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Organ structure

Cell neighborhood geometry

The spatial arrangement of cells and the pattern of which cells are adjacent within a tissue

Hypotheses on this target 1

Cell neighborhood geometryFunction restoration. Hypotheses on this target 0Remodelling. Hypotheses on this target 11Tissue graft. Hypotheses on this target 0Load normalisation. Hypotheses on this target 0
  • Function restoration
  • Remodelling1
  • Tissue graft
  • Load normalisation

Remodelling1

  • Briefly lowering cell surface tension may let cells swap neighbors and durably ease tissue stress

    Where this hypothesis actsDense stromal regions where steric constraints maintain a stressed cellular configuration

    What is proposedRearrange cellular neighborhoods into a configuration with less residual stress

    With whatNot stated in the record

    HowBriefly reduce cortical tension to allow cells to exchange neighbors, then restore the original tension while retaining the new configuration

    Possible resultPossible lasting reduction in damaging secretion and SPV_1 despite persistence of most initial damage

    2026-09-30