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CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT
卷 73, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2021.101897
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-17-CE13-0013, ANR-11-LABX0071]
- Ligue Contre le Cancer
- European Union [665850-INSPIRE]
- Institut National du Cancer (INCA) [2018-1-PL BIO-08]
- European Research Council [ERC-2020-ADG-1010198]
- Universite de Paris IdEx [ANR-18-IDEX-0001]
Biological tissues consist of various cell types that work together to perform functions within organs and the body. The development and organization of cells rely on division, death, differentiation, and collective movements. These processes impact tissue architecture through changes in cell shape, movement, and the surrounding environment. Biological systems can be described using active matter physics, specifically the concept of "active nematics," which applies liquid crystal theories to the modeling of cytoskeleton filaments and cells.
Biological tissues are composed of various cell types working cooperatively to perform their respective function within organs and the whole body. During development, embryogenesis followed by histogenesis relies on orchestrated division, death, differentiation and collective movements of cellular constituents. These cells are anchored to each other and/or the underlying substrate through adhesion complexes and they regulate force generation by active cytoskeleton remodelling. The resulting contractility related changes at the level of each single cell impact tissue architecture by triggering changes in cell shape, cell movement and remodelling of the surrounding environment. These out of equilibrium processes occur through the consumption of energy, allowing biological systems to be described by active matter physics. 'Active nematics' a subclass of active matter encompasses cytoskeleton filaments, bacterial and eukaryotic cells allowing them to be modelled as rod-like elements to which nematic liquid crystal theories can be applied. In this review, we will discuss the concept of active nematics to understand biological processes across subcellular and multicellular scales, from single cell organization to cell extrusion, collective cell movements, differentiation and morphogenesis.
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