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Epithelium

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    Paramore S, Goodwin K, Nelson C. How to build an epithelial tree. Phys Biol. 2022;19(6). PMID: 36317265
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    Lemke S, Nelson C. Dynamic changes in epithelial cell packing during tissue morphogenesis. Curr Biol. 2021;31(18):R1098-R1110. PMCID: PMC8496771
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    Basta L, Hill-Oliva M, Paramore S, Sharan R, Goh A, Biswas A, Cortez M, Little K, Posfai E, Devenport D. New mouse models for high resolution and live imaging of planar cell polarity proteins in vivo. Development. 2021;148(18). PMCID: PMC8487645
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    Nerger B, Jaslove J, Elashal H, Mao S, Košmrlj A, Link J, Nelson C. Local accumulation of extracellular matrix regulates global morphogenetic patterning in the developing mammary gland. Curr Biol. 2021;31(9):1903–1917.e6. PMCID: PMC8119325
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    Anlas A, Nelson C. Living under Strain: How Epithelia Protect Their Genomes from Repeated Stretching. Biochemistry. 2020;59(30):2761–2763. PMID: 32702973
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    Silver B, Wolf A, Lee J, Pang M-F, Nelson C. Epithelial tissue geometry directs emergence of bioelectric field and pattern of proliferation. Mol Biol Cell. 2020;31(16):1691–1702. PMCID: PMC7521849
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    Goodwin K, Nelson C. Branching morphogenesis. Development. 2020;147(10). PMID: 32444428
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    Kinoshita N, Hashimoto Y, Yasue N, Suzuki M, Cristea I, Ueno N. Mechanical Stress Regulates Epithelial Tissue Integrity and Stiffness through the FGFR/Erk2 Signaling Pathway during Embryogenesis. Cell Rep. 2020;30(11):3875–3888.e3. PMID: 32187556
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    Goodwin K, Mao S, Guyomar T, Miller E, Radisky D, Košmrlj A, Nelson C. Smooth muscle differentiation shapes domain branches during mouse lung development. Development. 2019;146(22). PMCID: PMC6899029
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    Box K, Joyce B, Devenport D. Epithelial geometry regulates spindle orientation and progenitor fate during formation of the mammalian epidermis. Elife. 2019;8. PMCID: PMC6592681
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    Nelson C. Epithelial Packing: Even the Best of Friends Must Part. Curr Biol. 2018;28(20):R1197-R1200. PMID: 30352189
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    Goodwin K, Nelson C. Myoepithelial crowd control of cancer cells. J Cell Biol. 2018;217(10):3319–3321. PMCID: PMC6168265
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    Osterfield M, Berg C, Shvartsman S. Epithelial Patterning, Morphogenesis, and Evolution: Drosophila Eggshell as a Model. Dev Cell. 2017;41(4):337–348. PMCID: PMC5443119
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    Spurlin J, Nelson C. Building branched tissue structures: from single cell guidance to coordinated construction. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2017;372(1720). PMCID: PMC5379029
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    Duncan J, Stoller M, Francl A, Tissir F, Devenport D, Deans M. Celsr1 coordinates the planar polarity of vestibular hair cells during inner ear development. Dev Biol. 2017;423(2):126–137. PMCID: PMC5369242
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    Weng M, Wieschaus E. Polarity protein Par3/Bazooka follows myosin-dependent junction repositioning. Dev Biol. 2017;422(2):125–134. PMCID: PMC5515594
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    Piotrowski-Daspit A, Nelson C. Engineering Three-dimensional Epithelial Tissues Embedded within Extracellular Matrix. J Vis Exp. 2016;(113). PMCID: PMC4993436
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    Murisic N, Hakim V, Kevrekidis I, Shvartsman S, Audoly B. From discrete to continuum models of three-dimensional deformations in epithelial sheets. Biophys J. 2015;109(1):154–63. PMCID: PMC4571022
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    Kim H, Pang M-F, Varner V, Kojima L, Miller E, Radisky D, Nelson C. Localized Smooth Muscle Differentiation Is Essential for Epithelial Bifurcation during Branching Morphogenesis of the Mammalian Lung. Dev Cell. 2015;34(6):719–26. PMCID: PMC4589145
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    Osterfield M, Schüpbach T, Wieschaus E, Shvartsman S. Diversity of epithelial morphogenesis during eggshell formation in drosophilids. Development. 2015;142(11):1971–7. PMCID: PMC4460739
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