Pinching the cortex of live cells reveals thickness instabilities caused by myosin II motors

F-Actin Interactome Reveals Vimentin as a Key Regulator of Actin Organization and Cell Mechanics in Mitosis

(2020) Murielle P. Serres et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Actin Cell Cortex: Structure and Molecular Organization

(2020) Tatyana M. Svitkina   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical stiffness of reconstituted actin patches correlates tightly with endocytosis efficiency

(2019) Jessica Planade et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Spontaneous formation of chaotic protrusions in a polymerizing active gel layer

(2019) N Levernier et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

The actin cortex at a glance

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

A comparison of methods to assess cell mechanical properties

(2018) Pei-Hsun Wu et al.   NATURE METHODS

In pursuit of the mechanics that shape cell surfaces

(2018) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   Nature Physics

Rhythmicity and waves in the cortex of single cells

(2018) Yang Yang et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An excitable Rho GTPase signaling network generates dynamic subcellular contraction patterns

(2017) Melanie Graessl et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dissecting the actin cortex density and membrane-cortex distance in living cells by super-resolution microscopy

(2017) M P Clausen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Actin cortex architecture regulates cell surface tension

(2017) Priyamvada Chugh et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A new method to measure mechanics and dynamic assembly of branched actin networks

(2017) Pierre Bauër et al.   Scientific Reports

Controlling contractile instabilities in the actomyosin cortex

(2017) Masatoshi Nishikawa et al.   eLife

Force Feedback Controls Motor Activity and Mechanical Properties of Self-Assembling Branched Actin Networks

(2016) Peter Bieling et al.   CELL

Perinuclear Arp2/3-driven actin polymerization enables nuclear deformation to facilitate cell migration through complex environments

(2016) Hawa-Racine Thiam et al.   Nature Communications

Actin kinetics shapes cortical network structure and mechanics

(2016) M. Fritzsche et al.   Science Advances

Cortical Contractility Triggers a Stochastic Switch to Fast Amoeboid Cell Motility

(2015) Verena Ruprecht et al.   CELL

Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells

(2015) Yan-Jun Liu et al.   CELL

Innate control of actin nucleation determines two distinct migration behaviours in dendritic cells

(2015) Pablo Vargas et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Activator–inhibitor coupling between Rho signalling and actin assembly makes the cell cortex an excitable medium

(2015) William M. Bement et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Probing the Stochastic, Motor-Driven Properties of the Cytoplasm Using Force Spectrum Microscopy

(2014) Ming Guo et al.   CELL

Cellular Control of Cortical Actin Nucleation

(2014) Miia Bovellan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Effect of the Endothelial Cell Cortex on Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements

(2013) R. Vargas-Pinto et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Monitoring Actin Cortex Thickness in Live Cells

(2013) Andrew G. Clark et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cell cortex composition and homeostasis resolved by integrating proteomics and quantitative imaging

(2013) Maté Biro et al.   Cytoskeleton

The actin cortex as an active wetting layer

(2013) J. -F. Joanny et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Blebbistatin, a myosin inhibitor, is phototoxic to human cancer cells under exposure to blue light

(2012) Aliaksandr Mikulich et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Impact of branching on the elasticity of actin networks

(2012) T. Pujol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical feedback between membrane tension and dynamics

(2012) Nils C. Gauthier et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Actin cortex mechanics and cellular morphogenesis

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

Lifeact mice for studying F-actin dynamics

(2010) Julia Riedl et al.   NATURE METHODS

Adaptive force transmission in amoeboid cell migration

(2009) Jörg Renkawitz et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Actin, a Central Player in Cell Shape and Movement

(2009) T. D. Pollard et al.   SCIENCE

Rapid leukocyte migration by integrin-independent flowing and squeezing

(2008) Tim Lämmermann et al.   NATURE