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Deformation of an Elastic Substrate by a Three-Phase Contact Line

(2011) Elizabeth R. Jerison et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Force Localization in Contracting Cell Layers

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Spreading dynamics and wetting transition of cellular aggregates

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

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Substrate stiffening promotes endothelial monolayer disruption through enhanced physical forces

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Substrate Stiffness and Cell Area Predict Cellular Traction Stresses in Single Cells and Cells in Contact

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Determinants of leader cells in collective cell migration

(2010) Antoine A. Khalil et al.   Integrative Biology

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Mechanical regulation of cell function with geometrically modulated elastomeric substrates

(2010) Jianping Fu et al.   NATURE METHODS

4D Traction Force Microscopy Reveals Asymmetric Cortical Forces in MigratingDictyosteliumCells

(2010) H. Delanoë-Ayari et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Cell Migration Driven by Cooperative Substrate Deformation Patterns

(2010) Thomas E. Angelini et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Aspiration of Biological Viscoelastic Drops

(2010) Karine Guevorkian et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Imaging in-plane and normal stresses near an interface crack using traction force microscopy

(2010) Y. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coaction of intercellular adhesion and cortical tension specifies tissue surface tension

(2010) M. Lisa Manning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Homeostatic competition drives tumor growth and metastasis nucleation

(2009) Markus Basan et al.   HFSP Journal

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

Effect of Adhesion Geometry and Rigidity on Cellular Force Distributions

(2009) Ilka B. Bischofs et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

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