Probing mechanical principles of focal contacts in cell-matrix adhesion with a coupled stochastic-elastic modelling framework

Dynamic and structural signatures of lamellar actomyosin force generation

(2011) Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Rolling Cell Adhesion

(2010) Rodger P. McEver et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Mechanical Principle of Enhancing Cell-Substrate Adhesion via Pre-Tension in the Cytoskeleton

(2010) Bin Chen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Transient Frictional Slip between Integrin and the ECM in Focal Adhesions under Myosin II Tension

(2010) Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Model for how retrograde actin flow regulates adhesion traction stresses

(2010) Ying Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Modeling cytoskeletal flow over adhesion sites: competition between stochastic bond dynamics and intracellular relaxation

(2010) Benedikt Sabass et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions

(2010) Pakorn Kanchanawong et al.   NATURE

Measurement of mechanical tractions exerted by cells in three-dimensional matrices

(2010) Wesley R Legant et al.   NATURE METHODS

Soft Matrices Suppress Cooperative Behaviors among Receptor-Ligand Bonds in Cell Adhesion

(2010) Jin Qian et al.   PLoS One

A mechanical model of actin stress fiber formation and substrate elasticity sensing in adherent cells

(2010) Sam Walcott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Kinetic model for lamellipodal actin-integrin 'clutch' dynamics

(2010) Alice Macdonald et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Lifetime and Strength of Periodic Bond Clusters between Elastic Media under Inclined Loading

(2009) Jin Qian et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Demonstration of catch bonds between an integrin and its ligand

(2009) Fang Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Characterizing the resistance generated by a molecular bond as it is forcibly separated

(2009) L. B. Freund   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantifying cellular traction forces in three dimensions

(2009) Stacey A. Maskarinec et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed

(2008) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Pre-tension generates strongly reversible adhesion of a spatula pad on substrate

(2008) B. Chen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Lifetime and Strength of Adhesive Molecular Bond Clusters between Elastic Media†

(2008) Jin Qian et al.   LANGMUIR

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

(2008) Benjamin Geiger et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Optimum size of a molecular bond cluster in adhesion

(2008) Yuan Lin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Comparative Dynamics of Retrograde Actin Flow and Focal Adhesions: Formation of Nascent Adhesions Triggers Transition from Fast to Slow Flow

(2008) Antonina Y. Alexandrova et al.   PLoS One

Force-induced growth of adhesion domains is controlled by receptor mobility

(2008) A.-S. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE