We discuss emerging views on the complexity of signals controlling the onset of biological shapes and functions, from the nanoarchitectonics arising from supramolecular interactions, to the cellular/multicellular tissue level, and up to the unfolding of complex anatomy. We highlight the fundamental role of physical forces in cellular decisions, stressing the intriguing similarities in early morphogenesis, tissue regeneration, and oncogenic drift. Compelling evidence is presented, showing that biological patterns are strongly embedded in the vibrational nature of the physical energies that permeate the entire universe. We describe biological dynamics as informational processes at which physics and chemistry converge, with nanomechanical motions, and electromagnetic waves, including light, forming an ensemble of vibrations, acting as a sort of control software for molecular patterning. Biomolecular recognition is approached within the establishment of coherent synchronizations among signaling players, whose physical nature can be equated to oscillators tending to the coherent synchronization of their vibrational modes. Cytoskeletal elements are now emerging as senders and receivers of physical signals, “shaping” biological identity from the cellular to the tissue/organ levels. We finally discuss the perspective of exploiting the diffusive features of physical energies to afford in situ stem/somatic cell reprogramming, and tissue regeneration, without stem cell transplantation.

Tassinari, R., Cavallini, C., Olivi, E., Facchin, F., Taglioli, V., Zannini, C., et al. (2022). Cell Responsiveness to Physical Energies: Paving the Way to Decipher a Morphogenetic Code. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 23(6), 1-23 [10.3390/ijms23063157].

Cell Responsiveness to Physical Energies: Paving the Way to Decipher a Morphogenetic Code

Facchin F.;Taglioli V.;Zannini C.;Marcuzzi M.;Ventura C.
2022

Abstract

We discuss emerging views on the complexity of signals controlling the onset of biological shapes and functions, from the nanoarchitectonics arising from supramolecular interactions, to the cellular/multicellular tissue level, and up to the unfolding of complex anatomy. We highlight the fundamental role of physical forces in cellular decisions, stressing the intriguing similarities in early morphogenesis, tissue regeneration, and oncogenic drift. Compelling evidence is presented, showing that biological patterns are strongly embedded in the vibrational nature of the physical energies that permeate the entire universe. We describe biological dynamics as informational processes at which physics and chemistry converge, with nanomechanical motions, and electromagnetic waves, including light, forming an ensemble of vibrations, acting as a sort of control software for molecular patterning. Biomolecular recognition is approached within the establishment of coherent synchronizations among signaling players, whose physical nature can be equated to oscillators tending to the coherent synchronization of their vibrational modes. Cytoskeletal elements are now emerging as senders and receivers of physical signals, “shaping” biological identity from the cellular to the tissue/organ levels. We finally discuss the perspective of exploiting the diffusive features of physical energies to afford in situ stem/somatic cell reprogramming, and tissue regeneration, without stem cell transplantation.
2022
Tassinari, R., Cavallini, C., Olivi, E., Facchin, F., Taglioli, V., Zannini, C., et al. (2022). Cell Responsiveness to Physical Energies: Paving the Way to Decipher a Morphogenetic Code. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 23(6), 1-23 [10.3390/ijms23063157].
Tassinari, R.; Cavallini, C.; Olivi, E.; Facchin, F.; Taglioli, V.; Zannini, C.; Marcuzzi, M.; Ventura, C.
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