Shape-Independent Fluidization in Epithelial Cell Monolayers

该研究挑战了上皮细胞层流体化仅由细胞几何形状决定的传统观点,发现降低细胞间黏附可在不改变细胞形状的情况下显著增加组织流动性,从而揭示了黏附在热力学能量和动力学摩擦中的双重作用,并提出了修正的理论模型以完善对上皮流体性的理解。

Pradip K. Bera (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA), Anh Q. Nguyen (Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA), Molly McCord (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA, Biophysics Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA), Dapeng Bi (Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA), Jacob Notbohm (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA, Biophysics Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA)Mon, 09 Ma🔬 physics

Laws of mutual spiral wave interaction in excitable media

该论文提出了描述平面反应扩散系统中螺旋波相互作用的“牛顿引力定律”等效模型,揭示了螺旋波漂移速度与基于碰撞界面边界积分的总作用力成正比,并阐明了其“质量”随时间变化且作用力不遵循牛顿第三定律的复杂动力学特征。

Tim De Coster, Arstanbek Okenov, Debora Hoogendijk, Arman Nobacht, Mathilde Rivaud, Antoine de Vries, Daniël Pijnappels, Vivi Rottschäfer, Hans DierckxMon, 09 Ma🔬 physics

Network-based drug repurposing for MYH9-related nephritis

该研究利用网络理论分析 MYH9 相关药物库在化学空间中的组织模式,通过多描述符框架构建并比较多种分子网络,识别出具有高共识稳定性的化合物核心,从而为基于网络结构的药物重定位提供了统计验证的策略。

Muhammed Ali (DSMN Ca'Foscari, University of Venice, Italy), Tommaso Gili (Networks Unit, IMT Lucca, Italy), Guido Caldarelli (Institute of Complex Systems, CNR-ISC, Rome Italy, DSMN Ca'Foscari, University of Venice, Italy, LIMS, Royal Institution, London UK)Mon, 09 Ma🔬 physics

From Displacement to Angle: Diamond-Based 3D Rotation Sensing for High-Precision Cellular Force Measurement

该研究提出了一种利用荧光纳米金刚石结合光探测磁共振与激光偏振调制技术,通过直接测量微柱旋转角度而非位移来实现高精度三维细胞牵引力测量的新方法,有效克服了传统位移追踪技术的衍射极限与梁理论假设限制,显著降低了力估算误差并实现了多维变形检测。

Linjie Ma, Bicong Wang, Tai Nam Yip, Yong Hou, Yuan Lin, Zhiqin ChuMon, 09 Ma🔬 physics.optics

Size-Dependent Fluorescence Kinetics Reveal Contributions of Intrinsic Quenching and Singlet-Triplet Annihilation during LHCII Aggregation

该研究通过结合荧光相关光谱与时间相关单光子计数技术,在可控的 LHCII 聚集过程中定量区分了本征猝灭与单重态 - 三重态湮灭(STA),揭示了即使在通常被认为非湮灭的激发条件下,STA 也是主导聚集体系荧光猝灭的关键机制,且其贡献随激发强度迅速超过随聚集尺寸缓慢增加的本征猝灭。

Francois Conradie, Bertus van Heerden, Michal Gwizdala, Tjaart P. J. KrügerFri, 13 Ma🔬 physics.optics