Mechanical systems biology of C. elegans touch sensation

Activation of a Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channel in Mammalian Cells by Cytoskeletal Stress

(2014) Johanna Heureaux et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Sensory Biology: It Takes Piezo2 to Tango

(2014) Valeria Vásquez et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Piezo1 integration of vascular architecture with physiological force

(2014) Jing Li et al.   NATURE

Mechanical control of the sense of touch by β-spectrin

(2014) Michael Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The force-from-lipid (FFL) principle of mechanosensitivity, at large and in elements

(2014) Jinfeng Teng et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanosensitivity is mediated directly by the lipid membrane in TRAAK and TREK1 K+channels

(2014) Stephen G. Brohawn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Feeling the hidden mechanical forces in lipid bilayer is an original sense

(2014) A. Anishkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tensegrity, cellular biophysics, and the mechanics of living systems

(2014) Donald E Ingber et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Phospholipids that Contain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Enhance Neuronal Cell Mechanics and Touch Sensation

(2014) Valeria Vásquez et al.   Cell Reports

The ion channels to cytoskeleton connection as potential mechanism of mechanosensitivity

(2013) Boris Martinac   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Mechanical Players—The Role of Intermediate Filaments in Cell Mechanics and Organization

(2013) Markus J. Buehler   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechano-Gated Ion Channels in Sensory Systems

(2013) Patrick Delmas et al.   CELL

A NOMPC-Dependent Membrane-Microtubule Connector Is a Candidate for the Gating Spring in Fly Mechanoreceptors

(2013) Xin Liang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

MEMS-based force-clamp analysis of the role of body stiffness in C. elegans touch sensation

(2013) Bryan C. Petzold et al.   Integrative Biology

Stiffened lipid platforms at molecular force foci

(2013) A. Anishkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Viscoelastic properties of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a self-similar, shear-thinning worm

(2013) M. Backholm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nuclear Lamin-A Scales with Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation

(2013) J. Swift et al.   SCIENCE

Posttranslational Acetylation of α-Tubulin Constrains Protofilament Number in Native Microtubules

(2012) Juan G. Cueva et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The expanding significance of keratin intermediate filaments in normal and diseased epithelia

(2012) Xiaoou Pan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The doublecortin-related genezyg-8is a microtubule organizer inCaenorhabditis elegansneurons

(2012) Jean-Michel Bellanger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Molecular force transduction by ion channels – diversity and unifying principles

(2012) Sergei Sukharev et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

The role of Drosophila Piezo in mechanical nociception

(2012) Sung Eun Kim et al.   NATURE

Propagation of tension along a polymer chain

(2012) Payam Rowghanian et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Dynamics of Mechanical Signal Transmission through Prestressed Stress Fibers

(2012) Yongyun Hwang et al.   PLoS One

Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

(2012) K. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Attenuated short wavelength buckling and force propagation in a biopolymer-reinforced rod

(2012) W. L. Shan et al.   Soft Matter

Dynamic force-induced direct dissociation of protein complexes in a nuclear body in living cells

(2012) Yeh-Chuin Poh et al.   Nature Communications

The Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis as a model skin. II: differentiation and physiological roles

(2012) Andrew D. Chisholm et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Caenorhabditis elegans Body Mechanics Are Regulated by Body Wall Muscle Tone

(2011) Bryan C. Petzold et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Mechanoresponsive Cadherin-Keratin Complex Directs Polarized Protrusive Behavior and Collective Cell Migration

(2011) Gregory F. Weber et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The DEG/ENaC Protein MEC-10 Regulates the Transduction Channel Complex in Caenorhabditis elegans Touch Receptor Neurons

(2011) J. Arnadottir et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of dynein on microtubule mechanics and centrosome positioning

(2011) Jun Wu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Laminin-332 coordinates mechanotransduction and growth cone bifurcation in sensory neurons

(2011) Li-Yang Chiang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

(2011) Christopher C. DuFort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Piezoresistive cantilever force-clamp system

(2011) Sung-Jin Park et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Mechanosensitive Channels: What Can They Do and How Do They Do It?

(2011) Elizabeth S. Haswell et al.   STRUCTURE

Crystal structure and functional interpretation of the erythrocyte spectrin tetramerization domain complex

(2010) J. J. Ipsaro et al.   BLOOD

Evidence for a protein tether involved in somatic touch

(2010) Jing Hu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A Comprehensive Model of the Spectrin Divalent Tetramer Binding Region Deduced Using Homology Modeling and Chemical Cross-linking of a Mini-spectrin

(2010) Donghai Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

(2010) Martin P. Stewart et al.   NATURE

Enhanced neuronal RNAi in C. elegans using SID-1

(2010) Andrea Calixto et al.   NATURE METHODS

Biomechanical analysis of gait adaptation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) C. Fang-Yen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Multipurpose 15-Protofilament Microtubules in C. elegans Have Specific Roles in Mechanosensation

(2009) Alexander Bounoutas et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Measuring accurately liquid and tissue surface tension with a compression plate tensiometer

(2009) Abbas Mgharbel et al.   HFSP Journal

Neurofilaments Bind Tubulin and Modulate Its Polymerization

(2009) A. Bocquet et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Buckling, stiffening, and negative dissipation in the dynamics of a biopolymer in an active medium

(2009) N. Kikuchi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

The C. elegans EMAP-like protein, ELP-1 is required for touch sensation and associates with microtubules and adhesion complexes

(2008) Jennifer L Hueston et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The invertebrate microtubule-associated protein PTL-1 functions in mechanosensation and development in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2008) Patricia Gordon et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Tissue Deformation Modulates Twist Expression to Determine Anterior Midgut Differentiation in Drosophila Embryos

(2008) Nicolas Desprat et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Mechanics of Microtubule Buckling Supported by Cytoplasm

(2008) Hanqing Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Mechanics of buckled carbon nanotubes on elastomeric substrates

(2008) J. Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Actin stress fibers transmit and focus force to activate mechanosensitive channels

(2008) Kimihide Hayakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

(2008) M. Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Neurosensory mechanotransduction

(2008) Martin Chalfie   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

(2008) Ning Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Nonequilibrium Microtubule Fluctuations in a Model Cytoskeleton

(2008) Clifford P. Brangwynne et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Rapid signal transduction in living cells is a unique feature of mechanotransduction

(2008) S. Na et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bending of z-lines by mechanical stimuli: An input signal for integrin dependent modulation of ion channels?

(2008) V. Dyachenko et al.   PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cytoskeletal Bundle Mechanics

(2007) Mark Bathe et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL