Authors: Miki Nishio, Yousuke Miyachi, Junji Otani, Shoji Tane, Hirofumi Omori, Fumihito Ueda, Hideru Togashi, Takehiko Sasaki, Tak Wah Mak, Kazuwa Nakao, Yasuyuki Fujita, Hiroshi Nishina, Tomohiko Maehama, Akira Suzuki

Journal: The FASEB journal (2019)

Institution: Kobe University

Research Areas: Cell research

Cell Lines: Pia arachnoid mesothelial cells, MDCK, NIH3T3, and CaSki cells (Mouse keratinocytes (PAM), dog kidney (MDCK), and mouse fibroblast (NIH3T3) cells, Human cervix cells from metastatic site (CaSki))

Summary: The authors have studied Yes-associated protein -1 (YAP1) influence on cell competition and show that the effect is context-dependent. The authors conclude that YAP1 activation controls cell competition in part by decreasing cell adhesion. In this study, HoloMonitor was used to evaluate cell contact area and monolayer height after transfection.

Keywords: HoloMonitor M4, Cell adhesion, YAP1, MOB1, Fibronectin, Skin engraftment