A chemo-mechanical free-energy-based approach to model durotaxis and extracellular stiffness-dependent contraction and polarization of cells

Active gel physics

(2015) J. Prost et al.   Nature Physics

Cellular mechanosensing: Getting to the nucleus of it all

(2014) Gregory R. Fedorchak et al.   PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Apical and Basal Stress Fibers have Different Roles in Mechanical Regulation of the Nucleus in Smooth Muscle Cells Cultured on a Substrate

(2013) Kazuaki Nagayama et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Nuclear Mechanics and Mechanotransduction in Health and Disease

(2013) Philipp Isermann et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Necking and failure of constrained 3D microtissues induced by cellular tension

(2013) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrodynamics of soft active matter

(2013) M. C. Marchetti et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Broken nuclei – lamins, nuclear mechanics, and disease

(2013) Patricia M. Davidson et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Crawling from soft to stiff matrix polarizes the cytoskeleton and phosphoregulates myosin-II heavy chain

(2012) Matthew Raab et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The effect of remodelling and contractility of the actin cytoskeleton on the shear resistance of single cells: a computational and experimental investigation

(2012) E. P. Dowling et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Spatial coordination between cell and nuclear shape within micropatterned endothelial cells

(2012) Marie Versaevel et al.   Nature Communications

A Microfabricated Platform to Measure and Manipulate the Mechanics of Engineered Cardiac Microtissues

(2011) Thomas Boudou et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Src and Caveolin-1 Reciprocally Regulate Metastasis via a Common Downstream Signaling Pathway in Bladder Cancer

(2010) S. Thomas et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Ultra-rapid activation of TRPV4 ion channels by mechanical forces applied to cell surface β1 integrins

(2010) Benjamin D. Matthews et al.   Integrative Biology

A new lock-step mechanism of matrix remodelling based on subcellular contractile events

(2010) L. F. Castella et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanics and contraction dynamics of single platelets and implications for clot stiffening

(2010) Wilbur A. Lam et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Optimal matrix rigidity for stress-fibre polarization in stem cells

(2010) A. Zemel et al.   Nature Physics

Understanding cytokinesis: lessons from fission yeast

(2010) Thomas D. Pollard et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Direct Comparisons of the Morphology, Migration, Cell Adhesions, and Actin Cytoskeleton of Fibroblasts in Four Different Three-Dimensional Extracellular Matrices

(2010) Kirsi M. Hakkinen et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

The mechanical integrin cycle

(2009) E. Puklin-Faucher et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Single-cell response to stiffness exhibits muscle-like behavior

(2009) D. Mitrossilis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microfabricated tissue gauges to measure and manipulate forces from 3D microtissues

(2009) W. R. Legant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fibroblast elongation and dendritic extensions in constrained versus unconstrained microtissues

(2009) Dylan M. Dean et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

Traction forces and rigidity sensing regulate cell functions

(2008) Marion Ghibaudo et al.   Soft Matter