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    Cytoskeleton Inc cn03
    Cell-substrate adhesion characteristics control cell spanning. (a) Representative microscopy images for fibroblasts adhered to a soft substrate, stimulated with <t>CN03</t> (RhoA activator), Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor), PF228 (Focal adhesion kinase inhibitor), and MMC (DNA crosslinking). (b) Cell length for the distinct modulators and (c) FSD compared to the fibroblasts (dash-dotted reference line indicates the median value). (d) Relationship between probability of spanning cells and cylinder diameter for the selected cell types. (e) Correlation between cell length and probability of cells spanning. (f) Correlation between FSD and probability of cells spanning. In red, allometric fit, given by y = a x b . (g, left) Schematic representation of the boundary conditions ( U, UR indicating translational and rotational degrees of freedom respectively) and material properties of the FE model representing an individual cell with two adhesion morphologies (C1 = fully adherent, circular morphology, C2 = large FSD, polar morphology) attached to cylindrical surfaces with Ø = 100 and 1000 μm. (g, middle) Resulting cell displacement according to the cell adhesion morphology (C1, C2) on a cylinder with Ø = 100 μm and (g, right) on a cylinder with Ø = 1000 μm in isometric view (top row) and front view (bottom row). Vector plot is combined with deformed shape to better visualize the direction and magnitude of the displacement. Statistical significance via Mann-Whitney test (two sided) with Bonferroni correction, ∗p < 0.05. N ≥ 60 cells/cell type for FA and morphological analysis. N ≥ 3 GeoChips/cell type for a total of N ≥ 12 half-cylinders/condition. 1 donor/cell type. Scale bar 50 μm.
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    Article Title: Cell type-specific response to curvature controls tissue growth dynamics in biomaterial pores

    Journal: Bioactive Materials

    doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2026.02.005

    Cell-substrate adhesion characteristics control cell spanning. (a) Representative microscopy images for fibroblasts adhered to a soft substrate, stimulated with CN03 (RhoA activator), Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor), PF228 (Focal adhesion kinase inhibitor), and MMC (DNA crosslinking). (b) Cell length for the distinct modulators and (c) FSD compared to the fibroblasts (dash-dotted reference line indicates the median value). (d) Relationship between probability of spanning cells and cylinder diameter for the selected cell types. (e) Correlation between cell length and probability of cells spanning. (f) Correlation between FSD and probability of cells spanning. In red, allometric fit, given by y = a x b . (g, left) Schematic representation of the boundary conditions ( U, UR indicating translational and rotational degrees of freedom respectively) and material properties of the FE model representing an individual cell with two adhesion morphologies (C1 = fully adherent, circular morphology, C2 = large FSD, polar morphology) attached to cylindrical surfaces with Ø = 100 and 1000 μm. (g, middle) Resulting cell displacement according to the cell adhesion morphology (C1, C2) on a cylinder with Ø = 100 μm and (g, right) on a cylinder with Ø = 1000 μm in isometric view (top row) and front view (bottom row). Vector plot is combined with deformed shape to better visualize the direction and magnitude of the displacement. Statistical significance via Mann-Whitney test (two sided) with Bonferroni correction, ∗p < 0.05. N ≥ 60 cells/cell type for FA and morphological analysis. N ≥ 3 GeoChips/cell type for a total of N ≥ 12 half-cylinders/condition. 1 donor/cell type. Scale bar 50 μm.
    Figure Legend Snippet: Cell-substrate adhesion characteristics control cell spanning. (a) Representative microscopy images for fibroblasts adhered to a soft substrate, stimulated with CN03 (RhoA activator), Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor), PF228 (Focal adhesion kinase inhibitor), and MMC (DNA crosslinking). (b) Cell length for the distinct modulators and (c) FSD compared to the fibroblasts (dash-dotted reference line indicates the median value). (d) Relationship between probability of spanning cells and cylinder diameter for the selected cell types. (e) Correlation between cell length and probability of cells spanning. (f) Correlation between FSD and probability of cells spanning. In red, allometric fit, given by y = a x b . (g, left) Schematic representation of the boundary conditions ( U, UR indicating translational and rotational degrees of freedom respectively) and material properties of the FE model representing an individual cell with two adhesion morphologies (C1 = fully adherent, circular morphology, C2 = large FSD, polar morphology) attached to cylindrical surfaces with Ø = 100 and 1000 μm. (g, middle) Resulting cell displacement according to the cell adhesion morphology (C1, C2) on a cylinder with Ø = 100 μm and (g, right) on a cylinder with Ø = 1000 μm in isometric view (top row) and front view (bottom row). Vector plot is combined with deformed shape to better visualize the direction and magnitude of the displacement. Statistical significance via Mann-Whitney test (two sided) with Bonferroni correction, ∗p < 0.05. N ≥ 60 cells/cell type for FA and morphological analysis. N ≥ 3 GeoChips/cell type for a total of N ≥ 12 half-cylinders/condition. 1 donor/cell type. Scale bar 50 μm.

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    Concentration Assay:

    Article Title: Cell type-specific response to curvature controls tissue growth dynamics in biomaterial pores
    Article Snippet: PDMS substrates were coated using monomeric collagen (L7220, Biochrom AG) at a concentration of 20 μg/ml in UPW and incubating for 2 h at RT under continuous agitation. .. Y27632 (13624, Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) was supplemented to the medium at a concentration of 10 μM, CN03 (Rho Activator II, Cytoskeleton, Inc.) was used at a concentration of 5 μg/ml, and PF228 (PZ0117, Sigma-Aldrich) was supplemented at a concentration of 100 μM. .. Senescence was induced by stimulating the cells with DNA crosslinking agent mitomycin C (M4287, Sigma-Aldrich) at a concentration of 1 μg/ml for 24 h, after which the medium was replaced and the cells were cultured for 14 days prior to the experiment.

    Article Title: Prostaglandin E2 inhibits adipogenesis through the cilia-dependent activation of ROCK2
    Article Snippet: .. Jo ur na l o f C el l S ci en ce • S up pl em en ta ry in fo rm at io n Compound Primary target(s) Role Catalog number Treatment window Final concentration used SC-19220 EP1 Antagonist Cayman Chemical, 14060 (-24hr)-48hr 10 μM PF-04418948 EP2 Antagonist Cayman Chemical, 15016 (-24hr)-48hr 10 μM L-798,106 EP3 Antagonist Cayman Chemical, 11129 (-24hr)-48hr 5 μM MF498 EP4 Antagonist Cayman Chemical, 15973 (-24hr)-48hr 25 μM MF766 EP4 Antagonist Cayman Chemical, 36076 (-24hr)-48hr 50 μM CAY10598 EP4 Agonist Cayman Chemical, 13281 0-48hr 50 μM Docosahexaenoic acid FFAR4 Agonist Millipore Sigma, D2534 0-48hr 100 μM Rp-cAMPs PKA Competative Inhibitor and antagonist Cayman Chemical, 16985 0-96 hr 25 μM Rp-8-Br-cAMPs PKA Competative Inhibitor and antagonist Cayman Chemical, 21584 0-96 hr 25 μM H89 PKA Inhibitor Cayman Chemical, 10010556 0-96 hr, 0-48 hr, 0-72 hour (primary cells) 10 μM 8-pCPT-O-Methyl EPAC Selective activator Cayman Chemical, 17143 0-48 hr 50 μM ESI-09 EPAC Selective inhibitor Cayman Chemical, 19130 0-48 hr 20 μM N6-Benzyl cAMP PKA Selective activator Cayman Chemical, 18819 0-48 hr 100 μM GSK429486A ROCK1/ ROCK2 Inhibitor MedChemExpress, HY-11000 0-48 hr 1 μM SB74651A MSK1 Inhibitor MedChemExpress, HY-110313 0-48 hr 3.13 μM Y-27632 ROCK1/ ROCK2 Inhibitor Cayman Chemical, 10005583 0-48 hr 20 μM KT5720 PKA Inhibitor Cayman Chemical, 10011011 0-48 hr 0.5 μM AKTi 1/2 AKT1/ AKT2 Inhibitor Cayman Chemical, 14870 0-48 hr 0.13 μM Rho Inhibitor I Rho GTPases Inhibitor Cytoskeleton, Inc., CT04 0-48 hr 0.5 μg/ml Rho Activator II Rho GTPases Activator Cytoskeleton, Inc., CN03 0-48 hr 0.25 μg/ml Jo ur na l o f C el l S ci en ce • S up pl em en ta ry in fo rm at io n Table S1. ..

    Article Title: Topology Outweighs Stiffness: Self-Reinforced Cell Mechanotransduction via Multiaxial Curvature Engineering of Ultrasoft Hydrogels.
    Article Snippet: .. Cells were treated with inhibitors or activators during seeding and cocultured for 24 h. Rho activation was induced using CN03 (Cytoskeleton, #CN03-B) at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. .. ROCK inhibition was achieved with Y27632 (MedChemExpress, HY-10071) at 10 μM.

    Article Title: Topology Outweighs Stiffness: Self-Reinforced Cell Mechanotransduction via Multiaxial Curvature Engineering of Ultrasoft Hydrogels
    Article Snippet: .. Cells were treated with inhibitors or activators during seeding and cocultured for 24 h. Rho activation was induced using CN03 (Cytoskeleton, #CN03-B) at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. .. ROCK inhibition was achieved with Y27632 (MedChemExpress, HY-10071) at 10 μM.

