Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Review of the Genetic Basis

(2010) Athanasios Saratzis et al.   ANGIOLOGY

Eukaryotic Mechanosensitive Channels

(2010) Jóhanna Árnadóttir et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Strength Dependence of Cadherin-Mediated Adhesions

(2010) Benoit Ladoux et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Zyxin Mediation of Stretch-Induced Gene Expression in Human Endothelial Cells

(2010) Agnieszka Wójtowicz et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Conserved F-actin dynamics and force transmission at cell adhesions

(2010) Venkat Maruthamuthu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

Clinical and genetic issues in dilated cardiomyopathy: A review for genetics professionals

(2010) Ray E Hershberger et al.   GENETICS IN MEDICINE

Feedback amplification of fibrosis through matrix stiffening and COX-2 suppression

(2010) Fei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Model for how retrograde actin flow regulates adhesion traction stresses

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

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

(2010) J. Thomas Parsons et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Linking actin dynamics and gene transcription to drive cellular motile functions

(2010) Eric N. Olson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Molecular origin of strain softening in cross-linked F-actin networks

(2010) Hyungsuk Lee et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Fluidization and Resolidification of the Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cell in Response to Transient Stretch

(2010) Cheng Chen et al.   PLoS One

Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

(2010) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Substrate Elasticity Regulates Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Self-Renewal in Culture

(2010) P. M. Gilbert et al.   SCIENCE

Forcing form and function: biomechanical regulation of tumor evolution

(2010) Hongmei Yu et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Theoretical Aspects of the Biological Catch Bond

(2009) Oleg V. Prezhdo et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Cell Mechanics: Dissecting the Physical Responses of Cells to Force

(2009) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

From mechanotransduction to extracellular matrix gene expression in fibroblasts

(2009) Matthias Chiquet et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Demonstration of catch bonds between an integrin and its ligand

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

A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Frequency-Dependent Stress Fiber Alignment Induced by Cyclic Stretch

(2009) Hui-Ju Hsu et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Activation of Rac GTPase in Living Cells by Force Is Independent of Src

(2009) Yeh-Chuin Poh et al.   PLoS One

Role of the actin cytoskeleton in tuning cellular responses to external mechanical stress

(2009) M. B. Asparuhova et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanically Activated Integrin Switch Controls  5 1 Function

(2009) J. C. Friedland et al.   SCIENCE

Cell–scaffold mechanical interplay within engineered tissue

(2009) Dekel Dado et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Differential effects of cyclic and static stretch on coronary microvascular endothelial cell receptors and vasculogenic/angiogenic responses

(2008) Wei Zheng et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Biophysics of Catch Bonds

(2008) Wendy E. Thomas et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Integrin connections to the cytoskeleton through talin and vinculin

(2008) Wolfgang H. Ziegler et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Cell adhesion receptors in mechanotransduction

(2008) Martin A Schwartz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

Mechanotransduction - a field pulling together?

(2008) C. S. Chen   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin stress fibers transmit and focus force to activate mechanosensitive channels

(2008) Kimihide Hayakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Talin depletion reveals independence of initial cell spreading from integrin activation and traction

(2008) Xian Zhang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

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

Mechanotransduction in vascular physiology and atherogenesis

(2008) Cornelia Hahn et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Measuring molecular rupture forces between single actin filaments and actin-binding proteins

(2008) J. M. Ferrer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid signal transduction in living cells is a unique feature of mechanotransduction

(2008) S. Na 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

Role of Cyclic Strain Frequency in Regulating the Alignment of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro

(2007) Bo Liu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL