit …

Surface topography and mechanical strain promote keratocyte phenotype and extracellular matrix formation in a biomimetic 3D corneal model

W Zhang, J Chen, LJ Backman… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The optimal functionality of the native corneal stroma is mainly dependent on the well‐
ordered arrangement of extracellular matrix (ECM) and the pressurized structure. In order to …

Assessment of corneal stromal remodeling and regeneration after photorefractive keratectomy

PB Kivanany, KC Grose, M Tippani, S Su, WM Petroll - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
This study utilizes high resolution multi-dimensional imaging to identify temporal and spatial
changes in cell/extracellular matrix (ECM) patterning mediating cell migration, fibrosis …

High-speed collagen fiber modeling and orientation quantification for optical coherence tomography imaging

JP McLean, Y Gan, TH Lye, D Qu, HH Lu… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Quantifying collagen fiber architecture has clinical and scientific relevance across a variety
of tissue types and adds functionality to otherwise largely qualitative imaging modalities …

Three-dimensional collagen fiber mapping and tractography of human uterine tissue using OCT

JP McLean, S Fang, G Gallos, KM Myers… - Biomedical Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Automatic quantification and visualization of 3-D collagen fiber architecture using Optical
Coherence Tomography (OCT) has previously relied on polarization information and/or prior …

Recapitulation of normal collagen architecture in embryonic wounded corneas

E Koudouna, J Spurlin, A Babushkina, AJ Quantock… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Wound healing is characterized by cell and extracellular matrix changes mediating cell
migration, fibrosis, remodeling and regeneration. We previously demonstrated that chick …

Cell regulation of collagen fibril macrostructure during corneal morphogenesis

E Koudouna, E Mikula, DJ Brown, RD Young… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
While tissue form and function is highly dependent upon tissue-specific collagen
composition and organization, little is known of the mechanisms controlling the bundling of …

[HTML][HTML] Tension in the ranks: Cooperative cell contractions drive force-dependent collagen assembly in human fibroblast culture

AA Silverman, JD Olszewski, SM Siadat, JW Ruberti - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Currently, there is no mechanistic model that fully explains the initial synthesis and
organization of durable animal structure. As a result, our understanding of extracellular …