Inelastic behaviour of collagen networks in cell-matrix interactions and mechanosensation

The fundamental role of mechanical properties in the progression of cancer disease and inflammation

(2014) Claudia Tanja Mierke   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Lateral boundary mechanosensing by adherent cells in a collagen gel system

(2013) Hamid Mohammadi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Fibers in the Extracellular Matrix Enable Long-Range Stress Transmission between Cells

(2013) Xiaoyue Ma et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nonlinear Strain Stiffening Is Not Sufficient to Explain How Far Cells Can Feel on Fibrous Protein Gels

(2013) Mathilda S. Rudnicki et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Strain history dependence of the nonlinear stress response of fibrin and collagen networks

(2013) S. Munster et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biophysical control of invasive tumor cell behavior by extracellular matrix microarchitecture

(2012) Shawn P. Carey et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Strain stiffening in collagen I networks

(2012) Stéphanie Motte et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Structural Mechanism for Alteration of Collagen Gel Mechanics by Glutaraldehyde Crosslinking

(2012) Preethi L. Chandran et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

IL-1β enhances cell adhesion to degraded fibronectin

(2012) Dhaarmini Rajshankar et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

On the Viscoelastic Properties of Collagen-Gel-Based Lattices under Cyclic Loading: Applications for Vascular Tissue Engineering

(2012) Matteo Achilli et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

New dimensions in cell migration

(2012) Peter Friedl et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Non-affine deformations in polymer hydrogels

(2012) Qi Wen et al.   Soft Matter

Focal adhesions and Ras are functionally and spatially integrated to mediate IL-1 activation of ERK

(2011) Qin Wang et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

(2011) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   NATURE

Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

(2011) Masha Prager-Khoutorsky et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cell Motility and Mechanics in Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrices

(2010) Frederick Grinnell et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Thickness sensing of hMSCs on collagen gel directs stem cell fate

(2010) Wen Shing Leong et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The differential regulation of cell motile activity through matrix stiffness and porosity in three dimensional collagen matrices

(2010) Miguel Miron-Mendoza et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The regulation of traction force in relation to cell shape and focal adhesions

(2010) Andrew D. Rape et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A simple indentation device for measuring micrometer-scale tissue stiffness

(2010) I Levental et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Concentrated collagen hydrogels as dermal substitutes

(2009) Christophe Helary et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Rheology and Confocal Reflectance Microscopy as Probes of Mechanical Properties and Structure during Collagen and Collagen/Hyaluronan Self-Assembly

(2009) Ya-li Yang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Fibril Microstructure Affects Strain Transmission Within Collagen Extracellular Matrices

(2009) Blayne A. Roeder   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Intrinsic extracellular matrix properties regulate stem cell differentiation

(2009) Gwendolen C. Reilly et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Strain-Induced Alignment in Collagen Gels

(2009) David Vader et al.   PLoS One

Rheology

(2008) Paul A. Janmey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanical characterization of anisotropic planar biological soft tissues using finite indentation: Experimental feasibility

(2007) Martijn A.J. Cox et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS