From actomyosin oscillations to tissue-level deformations

Decrease in Cell Volume Generates Contractile Forces Driving Dorsal Closure

(2015) Laure Saias et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A self-organized biomechanical network drives shape changes during tissue morphogenesis

(2015) Akankshi Munjal et al.   NATURE

Pulsatile cell-autonomous contractility drives compaction in the mouse embryo

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

Intracellular signalling and intercellular coupling coordinate heterogeneous contractile events to facilitate tissue folding

(2015) Shicong Xie et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration

(2014) Danfeng Cai et al.   CELL

Quantitative 4D analyses of epithelial folding during Drosophila gastrulation

(2014) Zia Khan et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Apical constriction: themes and variations on a cellular mechanism driving morphogenesis

(2014) A. C. Martin et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Dynamic Microtubule Cytoskeleton Directs Medial Actomyosin Function during Tube Formation

(2014) Alexander J.R. Booth et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cytoskeletal turnover and Myosin contractility drive cell autonomous oscillations in a model of Drosophila Dorsal Closure

(2014) P. F. Machado et al.   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

Rho GTPase and Shroom direct planar polarized actomyosin contractility during convergent extension

(2014) Sérgio de Matos Simões et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamic myosin phosphorylation regulates contractile pulses and tissue integrity during epithelial morphogenesis

(2014) Claudia G. Vasquez et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanochemical regulation of oscillatory follicle cell dynamics in the developing Drosophila egg chamber

(2014) Sarita Koride et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Apical constriction drives tissue-scale hydrodynamic flow to mediate cell elongation

(2014) Bing He et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous Oscillations of Elastic Contractile Materials with Turnover

(2014) Kai Dierkes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Contractile and Mechanical Properties of Epithelia with Perturbed Actomyosin Dynamics

(2014) Sabine C. Fischer et al.   PLoS One

CellFIT: A Cellular Force-Inference Toolkit Using Curvilinear Cell Boundaries

(2014) G. Wayne Brodland et al.   PLoS One

Spatiotemporal control of epithelial remodeling by regulated myosin phosphorylation

(2014) K. E. Kasza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A mechanical-biochemical feedback loop regulates remodeling in the actin cytoskeleton

(2014) Matthew R. Stachowiak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Apical Oscillations in Amnioserosa Cells: Basolateral Coupling and Mechanical Autonomy

(2013) Aroshan K. Jayasinghe et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

(2013) Carl-Philipp Heisenberg et al.   CELL

Bazooka inhibits aPKC to limit antagonism of actomyosin networks during amnioserosa apical constriction

(2013) D. J. V. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Ion channels contribute to the regulation of cell sheet forces during Drosophila dorsal closure

(2013) G. L. Hunter et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Oscillation and Polarity of E-Cadherin Asymmetries Control Actomyosin Flow Patterns during Morphogenesis

(2013) Romain Levayer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Mechanosensitive systems at the cadherin-F-actin interface

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

Local, cell-nonautonomous feedback regulation of myosin dynamics patterns transitions in cell behavior: a role for tension and geometry?

(2013) Surat Saravanan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Apical domain polarization localizes actin–myosin activity to drive ratchet-like apical constriction

(2013) Frank M. Mason et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanosensing

(2013) Tianzhi Luo et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A Vertex Model of Drosophila Ventral Furrow Formation

(2013) Philipp Spahn et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary conservation of early mesoderm specification by mechanotransduction in Bilateria

(2013) Thibaut Brunet et al.   Nature Communications

A Cell-Level Biomechanical Model of Drosophila Dorsal Closure

(2012) Qiming Wang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cell Ingression and Apical Shape Oscillations during Dorsal Closure in Drosophila

(2012) Adam Sokolow et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

United we stand – integrating the actin cytoskeleton and cell–matrix adhesions in cellular mechanotransduction

(2012) Ulrich S. Schwarz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Bayesian inference of force dynamics during morphogenesis

(2012) Shuji Ishihara et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Volume conservation principle involved in cell lengthening and nucleus movement during tissue morphogenesis

(2012) M. A. Gelbart et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Preexisting Actomyosin Contractions

(2012) Minna Roh-Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical Stress Inference for Two Dimensional Cell Arrays

(2012) Kevin K. Chiou et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Force Generation, Transmission, and Integration during Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis

(2011) Thomas Lecuit et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The LIM Domain of Zyxin Is Sufficient for Force-Induced Accumulation of Zyxin During Cell Migration

(2011) Arisa Uemura et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Dynamics of actomyosin contractile activity during epithelial morphogenesis

(2011) Nicole Gorfinkiel et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Punctuated actin contractions during convergent extension and their permissive regulation by the non-canonical Wnt-signaling pathway

(2011) H. Y. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Polar actomyosin contractility destabilizes the position of the cytokinetic furrow

(2011) Jakub Sedzinski et al.   NATURE

Mechanical strain in actin networks regulates FilGAP and integrin binding to filamin A

(2011) A. J. Ehrlicher et al.   NATURE

Spatial regulation of Dia and Myosin-II by RhoGEF2 controls initiation of E-cadherin endocytosis during epithelial morphogenesis

(2011) Romain Levayer et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction in mechanically coupled pulsating cells: transition to collective constriction and mesoderm invagination simulation

(2011) Benjamin Driquez et al.   PHYSICAL BIOLOGY

DRhoGEF2 Regulates Cellular Tension and Cell Pulsations in the Amnioserosa during Drosophila Dorsal Closure

(2011) Dulce Azevedo et al.   PLoS One

Holographic UV laser microsurgery

(2011) Aroshan K Jayasinghe et al.   Biomedical Optics Express

The PAR complex regulates pulsed actomyosin contractions during amnioserosa apical constriction in Drosophila

(2010) D. J. V. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cytoskeletal dynamics and supracellular organisation of cell shape fluctuations during dorsal closure

(2010) G. B. Blanchard et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Rho-Kinase Directs Bazooka/Par-3 Planar Polarity during Drosophila Axis Elongation

(2010) Sérgio de Matos Simões et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The TRPV4 Channel Contributes to Intercellular Junction Formation in Keratinocytes

(2010) Takaaki Sokabe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination

(2010) Adam C. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

(2010) Cyrus A. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

Tissue elongation requires oscillating contractions of a basal actomyosin network

(2010) Li He et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

(2009) Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical Signals Trigger Myosin II Redistribution and Mesoderm Invagination in Drosophila Embryos

(2009) P.-A. Pouille et al.   Science Signaling

Convergence and extension at gastrulation require a myosin IIB-dependent cortical actin network

(2008) P. Skoglund et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE