Developing a ‘thick skin’: a paradoxical role for mechanical tension in maintaining epidermal integrity?

Lineage specification in the mouse preimplantation embryo

(2016) Claire Chazaud et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Mechanical dynamics in live cells and fluorescence-based force/tension sensors

(2015) Chao Yang et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat extensin (LRX) proteins modify cell wall composition and influence plant growth

(2015) Christian Draeger et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

PDLIM1 Stabilizes the E-Cadherin/ -Catenin Complex to Prevent Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastatic Potential of Colorectal Cancer Cells

(2015) H.-N. Chen et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

The intestinal epithelium as guardian of gut barrier integrity

(2015) Kaiyi Zhang et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

DEFECTIVE KERNEL 1 promotes and maintains plant epidermal differentiation

(2015) R. Galletti et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Building a plant: cell fate specification in the early Arabidopsis embryo

(2015) C. A. ten Hove et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Galectin-3 enhances extracellular matrix associations and wound healing in monkey corneal epithelium

(2015) Atsuko Fujii et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

New concepts in basement membrane biology

(2015) Willi Halfter et al.   FEBS Journal

Tuning of Pectin Methylesterification

(2015) Fabien Sénéchal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A developmental biologist’s “outside-the-cell” thinking

(2015) David R. Sherwood   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

We be jammin’: an update on pectin biosynthesis, trafficking and dynamics

(2015) Charles T. Anderson   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Cell wall-associated kinases and pectin perception

(2015) Bruce D. Kohorn   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plant cell wall extensibility: connecting plant cell growth with cell wall structure, mechanics, and the action of wall-modifying enzymes

(2015) Daniel J. Cosgrove   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mechanical induction of the tumorigenic β-catenin pathway by tumour growth pressure

(2015) María Elena Fernández-Sánchez et al.   NATURE

Polysaccharide deposition during cytokinesis: Challenges and future perspectives

(2015) Georgia Drakakaki   PLANT SCIENCE

Mechanosensitive channel MSL8 regulates osmotic forces during pollen hydration and germination

(2015) E. S. Hamilton et al.   SCIENCE

A mechanically sensitive cell layer regulates the physical properties of the Arabidopsis seed coat

(2015) Audrey Creff et al.   Nature Communications

Ventromedial hypothalamic neurons control a defensive emotion state

(2015) Prabhat S Kunwar et al.   eLife

Mechanically, the Shoot Apical Meristem of Arabidopsis Behaves like a Shell Inflated by a Pressure of About 1 MPa

(2015) Léna Beauzamy et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

How to let go: pectin and plant cell adhesion

(2015) Firas Bou Daher et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Cadherin Adhesion and Mechanotransduction

(2014) D.E. Leckband et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

A Comparative Mechanical Analysis of Plant and Animal Cells Reveals Convergence across Kingdoms

(2014) Pauline Durand-Smet et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Integrin-mediated adhesion and mechano-sensing in cutaneous wound healing

(2014) Fiona N. Kenny et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

The Receptor-like Kinase FERONIA Is Required for Mechanical Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis Seedlings

(2014) Han-Wei Shih et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

An Auxin-Mediated Shift toward Growth Isotropy Promotes Organ Formation at the Shoot Meristem in Arabidopsis

(2014) Massimiliano Sassi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis

(2014) Fang Yuan et al.   NATURE

PIEZO2 is required for mechanotransduction in human stem cell–derived touch receptors

(2014) Katrin Schrenk-Siemens et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Developmental plasticity, cell fate specification and morphogenesis in the early mouse embryo

(2014) I. Bedzhov et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Conflict Between Cell Proliferation and Expansion Primarily Affects Stem Organogenesis in Arabidopsis

(2014) Saori Maeda et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A Peptide Hormone and Its Receptor Protein Kinase Regulate Plant Cell Expansion

(2014) M. Haruta et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical activation of vinculin binding to talin locks talin in an unfolded conformation

(2014) Mingxi Yao et al.   Scientific Reports

Subcellular and supracellular mechanical stress prescribes cytoskeleton behavior in Arabidopsis cotyledon pavement cells

(2014) Arun Sampathkumar et al.   eLife

Specification of epidermal cell fate in plant shoots

(2014) Shinobu Takada et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The cuticle and plant defense to pathogens

(2014) Mario Serrano et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Widespread mechanosensing controls the structure behind the architecture in plants

(2013) Olivier Hamant   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Arabidopsis homeodomain-leucine zipper IV proteins promote stomatal development and ectopically induce stomata beyond the epidermis

(2013) K. M. Peterson et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Scrib is required for epithelial cell identity and prevents epithelial to mesenchymal transition in the mouse

(2013) Idella F. Yamben et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gated communities: apoplastic and symplastic signals converge at plasmodesmata to control cell fates

(2013) Yvonne Stahl et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A force of nature: molecular mechanisms of mechanoperception in plants

(2013) Gabriele B. Monshausen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Leaf Anatomy and Histochemistry of Three Species of Ficus sect. Americanae Supported by Light and Electron Microscopy

(2013) Nathalia Diniz Araújo et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Epidermal identity is maintained by cell-cell communication via a universally active feedback loop inArabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Rita San-Bento et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Formation and Function of Plant Cuticles

