Piezoelectric actuator-based cell microstretch device with real-time imaging capability

Myosin-II-Mediated Directional Migration of Dictyostelium Cells in Response to Cyclic Stretching of Substratum

(2013) Yoshiaki Iwadate et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Strain waveform dependence of stress fiber reorientation in cyclically stretched osteoblastic cells: effects of viscoelastic compression of stress fibers

(2012) Kazuaki Nagayama et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Force Fluctuations within Focal Adhesions Mediate ECM-Rigidity Sensing to Guide Directed Cell Migration

(2012) Sergey V. Plotnikov et al.   CELL

Multiple Roles for Myosin II in Tensional Homeostasis Under Mechanical Loading

(2011) Roland Kaunas et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Cyclic Stress at mHz Frequencies Aligns Fibroblasts in Direction of Zero Strain

(2011) Uta Faust et al.   PLoS One

Non-muscle myosin II induces disassembly of actin stress fibres independently of myosin light chain dephosphorylation

(2011) T. S. Matsui et al.   Interface Focus

Cyclic stretch-induced stress fiber dynamics – Dependence on strain rate, Rho-kinase and MLCK

(2010) Chin-Fu Lee et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

A stretching device for imaging real-time molecular dynamics of live cells adhering to elastic membranes on inverted microscopes during the entire process of the stretch

(2010) Dong Wang et al.   Integrative Biology

Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip

(2010) D. Huh et al.   SCIENCE

Development of microstretching device to evaluate cell membrane strain field around sensing point of mechanical stimuli

(2009) K. Sato et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

Time-dependent Changes in Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness and Focal Adhesion Area in Response to Cyclic Equibiaxial Stretch

(2008) S. Na et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING