Holding it together: when cadherin meets cadherin

Cell Junction Mechanics beyond the Bounds of Adhesion and Tension

(2021) Pierre-François Lenne et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Distinct actin-dependent nanoscale assemblies underlie the dynamic and hierarchical organization of E-cadherin

(2021) Rumamol Chandran et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions

(2021) Nicoletta I. Petridou et al.   CELL

Integration of luminal pressure and signalling in tissue self-organization

(2020) Chii J. Chan et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cell adhesion in cancer: Beyond the migration of single cells

(2020) Michalina Janiszewska et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A tensile ring drives tissue flows to shape the gastrulating amniote embryo

(2020) Mehdi Saadaoui et al.   SCIENCE

Sensing Actin Dynamics through Adherens Junctions

(2020) Indrajyoti Indra et al.   Cell Reports

Tissue segregation in the early vertebrate embryo

(2020) François Fagotto   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Effect of Cortical Elasticity and Active Tension on Cell Adhesion Mechanics

(2019) Bart Smeets et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cadherin Extracellular Domain Clustering in the Absence of Trans-Interactions

(2019) Connor J. Thompson et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Nanoscale Architecture of the Cortical Actin Cytoskeleton in Embryonic Stem Cells

(2019) Shumin Xia et al.   Cell Reports

Tissue rheology in embryonic organization

(2019) Nicoletta I Petridou et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Dynamic cell–cell adhesion mediated by pericellular matrix interaction – a hypothesis

(2019) Rudolf Winklbauer   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tissue fluidity promotes epithelial wound healing

(2019) Robert J. Tetley et al.   Nature Physics

Tensile Forces and Mechanotransduction at Cell–Cell Junctions

(2018) Guillaume Charras et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The actin cortex at a glance

(2018) Priyamvada Chugh et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A fluid-to-solid jamming transition underlies vertebrate body axis elongation

(2018) Alessandro Mongera et al.   NATURE

Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling

(2018) Nicoletta I. Petridou et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Distinct contributions of tensile and shear stress on E-cadherin levels during morphogenesis

(2018) Girish R. Kale et al.   Nature Communications

Jamming transitions in cancer

(2017) Linda Oswald et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Actin cortex architecture regulates cell surface tension

(2017) Priyamvada Chugh et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane fluctuations mediate lateral interaction between cadherin bonds

(2017) Susanne F. Fenz et al.   Nature Physics

Vertex models: from cell mechanics to tissue morphogenesis

(2017) Silvanus Alt et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Changes in E-cadherin rigidity sensing regulate cell adhesion

(2017) Caitlin Collins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vinculin forms a directionally asymmetric catch bond with F-actin

(2017) Derek L. Huang et al.   SCIENCE

Mammalian Diaphanous 1 Mediates a Pathway for E-cadherin to Stabilize Epithelial Barriers through Junctional Contractility

(2017) Bipul R. Acharya et al.   Cell Reports

Active Vertex Model for cell-resolution description of epithelial tissue mechanics

(2017) Daniel L. Barton et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Crowding of receptors induces ring-like adhesions in model membranes

(2015) Daniel Schmidt et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Running with neighbors: coordinating cell migration and cell–cell adhesion

(2015) Caitlin Collins et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Adherens Junctions Revisualized: Organizing Cadherins as Nanoassemblies

(2015) Alpha S. Yap et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Fundamental physical cellular constraints drive self-organization of tissues

(2015) D. Sanchez-Gutierrez et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Cell adhesion strength from cortical tension - an integration of concepts

(2015) R. Winklbauer   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Membrane tension and cytoskeleton organization in cell motility

(2015) Pierre Sens et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Pulsatile cell-autonomous contractility drives compaction in the mouse embryo

(2015) Jean-Léon Maître et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Unjamming and cell shape in the asthmatic airway epithelium

(2015) Jin-Ah Park et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A density-independent rigidity transition in biological tissues

(2015) Dapeng Bi et al.   Nature Physics

E-cadherin junction formation involves an active kinetic nucleation process

(2015) Kabir H. Biswas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanics of tissue compaction

(2015) Hervé Turlier et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A narrow window of cortical tension guides asymmetric spindle positioning in the mouse oocyte

(2015) A. Chaigne et al.   Nature Communications

Tissue cohesion and the mechanics of cell rearrangement

(2014) R. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Actin dynamics modulate mechanosensitive immobilization of E-cadherin at adherens junctions

(2014) W. Engl et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The minimal cadherin-catenin complex binds to actin filaments under force

(2014) C. D. Buckley et al.   SCIENCE

Mapping the dynamics of force transduction at cell–cell junctions of epithelial clusters

(2014) Mei Rosa Ng et al.   eLife

Membrane microdomains: from seeing to understanding

(2014) Binh-An Truong-Quang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Three Functions of Cadherins in Cell Adhesion

(2013) Jean-Léon Maître et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fluid Shear Stress on Endothelial Cells Modulates Mechanical Tension across VE-Cadherin and PECAM-1

(2013) Daniel E. Conway et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cadherin adhesome at a glance

(2013) R. Zaidel-Bar   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanosensitive systems at the cadherin-F-actin interface

(2013) S. Huveneers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

αE-catenin actin-binding domain alters actin filament conformation and regulates binding of nucleation and disassembly factors

(2013) Scott D. Hansen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Quantifying cell-generated mechanical forces within living embryonic tissues

(2013) Otger Campàs et al.   NATURE METHODS

Cadherin-based intercellular adhesions organize epithelial cell-matrix traction forces

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

Physics of adherent cells

(2013) Ulrich S. Schwarz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Vinculin associates with endothelial VE-cadherin junctions to control force-dependent remodeling

(2012) Stephan Huveneers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2012) N. Borghi 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

Adhesion Functions in Cell Sorting by Mechanically Coupling the Cortices of Adhering Cells

(2012) J.-L. Maitre et al.   SCIENCE

Thinking outside the cell: how cadherins drive adhesion

(2012) Julia Brasch et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Actin cortex mechanics and cellular morphogenesis

(2012) Guillaume Salbreux et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

(2011) Dhananjay T. Tambe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Rapid Suppression of Activated Rac1 by Cadherins and Nectins during De Novo Cell-Cell Adhesion

(2011) Khameeka N. Kitt et al.   PLoS One

Quantification of the forces driving self-assembly of three-dimensional microtissues

(2011) J. Youssef et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

(2011) V. Maruthamuthu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The extracellular matrix at a glance

(2010) C. Frantz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

α5β1 Integrin-Fibronectin Interactions Specify Liquid to Solid Phase Transition of 3D Cellular Aggregates

(2010) Carlos E. Caicedo-Carvajal et al.   PLoS One

Coaction of intercellular adhesion and cortical tension specifies tissue surface tension

(2010) M. Lisa Manning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

(2010) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Progress in Mimetic Studies of Cell Adhesion and the Mechanosensing

(2009) Ana-Sunčana Smith et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

Cadherins as Targets for Genetic Diseases

(2009) A. El-Amraoui et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Involvement of Members of the Cadherin Superfamily in Cancer

(2009) G. Berx et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Fibrogenic fibroblasts increase intercellular adhesion strength by reinforcing individual OB-cadherin bonds

(2008) P. Pittet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

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

The Premetazoan Ancestry of Cadherins

(2008) Monika Abedin et al.   SCIENCE