Mechanotransduction of shear stress occurs through changes in VE-cadherin and PECAM-1 tension: Implications for cell migration

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E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

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Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

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Myosin II isoforms identify distinct functional modules that support integrity of the epithelial zonula adherens

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Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

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Mechanical Forces Induced by the Transendothelial Migration of Human Neutrophils

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Mechanotransduction in an extracted cell model: Fyn drives stretch- and flow-elicited PECAM-1 phosphorylation

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The Intermediate Filament Network in Cultured Human Keratinocytes Is Remarkably Extensible and Resilient

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