Membrane tension controls adhesion positioning at the leading edge of cells

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

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α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions

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Membrane Tension Acts Through PLD2 and mTORC2 to Limit Actin Network Assembly During Neutrophil Migration

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Front-to-Rear Membrane Tension Gradient in Rapidly Moving Cells

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Membrane tension and cytoskeleton organization in cell motility

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Molecular mechanism of vinculin activation and nanoscale spatial organization in focal adhesions

(2015) Lindsay B. Case et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Feedback regulation between plasma membrane tension and membrane-bending proteins organizes cell polarity during leading edge formation

(2015) Kazuya Tsujita et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Physical principles of membrane remodelling during cell mechanoadaptation

(2015) Anita Joanna Kosmalska et al.   Nature Communications

Theoretical Analysis of Membrane Tension in Moving Cells

(2014) Yonatan Schweitzer et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Contact Angle at the Leading Edge Controls Cell Protrusion Rate

(2014) Chiara Gabella et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A contractile and counterbalancing adhesion system controls the 3D shape of crawling cells

(2014) Dylan T. Burnette et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane Tension in Rapidly Moving Cells Is Determined by Cytoskeletal Forces

(2013) Arnon D. Lieber et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Vinculin Regulates the Recruitment and Release of Core Focal Adhesion Proteins in a Force-Dependent Manner

(2013) Alex Carisey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Vinculin–actin interaction couples actin retrograde flow to focal adhesions, but is dispensable for focal adhesion growth

(2013) Ingo Thievessen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane Elastic Properties and Cell Function

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Plasma membrane tension orchestrates membrane trafficking, cytoskeletal remodeling, and biochemical signaling during phagocytosis

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How vinculin regulates force transmission

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Physical Model for Self-Organization of Actin Cytoskeleton and Adhesion Complexes at the Cell Front

(2012) Tom Shemesh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Membrane Tension Maintains Cell Polarity by Confining Signals to the Leading Edge during Neutrophil Migration

(2012) Andrew R. Houk et al.   CELL

Crystal structure of α5β1 integrin ectodomain: Atomic details of the fibronectin receptor

(2012) Masamichi Nagae et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Micro-environmental control of cell migration - myosin IIA is required for efficient migration in fibrillar environments through control of cell adhesion dynamics

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Easy Fabrication of Thin Membranes with Through Holes. Application to Protein Patterning

(2012) Thomas Masters et al.   PLoS One

Actin filament curvature biases branching direction

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Stressing caveolae new role in cell mechanics

(2012) Pierre Nassoy et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical feedback between membrane tension and dynamics

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

Use the force: membrane tension as an organizer of cell shape and motility

(2012) Alba Diz-Muñoz et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Cell Cytoskeleton and Tether Extraction

(2011) B. Pontes et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cells Respond to Mechanical Stress by Rapid Disassembly of Caveolae

(2011) Bidisha Sinha et al.   CELL

Cell motility: the integrating role of the plasma membrane

(2011) Kinneret Keren   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

A role for actin arcs in the leading-edge advance of migrating cells

(2011) Dylan T. Burnette et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane tension regulates motility by controlling lamellipodium organization

(2011) E. L. Batchelder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Early integrin binding to Arg-Gly-Asp peptide activates actin polymerization and contractile movement that stimulates outward translocation

(2011) C.-h. Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporary increase in plasma membrane tension coordinates the activation of exocytosis and contraction during cell spreading

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Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

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Ena/VASP: towards resolving a pointed controversy at the barbed end

(2009) J. E. Bear et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Plasma Membrane Area Increases with Spread Area by Exocytosis of a GPI-anchored Protein Compartment

(2009) Nils C. Gauthier et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Coordination of Rho GTPase activities during cell protrusion

(2009) Matthias Machacek et al.   NATURE

Relaxing the actin cytoskeleton for adhesion and movement with Ena/VASP

(2008) Léa Trichet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells

(2008) Kinneret Keren et al.   NATURE

Actin and α-actinin orchestrate the assembly and maturation of nascent adhesions in a myosin II motor-independent manner

(2008) Colin K. Choi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Fluctuations of intracellular forces during cell protrusion

(2008) Lin Ji et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Talin depletion reveals independence of initial cell spreading from integrin activation and traction

(2008) Xian Zhang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Regulation of Actin Assembly Associated With Protrusion and Adhesion in Cell Migration

(2008) Christophe Le Clainche et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Quantification of Cell Edge Velocities and Traction Forces Reveals Distinct Motility Modules during Cell Spreading

(2008) Benjamin J. Dubin-Thaler et al.   PLoS One