Mechanical forces shape the developing heart by controlling cell volume through a Piezo1-driven hydraulic mechanism.

Flies have evolved two distinct strategies for managing mechanical stresses during embryogenesis: out-of-plane cell division in midges and transient out-of-plane tissue folding in fruit flies.

Behind the Paper Story of “Combined forces of hydrostatic pressure and actin polymerisation drive endothelial tip cell migration and sprouting angiogenesis”.

Proteins that allow water to move in and out of cells help shape the development of new blood vessels.

RIKEN researchers have shown that that hydrostatic pressure is one of two mechanisms that control endothelial cell migration during angiogenic sprouting in zebrafish

Investigation of Aquaporin water channels unveils water inflow and build-up of hydrostatic pressure in endothelial tip cells as a novel mechanism of endothelial cell migration and blood vessel formati...