Elastic properties of hydrogels and decellularized tissue sections used in mechanobiology studies probed by atomic force microscopy

Early Impairment of Lung Mechanics in a Murine Model of Marfan Syndrome

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Heterogeneous micromechanical properties of the extracellular matrix in healthy and infarcted hearts

(2014) Ion Andreu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

A spectrophotometer-based diffusivity assay reveals that diffusion hindrance of small molecules in extracellular matrix gels used in 3D cultures is dominated by viscous effects

(2014) Roland Galgoczy et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Inhomogeneity of local stiffness in the extracellular matrix scaffold of fibrotic mouse lungs

(2014) Esther Melo et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Matrix Stiffening and β 1 Integrin Drive Subtype-Specific Fibroblast Accumulation in Lung Cancer

(2014) Marta Puig et al.   MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH

Extracellular matrix assembly: a multiscale deconstruction

(2014) Janna K. Mouw et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Local micromechanical properties of decellularized lung scaffolds measured with atomic force microscopy

(2013) T. Luque et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

How cells sense extracellular matrix stiffness: a material's perspective

(2013) Britta Trappmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of freezing/thawing on the mechanical properties of decellularized lungs

(2013) Paula N. Nonaka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Oxygen diffusion and consumption in extracellular matrix gels: Implications for designing three-dimensional cultures

(2013) Adai Colom et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Pathophysiology of the brain extracellular matrix: a new target for remyelination

(2013) Lorraine W. Lau et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Transmembrane/cytoplasmic, rather than catalytic, domains of Mmp14 signal to MAPK activation and mammary branching morphogenesis via binding to integrin  1

(2012) H. Mori et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The mechanical memory of lung myofibroblasts

(2012) Jenna L. Balestrini et al.   Integrative Biology

Physical and chemical microenvironmental cues orthogonally control the degree and duration of fibrosis-associated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions

(2012) Ashley C Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Measurement of Single Cell Refractive Index, Dry Mass, Volume, and Density Using a Transillumination Microscope

(2012) Kevin G. Phillips et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Integrin-Specific Mechanoresponses to Compression and Extension Probed by Cylindrical Flat-Ended AFM Tips in Lung Cells

(2012) Irene Acerbi et al.   PLoS One

Hyaluronic acid-based scaffold for central neural tissue engineering

(2012) X. Wang et al.   Interface Focus

Collective epithelial cell invasion overcomes mechanical barriers of collagenous extracellular matrix by a narrow tube-like geometry and MMP14-dependent local softening

(2011) Jordi Alcaraz et al.   Integrative Biology

In situ force mapping of mammary gland transformation

(2011) Jose I. Lopez et al.   Integrative Biology

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

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

Feedback amplification of fibrosis through matrix stiffening and COX-2 suppression

(2010) Fei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The extracellular matrix at a glance

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

Atomic force microscopy of biological samples

(2010) David P. Allison et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

A chemical biology screen reveals a role for Rab21-mediated control of actomyosin contractility in fibroblast-driven cancer invasion

(2009) S Hooper et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Integrin Clustering Is Driven by Mechanical Resistance from the Glycocalyx and the Substrate

(2009) Matthew J. Paszek et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Laminin and biomimetic extracellular elasticity enhance functional differentiation in mammary epithelia

(2008) Jordi Alcaraz et al.   EMBO JOURNAL