(2013) T. H. Yeats et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Peperomia leaf cell wall interface between the multiple hypodermis and crystal-containing photosynthetic layer displays unusual pit fields

(2012) Harry T. Horner   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Early Embryogenesis in Flowering Plants: Setting Up the Basic Body Pattern

(2012) Steffen Lau et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Mechanical Stress Acts via Katanin to Amplify Differences in Growth Rate between Adjacent Cells in Arabidopsis

(2012) Magalie Uyttewaal et al.   CELL

Physical Mechanisms Shaping the Drosophila Dorsoventral Compartment Boundary

(2012) Maryam Aliee et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

CrRLK1L receptor-like kinases: not just another brick in the wall

(2012) Heike Lindner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Cell Adhesion and Its Endocytic Regulation in Cell Migration during Neural Development and Cancer Metastasis

(2012) Takeshi Kawauchi   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

α-Catenin and Vinculin Cooperate to Promote High E-cadherin-based Adhesion Strength

(2012) William A. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The extracellular matrix: A dynamic niche in cancer progression

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

Ion Channels in Plants

(2012) Rainer Hedrich   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The FRIABLE1 Gene Product Affects Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis

(2012) Lutz Neumetzler et al.   PLoS One

Actin filament curvature biases branching direction

(2012) V. I. Risca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ideal, catch, and slip bonds in cadherin adhesion

(2012) S. Rakshit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The mechanics behind cell polarity

(2012) Atef Asnacios et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The Structure and Function of the Eukaryotic Ribosome

(2012) D. N. Wilson et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Cell wall mechanics and growth control in plants: the role of pectins revisited

(2012) Alexis Peaucelle et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The Role of Mechanical Forces in Plant Morphogenesis

(2011) Vincent Mirabet et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Substrate stiffness regulates the proliferation, migration, and differentiation of epidermal cells

(2011) Yu Wang et al.   BURNS

Pectin-Induced Changes in Cell Wall Mechanics Underlie Organ Initiation in Arabidopsis

(2011) Alexis Peaucelle et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dynamics of adherens junctions in epithelial establishment, maintenance, and remodeling

(2011) Buzz Baum et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical Load Induces a 100-Fold Increase in the Rate of Collagen Proteolysis by MMP-1

(2011) Arjun S. Adhikari et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

(2011) Sirio Dupont et al.   NATURE

The Plant Cuticle Is Required for Osmotic Stress Regulation of Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Osmotic Stress Tolerance inArabidopsis

(2011) Zhen-Yu Wang et al.   PLANT CELL

Genome-Wide Characterization of the HD-ZIP IV Transcription Factor Family in Maize: Preferential Expression in the Epidermis

(2011) M. Javelle et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cell Wall Damage-Induced Lignin Biosynthesis Is Regulated by a Reactive Oxygen Species- and Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Process in Arabidopsis

(2011) L. Denness et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Global Tissue Revolutions in a Morphogenetic Movement Controlling Elongation

(2011) S. L. Haigo et al.   SCIENCE

Epidermis: the formation and functions of a fundamental plant tissue

(2010) Marie Javelle et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-contrast three-dimensional imaging of the Arabidopsis leaf enables the analysis of cell dimensions in the epidermis and mesophyll

(2010) Nathalie Wuyts et al.   Plant Methods

Monitoring the Outside: Cell Wall-Sensing Mechanisms

(2010) C. Ringli   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The glabra1 Mutation Affects Cuticle Formation and Plant Responses to Microbes

(2010) Y. Xia et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MCA1 and MCA2 That Mediate Ca2+ Uptake Have Distinct and Overlapping Roles in Arabidopsis

(2010) T. Yamanaka et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A domain swap approach reveals a role of the plant wall-associated kinase 1 (WAK1) as a receptor of oligogalacturonides

(2010) A. Brutus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increased Cell Bond Tension Governs Cell Sorting at the Drosophila Anteroposterior Compartment Boundary

(2009) Katharina P. Landsberg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cell Wall Microstructure Analysis Implicates Hemicellulose Polysaccharides in Cell Adhesion in Tomato Fruit Pericarp Parenchyma

(2009) José J. Ordaz-Ortiz et al.   Molecular Plant

Three related receptor-like kinases are required for optimal cell elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) H. Guo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure and Biochemistry of Cadherins and Catenins

(2009) L. Shapiro et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Arabidopsis Phyllotaxis Is Controlled by the Methyl-Esterification Status of Cell-Wall Pectins

(2008) Alexis Peaucelle et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Two MscS Homologs Provide Mechanosensitive Channel Activities in the Arabidopsis Root

(2008) Elizabeth S. Haswell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Egg box conformation of oligogalacturonides: The time-dependent stabilization of the elicitor-active conformation increases its biological activity

(2008) J. C. Cabrera et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

The role of matrix stiffness in regulating cell behavior

(2008) Rebecca G. Wells   HEPATOLOGY

Calcium pectate chemistry causes growth to be stored inChara corallina: a test of the pectate cycle

(2008) TIMOTHY E. PROSEUS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Developmental Patterning by Mechanical Signals in Arabidopsis

(2008) O. Hamant et al.   SCIENCE

Mechano-sensitive channels regulate the stomatal aperture in Vicia faba

(2007) Takuya Furuichi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS