{
  "id": 5435349,
  "title": "Delayed Tagging of ED-A Fibronectin-Mimetic Peptide in an RGD-Decorated Synthetic Matrix Induces Fibroblast-to-Myofibroblast Transition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/delayed-tagging-of-ed-a-fibronectin-mimetic-peptide-in-an-rgd",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.02.748971v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Synthetic hydrogels with bioactive ligands have been utilized to develop 3D models to gain mechanistic insight into how discrete extracellular matrix (ECM) cues direct cell fate. While the RGD motif is ubiquitously present in healthy and diseased tissues, the EDGIHEL (EDG) sequence is present only in the extra domain A-containing fibronectin (ED-A FN), which is transiently deposited in the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}