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Nature Methods (2026)
Tunable hydrogel-based micropillar arrays are fabricated to model the biomechanical cues of size, shape and rigidity characteristic of axons. These next-gen micropillars allow the exquisite examination of the cell biology of oligodendroglia, resolving the myelinogenic potential, myelin extent and kinetics of wrapping in a cell-autonomous manner.
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Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Brain Development and Cognition, Chongqing, China
Feng Mei
Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Jonah R. Chan
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