Carla Huerta-López

If you're excited about neutrophils, buckle up! Turns out these mighty cells contribute to ECM production in the skin, helping to shield it from infections. Neutrophils are actively involved in wound healing, and without them, skin mechanics as well as permeability are compromised. Go neutrophils!

19.03.2025 18:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin - Nature A population of neutrophils in the skin produces extracellular matrix, providing a defence strategy by reinforcing the barrier properties of the skin and helping to block the entry of pathogens.

📢 My first post here and it is for a very exciting reason! My friends Tommaso Vicanolo and Jackson Li just published this beautiful work in @nature.com! Thrilled to have contributed. Congrats to ALL the authors.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

19.03.2025 18:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Interpenetrating networks of fibrillar and amorphous collagen promote cell spreading and hydrogel stability Hydrogels composed of collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, are widely used as scaffolds for tissue engineering due to their ability …

📣 Excited to share our first manuscript of 2025 where we present an interpenetrating network of physically assembled collagen and covalently-crosslinked collagen, which contains *both* fibrous and amorphous #collagen networks!

Led by @luciabru.bsky.social & @chrislong42.bsky.social, check it out!

14.01.2025 19:32 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Happy holidays from the Heilshorn Lab! Great way to end the year celebrating each other’s accomplishments together 🤗🎄☃️

18.12.2024 16:57 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0