A poorly understood cell type, the telocyte, is shown to regulate macrophages.

Perturbation of mechanical force at muscle attachments and its effects on tendon morphogenesis provides insights into the mechanisms underlying cellular responses to tensional force and resulting extracellular matrix production.

Delineation of the cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthetic pathway in malaria vectors is a key step in understanding how mosquitoes adapt to anthropogenic change and vector control interventions.

TGFß signaling regulates migration of tenogenic cells from Scx- and non-Scx lineages and is required for functional regeneration after neonatal tendon injury.

Single-cell RNA-seq analysis reveals an increased complexity of mosquito hemocytes, enabling the functional and molecular characterization of immune cell sub-populations in Anopheles gambiae.

Age-related tendon degeneration is initiated by loss of tenocytes associated with synthesis of high-turnover rate proteoglycans and glycoproteins.

Single-cell mRNA sequencing on hemocytes of penaeid shrimp revealed six types of hemocytes, type markers, differentiation pathways, and different immune roles among these subpopulations based on their transcriptional profiles.

Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed distinct subpopulations of hemocytes in fruit fly larvae.

Conditional deletion of TGFβ signaling results in tenocyte dedifferentiation in vivo demonstrating a key role for TGFβ signaling in the maintenance of the tendon cell fate.

Toll signaling modulates hemocyte differentiation into the megacyte lineage and their recruitment to the midgut greatly enhances mosquito immunity against Plasmodium.