Substrate Dissipation Energy Regulates Cell Adhesion and Spreading

Cell mechanosensing is regulated by substrate strain energy rather than stiffness

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On the Correlation between the Microscopic Structure and Properties of Phosphate-Cross-Linked Chitosan Gels

(2018) Pasquale Sacco et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Stress relaxing hyaluronic acid-collagen hydrogels promote cell spreading, fiber remodeling, and focal adhesion formation in 3D cell culture

(2018) Junzhe Lou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The role played by the molecular weight and acetylation degree in modulating the stiffness and elasticity of chitosan gels

(2018) Pasquale Sacco et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Matching material and cellular timescales maximizes cell spreading on viscoelastic substrates

(2018) Ze Gong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adaptable Fast Relaxing Boronate-Based Hydrogels for Probing Cell-Matrix Interactions

(2018) Shengchang Tang et al.   Advanced Science

Biomaterials and engineered microenvironments to control YAP/TAZ-dependent cell behaviour

(2018) Giovanna Brusatin et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Matrix mechanical plasticity regulates cancer cell migration through confining microenvironments

(2018) Katrina M. Wisdom et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanical confinement regulates cartilage matrix formation by chondrocytes

(2017) Hong-pyo Lee et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Mechanobiology of YAP and TAZ in physiology and disease

(2017) Tito Panciera et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Viscoplasticity Enables Mechanical Remodeling of Matrix by Cells

(2016) Sungmin Nam et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Insight into the ionotropic gelation of chitosan using tripolyphosphate and pyrophosphate as cross-linkers

(2016) Pasquale Sacco et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Mechanical regulation of a molecular clutch defines force transmission and transduction in response to matrix rigidity

(2016) Alberto Elosegui-Artola et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Substrate Stress-Relaxation Regulates Scaffold Remodeling and Bone Formation In Vivo

(2016) Max Darnell et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Using QCM-D to study the adhesion of human gingival fibroblasts on implant surfaces

(2015) Emma Westas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity

(2015) Ovijit Chaudhuri et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Cells as liquid motors: Mechanosensitivity emerges from collective dynamics of actomyosin cortex

(2015) Jocelyn Étienne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Substrate stress relaxation regulates cell spreading

(2015) Ovijit Chaudhuri et al.   Nature Communications

Polysaccharide-Based Networks from Homogeneous Chitosan-Tripolyphosphate Hydrogels: Synthesis and Characterization

(2014) Pasquale Sacco et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Gelling Concept Combining Chitosan and Alginate—Proof of Principle

(2013) Thang Trung Khong et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

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

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Reversible Changes in Cell Morphology due to Cytoskeletal Rearrangements Measured in Real-Time by QCM-D

(2012) Nina Tymchenko et al.   Biointerphases

Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate

(2012) Britta Trappmann et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Stiffening hydrogels to probe short- and long-term cellular responses to dynamic mechanics

(2012) Murat Guvendiren et al.   Nature Communications

The influence of substrate creep on mesenchymal stem cell behaviour and phenotype

(2011) Andrew. R. Cameron et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

(2011) Sirio Dupont et al.   NATURE

Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

(2011) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   NATURE

Mechanical control of tissue and organ development

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Effect of Elongation of Alternating Sequences on Swelling Behavior and Large Deformation Properties of Natural Alginate Gels

(2009) Ivan Donati et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

(2009) D. E. Discher et al.   SCIENCE

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

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