[Han Tang] New Discovery that F-actin and Microtubules Cooperatively Control Wound-Induced Cell Regeneration
Assistant Professor Han Tang and her team discovered that, when plant cells are subjected to mechanical injury, F-actin in neighboring cells transiently accumulates toward the wound site. Through temporally controlled pharmacological treatments, they further demonstrated that this early cytoskeletal response influences the pattern of stem cell regeneration at a later stage, approximately 2 days after wounding. This study provides causal evidence linking early wound responses to later stem cell regeneration through cytoskeletal regulation. The findings were published in Plant, Cell & Environment (Huang et al., 2025).
Article source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pce.70032