    Imaging:

    Article Title: Traction and Stress Control Formation and Motion of +1/2 Topological Defects in Epithelial Cell Monolayers
    Article Snippet: Time lapse imaging of cells and fluorescent particles was performed using an Eclipse Ti microscope (Nikon Instruments, Melville, NY) with a 10× numerical aperture 0.3 objective or a 20× numerical aperture 0.5 objective (Nikon) and an Orca Flash 4.0 camera (Hamamatsu, Bridgewater, NJ) controlled by Elements Ar software (Nikon). .. Immediately before imaging, some cell islands were treated with inhibitors and activators of actomyosin contraction, namely, CN03 (2 μg/mL Cytoskeleton, Inc.) and CN02 (40 ng/ml, Cytoskeleton). ..

    Activation Assay:

    Article Title: Topology Outweighs Stiffness: Self-Reinforced Cell Mechanotransduction via Multiaxial Curvature Engineering of Ultrasoft Hydrogels.
    Article Snippet: .. Cells were treated with inhibitors or activators during seeding and cocultured for 24 h. Rho activation was induced using CN03 (Cytoskeleton, #CN03-B) at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. .. ROCK inhibition was achieved with Y27632 (MedChemExpress, HY-10071) at 10 μM.

    Article Title: Topology Outweighs Stiffness: Self-Reinforced Cell Mechanotransduction via Multiaxial Curvature Engineering of Ultrasoft Hydrogels
    Article Snippet: .. Cells were treated with inhibitors or activators during seeding and cocultured for 24 h. Rho activation was induced using CN03 (Cytoskeleton, #CN03-B) at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. .. ROCK inhibition was achieved with Y27632 (MedChemExpress, HY-10071) at 10 μM.



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    Cell-substrate adhesion characteristics control cell spanning. (a) Representative microscopy images for fibroblasts adhered to a soft substrate, stimulated with CN03 (RhoA activator), Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor), PF228 (Focal adhesion kinase inhibitor), and MMC (DNA crosslinking). (b) Cell length for the distinct modulators and (c) FSD compared to the fibroblasts (dash-dotted reference line indicates the median value). (d) Relationship between probability of spanning cells and cylinder diameter for the selected cell types. (e) Correlation between cell length and probability of cells spanning. (f) Correlation between FSD and probability of cells spanning. In red, allometric fit, given by y = a x b . (g, left) Schematic representation of the boundary conditions ( U, UR indicating translational and rotational degrees of freedom respectively) and material properties of the FE model representing an individual cell with two adhesion morphologies (C1 = fully adherent, circular morphology, C2 = large FSD, polar morphology) attached to cylindrical surfaces with Ø = 100 and 1000 μm. (g, middle) Resulting cell displacement according to the cell adhesion morphology (C1, C2) on a cylinder with Ø = 100 μm and (g, right) on a cylinder with Ø = 1000 μm in isometric view (top row) and front view (bottom row). Vector plot is combined with deformed shape to better visualize the direction and magnitude of the displacement. Statistical significance via Mann-Whitney test (two sided) with Bonferroni correction, ∗p < 0.05. N ≥ 60 cells/cell type for FA and morphological analysis. N ≥ 3 GeoChips/cell type for a total of N ≥ 12 half-cylinders/condition. 1 donor/cell type. Scale bar 50 μm.

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    doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2026.02.005

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Cell-substrate adhesion characteristics control cell spanning. (a) Representative microscopy images for fibroblasts adhered to a soft substrate, stimulated with CN03 (RhoA activator), Y27632 (ROCK inhibitor), PF228 (Focal adhesion kinase inhibitor), and MMC (DNA crosslinking). (b) Cell length for the distinct modulators and (c) FSD compared to the fibroblasts (dash-dotted reference line indicates the median value). (d) Relationship between probability of spanning cells and cylinder diameter for the selected cell types. (e) Correlation between cell length and probability of cells spanning. (f) Correlation between FSD and probability of cells spanning. In red, allometric fit, given by y = a x b . (g, left) Schematic representation of the boundary conditions ( U, UR indicating translational and rotational degrees of freedom respectively) and material properties of the FE model representing an individual cell with two adhesion morphologies (C1 = fully adherent, circular morphology, C2 = large FSD, polar morphology) attached to cylindrical surfaces with Ø = 100 and 1000 μm. (g, middle) Resulting cell displacement according to the cell adhesion morphology (C1, C2) on a cylinder with Ø = 100 μm and (g, right) on a cylinder with Ø = 1000 μm in isometric view (top row) and front view (bottom row). Vector plot is combined with deformed shape to better visualize the direction and magnitude of the displacement. Statistical significance via Mann-Whitney test (two sided) with Bonferroni correction, ∗p < 0.05. N ≥ 60 cells/cell type for FA and morphological analysis. N ≥ 3 GeoChips/cell type for a total of N ≥ 12 half-cylinders/condition. 1 donor/cell type. Scale bar 50 μm.

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