Search Results - "Nerurkar, Nandan L."
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Villification: How the Gut Gets Its Villi
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (11-10-2013)“…The villi of the human and chick gut are formed in similar stepwise progressions, wherein the mesenchyme and attached epithelium first fold into longitudinal…”
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BMP signaling controls buckling forces to modulate looping morphogenesis of the gut
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-02-2017)“…Looping of the initially straight embryonic gut tube is an essential aspect of intestinal morphogenesis, permitting proper placement of the lengthy small…”
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Genetic and Mechanical Regulation of Intestinal Smooth Muscle Development
Published in Cell (19-09-2019)“…The gastrointestinal tract is enveloped by concentric and orthogonally aligned layers of smooth muscle; however, an understanding of the mechanisms by which…”
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Molecular control of macroscopic forces drives formation of the vertebrate hindgut
Published in Nature (London) (01-01-2019)“…The embryonic gut tube is a cylindrical structure from which the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts develop 1 . Although the early emergence of the…”
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Nanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus
Published in Nature materials (01-12-2009)“…Successful engineering of load-bearing tissues requires recapitulation of their complex mechanical functions. Given the intimate relationship between function…”
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Differentiation alters stem cell nuclear architecture, mechanics, and mechano-sensitivity
Published in eLife (30-11-2016)“…Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation is mediated by soluble and physical cues. In this study, we investigated differentiation-induced transformations in…”
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Degeneration and regeneration of the intervertebral disc: lessons from development
Published in Disease models & mechanisms (01-01-2011)“…Degeneration of the intervertebral discs, a process characterized by a cascade of cellular, biochemical, structural and functional changes, is strongly…”
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Engineered disc-like angle-ply structures for intervertebral disc replacement
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (15-04-2010)“…To develop a construction algorithm in which electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds are coupled with a biocompatible hydrogel to engineer a mesenchymal stem cell…”
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Homologous structure–function relationships between native fibrocartilage and tissue engineered from MSC-seeded nanofibrous scaffolds
Published in Biomaterials (01-01-2011)“…Abstract Understanding the interplay of composition, organization and mechanical function in load-bearing tissues is a prerequisite in the successful…”
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Engineering on the straight and narrow: the mechanics of nanofibrous assemblies for fiber-reinforced tissue regeneration
Published in Tissue engineering. Part B, Reviews (01-06-2009)“…Tissue engineering of fibrous tissues of the musculoskeletal system represents a considerable challenge because of the complex architecture and mechanical…”
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Editorial: Special issue on synthetic developmental biology
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Effects of elastin haploinsufficiency on the mechanical behavior of mouse arteries
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-09-2005)“…Supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) is associated with decreased elastin and altered arterial mechanics. Mice with a single deletion in the elastin gene…”
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A chemo-mechanical model of endoderm movements driving elongation of the amniote hindgut
Published in Development (Cambridge) (15-11-2023)“…Although mechanical and biochemical descriptions of development are each essential, integration of upstream morphogenic cues with downstream tissue mechanics…”
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Morphogenetic adaptation of the looping embryonic heart to altered mechanical loads
Published in Developmental dynamics (01-07-2006)“…The biophysical mechanisms that drive and regulate cardiac looping are not well understood, but mechanical forces likely play a central role. Previous studies…”
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Mechanobiology of vertebrate gut morphogenesis
Published in Current opinion in genetics & development (01-08-2020)“…Approximately a century after D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form, there continues to be widespread interest in the biophysical and mathematical basis of…”
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Mechanical design criteria for intervertebral disc tissue engineering
Published in Journal of biomechanics (19-04-2010)“…Abstract Due to the inability of current clinical practices to restore function to degenerated intervertebral discs, the arena of disc tissue engineering has…”
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Evo-Devo Mechanobiology: The Missing Link
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (29-12-2023)“…Synopsis While the modern framework of evolutionary development (evo-devo) has been decidedly genetic, historic analyses have also considered the importance of…”
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Elastic fibers define embryonic tissue stiffness to enable buckling morphogenesis of the small intestine
Published in Biomaterials (01-12-2023)“…During embryonic development, tissues must possess precise material properties to ensure that cell-generated forces give rise to the stereotyped morphologies…”
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The developmental mechanics of divergent buckling patterns in the chick gut
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-07-2024)“…Tissue buckling is an increasingly appreciated mode of morphogenesis in the embryo, but it is often unclear how geometric and material parameters are…”
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Mechanics of oriented electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering
Published in Journal of orthopaedic research (01-08-2007)“…Engineering a functional replacement for the annulus fibrosus (AF) of the intervertebral disc is contingent upon recapitulation of AF structure, composition,…”
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