The tension mounts: Stress fibers as force-generating mechanotransducers

From Mechanical Force to RhoA Activation

(2012) Elizabeth C. Lessey et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Lateral Communication between Stress Fiber Sarcomeres Facilitates a Local Remodeling Response

(2012) Laura M. Chapin et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Tension is required but not sufficient for focal adhesion maturation without a stress fiber template

(2012) Patrick W. Oakes et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Vinculin associates with endothelial VE-cadherin junctions to control force-dependent remodeling

(2012) Stephan Huveneers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Microtubules regulate GEF-H1 in response to extracellular matrix stiffness

(2012) Jessica N. Heck et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Stretch-induced actin remodeling requires targeting of zyxin to stress fibers and recruitment of actin regulators

(2012) Laura M. Hoffman et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Integrins β1 and β3 exhibit distinct dynamic nanoscale organizations inside focal adhesions

(2012) Olivier Rossier et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A bigger picture: classical cadherins and the dynamic actin cytoskeleton

(2012) Aparna Ratheesh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cyclic Stretch Induces Cell Reorientation on Substrates by Destabilizing Catch Bonds in Focal Adhesions

(2012) Bin Chen et al.   PLoS One

Spatiotemporal Constraints on the Force-Dependent Growth of Focal Adhesions

(2011) Jonathan Stricker et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Molecular Pathway for Myosin II Recruitment to Stress Fibers

(2011) Sari Tojkander et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cyclic stretch induces reorientation of cells in a Src family kinase- and p130Cas-dependent manner

(2011) Verena Niediek et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin filaments function as a tension sensor by tension-dependent binding of cofilin to the filament

(2011) Kimihide Hayakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Rho GEFs LARG and GEF-H1 regulate the mechanical response to force on integrins

(2011) Christophe Guilluy et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cyclic Stress at mHz Frequencies Aligns Fibroblasts in Direction of Zero Strain

(2011) Uta Faust et al.   PLoS One

Adherens junctions connect stress fibers between adjacent endothelial cells

(2010) Jaime Millan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

A Zyxin-Mediated Mechanism for Actin Stress Fiber Maintenance and Repair

(2010) Mark A. Smith et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Actin Cross-link Assembly and Disassembly Mechanics for α-Actinin and Fascin

(2010) David S. Courson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The switchable integrin adhesome

(2010) R. Zaidel-Bar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanical stress-induced sarcomere assembly for cardiac muscle growth in length and width

(2010) Brenda Russell et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions

(2010) Pakorn Kanchanawong et al.   NATURE

Dissecting the molecular architecture of integrin adhesion sites by cryo-electron tomography

(2010) Israel Patla et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A nucleator arms race: cellular control of actin assembly

(2010) Kenneth G. Campellone et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanosensing in actin stress fibers revealed by a close correlation between force and protein localization

(2009) J. Colombelli et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The initial steps of myofibril assembly: integrins pave the way

(2009) John C. Sparrow et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Phosphorylation of Claudin-5 and Occludin by Rho Kinase in Brain Endothelial Cells

(2008) Masaru Yamamoto et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Two Characteristic Regimes in Frequency-Dependent Dynamic Reorientation of Fibroblasts on Cyclically Stretched Substrates

(2008) Simon Jungbauer et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

PyK2 and FAK connections to p190Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor regulate RhoA activity, focal adhesion formation, and cell motility

(2008) Yangmi Lim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The actin cytoskeleton in endothelial cell phenotypes

(2008) Nutan Prasain et al.   MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH

Actin and α-actinin orchestrate the assembly and maturation of nascent adhesions in a myosin II motor-independent manner

(2008) Colin K. Choi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Tropomyosin-Based Regulation of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Time and Space

(2008) Peter Gunning et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Leiomodin Is an Actin Filament Nucleator in Muscle Cells

(2008) D. Chereau et al.   SCIENCE