The fibrous character of pericellular matrix mediates cell mechanotransduction

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Modeling the two-way feedback between contractility and matrix realignment reveals a nonlinear mode of cancer cell invasion

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Remodeling by fibroblasts alters the rate-dependent mechanical properties of collagen

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Computational investigation of in situ chondrocyte deformation and actin cytoskeleton remodelling under physiological loading

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