Impact of elastic and inelastic substrate behaviors on mechanosensation

Lateral boundary mechanosensing by adherent cells in a collagen gel system

(2013) Hamid Mohammadi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

Time-dependent traction force microscopy for cancer cells as a measure of invasiveness

(2013) Valentina Peschetola et al.   Cytoskeleton

Effects of non-linearity on cell–ECM interactions

(2013) Qi Wen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Activation of beta 1 but not beta 3 integrin increases cell traction forces

(2013) Grace L. Lin et al.   FEBS LETTERS

The tension mounts: Stress fibers as force-generating mechanotransducers

(2013) Keith Burridge et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Physical limits of cell migration: Control by ECM space and nuclear deformation and tuning by proteolysis and traction force

(2013) Katarina Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Extracellular matrix determinants and the regulation of cancer cell invasion stratagems

(2013) A.L. WILLIS et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Stress-Enhanced Gelation: A Dynamic Nonlinearity of Elasticity

(2013) Norman Y. Yao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A Novel 3D Fibril Force Assay Implicates Src in Tumor Cell Force Generation in Collagen Networks

(2013) Robert J. Polackwich et al.   PLoS One

Multidimensional traction force microscopy reveals out-of-plane rotational moments about focal adhesions

(2013) W. R. Legant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Strain stiffening in collagen I networks

(2012) Stéphanie Motte et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Hyaluronic acid matrices show matrix stiffness in 2D and 3D dictates cytoskeletal order and myosin-II phosphorylation within stem cells

(2012) Florian Rehfeldt et al.   Integrative Biology

The extracellular matrix: A dynamic niche in cancer progression

(2012) Pengfei Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

Probing cellular traction forces with magnetic nanowires and microfabricated force sensor arrays

(2012) Yi-Chia Lin et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate

(2012) Britta Trappmann et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

New dimensions in cell migration

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

3D Traction Forces in Cancer Cell Invasion

(2012) Thorsten M. Koch et al.   PLoS One

Attenuation of Cell Mechanosensitivity in Colon Cancer Cells during In Vitro Metastasis

(2012) Xin Tang et al.   PLoS One

Evidence of a large-scale mechanosensing mechanism for cellular adaptation to substrate stiffness

(2012) L. Trichet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Non-affine deformations in polymer hydrogels

(2012) Qi Wen et al.   Soft Matter

Substrate Viscosity Enhances Correlation in Epithelial Sheet Movement

(2011) Michael Murrell et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Spatiotemporal Constraints on the Force-Dependent Growth of Focal Adhesions

(2011) Jonathan Stricker et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A new micropatterning method of soft substrates reveals that different tumorigenic signals can promote or reduce cell contraction levels

(2011) Qingzong Tseng et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Assaying stem cell mechanobiology on microfabricated elastomeric substrates with geometrically modulated rigidity

(2011) Michael T Yang et al.   Nature Protocols

Three-Dimensional Traction Force Microscopy: A New Tool for Quantifying Cell-Matrix Interactions

(2011) Christian Franck et al.   PLoS One

Contractility of the cell rear drives invasion of breast tumor cells in 3D Matrigel

(2011) Renaud Poincloux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extracellular matrix determinants of proteolytic and non-proteolytic cell migration

(2011) Katarina Wolf et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Thickness sensing of hMSCs on collagen gel directs stem cell fate

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

Decoupled control of stiffness and permeability with a cell-encapsulating poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate hydrogel

(2010) Chaenyung Cha et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

(2010) Andrew D. Rape et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Mechanical Force Affects Expression of an In Vitro Metastasis-Like Phenotype in HCT-8 Cells

(2010) Xin Tang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Myosin IIA Dependent Retrograde Flow Drives 3D Cell Migration

(2010) Wenting Shih et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Self inhibition of phagocytosis: The affinity of ‘marker of self’ CD47 for SIRPα dictates potency of inhibition but only at low expression levels

(2010) Richard K. Tsai et al.   BLOOD CELLS MOLECULES AND DISEASES

Mechanical control of tissue and organ development

(2010) T. Mammoto et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Matrix elasticity, cytoskeletal forces and physics of the nucleus: how deeply do cells 'feel' outside and in?

(2010) A. Buxboim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

How deeply cells feel: methods for thin gels

(2010) Amnon Buxboim et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

A simple indentation device for measuring micrometer-scale tissue stiffness

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

Probing Cellular Traction Forces by Micropillar Arrays: Contribution of Substrate Warping to Pillar Deflection

(2010) Ingmar Schoen et al.   NANO LETTERS

A distinctive role for focal adhesion proteins in three-dimensional cell motility

(2010) Stephanie I. Fraley et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical regulation of cell function with geometrically modulated elastomeric substrates

(2010) Jianping Fu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Optimal matrix rigidity for stress-fibre polarization in stem cells

(2010) A. Zemel et al.   Nature Physics

Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

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

Mechanosensing of substrate thickness

(2010) Yu-Chun Lin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Friction of Wrinkles

(2010) Hamid Mohammadi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

4D Traction Force Microscopy Reveals Asymmetric Cortical Forces in MigratingDictyosteliumCells

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

Rheology of Soft Materials

(2010) Daniel T.N. Chen et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-1β modulate calcium and nitric oxide signaling in mechanically stimulated osteocytes

(2009) A. D. Bakker et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Nanotopography-induced changes in focal adhesions, cytoskeletal organization, and mechanical properties of human mesenchymal stem cells

(2009) Evelyn K.F. Yim 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

Cell Traction Forces Direct Fibronectin Matrix Assembly

(2009) Christopher A. Lemmon et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanics, malignancy, and metastasis: The force journey of a tumor cell

(2009) Sanjay Kumar et al.   CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS

Live Cells Exert 3-Dimensional Traction Forces on Their Substrata

(2009) Sung Sik Hur et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

Non-Linear Elasticity of Extracellular Matrices Enables Contractile Cells to Communicate Local Position and Orientation

(2009) Jessamine P. Winer et al.   PLoS One

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

The Extracellular Matrix: Not Just Pretty Fibrils

(2009) R. O. Hynes   SCIENCE

Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in wound healing: Force generation and measurement

(2009) Bin Li et al.   Journal of Tissue Viability

The effects of matrix stiffness and RhoA on the phenotypic plasticity of smooth muscle cells in a 3-D biosynthetic hydrogel system

(2008) Shelly R. Peyton et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Mapping Local Matrix Remodeling Induced by a Migrating Tumor Cell Using Three-Dimensional Multiple-Particle Tracking

(2008) Ryan J. Bloom et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Defining the Role of Matrix Compliance and Proteolysis in Three-Dimensional Cell Spreading and Remodeling

(2008) Daniel Dikovsky et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cell-Cell Mechanical Communication through Compliant Substrates

(2008) Cynthia A. Reinhart-King et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Molecular dynamics and forces of a motile cell simultaneously visualized by TIRF and force microscopies

(2008) Yoshiaki Iwadate et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

The role of matrix stiffness in regulating cell behavior

(2008) Rebecca G. Wells   HEPATOLOGY

Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

(2008) A. J. Engler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Influence of finite thickness and stiffness on cellular adhesion-induced deformation of compliant substrata

(2008) John M. Maloney et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Elasticity of Floppy and Stiff Random Networks

(2008) M. Wyart et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Magnetic microposts for mechanical stimulation of biological cells: Fabrication, characterization, and analysis

(2008) Nathan J. Sniadecki et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Traction forces and rigidity sensing regulate cell functions

(2008) Marion Ghibaudo et al.   Soft Matter

High Resolution Traction Force Microscopy Based on Experimental and Computational Advances

(2007) Benedikt Sabass et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL