Microfluidic traction force microscopy to study mechanotransduction in angiogenesis

Shear stress-induced angiogenesis in mouse muscle is independent of the vasodilator mechanism and quickly reversible

(2016) S. Egginton et al.   Acta Physiologica

Endothelial repair in stented arteries is accelerated by inhibition of Rho-associated protein kinase

(2016) Sarah T. Hsiao et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Traction force dynamics predict gap formation in activated endothelium

(2016) Erik T. Valent et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

For whom the cells pull: Hydrogel and micropost devices for measuring traction forces

(2016) Alexandre J.S. Ribeiro et al.   METHODS

Asymmetric division coordinates collective cell migration in angiogenesis

(2016) Guilherme Costa et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Measuring cell-generated forces: a guide to the available tools

(2016) William J Polacheck et al.   NATURE METHODS

Confocal reference free traction force microscopy

(2016) Martin Bergert et al.   Nature Communications

Tumour angiogenesis as a chemo-mechanical surface instability

(2016) Chiara Giverso et al.   Scientific Reports

Three-Dimensional Characterization of Mechanical Interactions between Endothelial Cells and Extracellular Matrix during Angiogenic Sprouting

(2016) Yue Du et al.   Scientific Reports

Fluid shear, intercellular stress, and endothelial cell alignment

(2015) Robert Steward et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Traction Forces of Endothelial Cells under Slow Shear Flow

(2015) Cecile M. Perrault et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Device-Based In Vitro Techniques for Mechanical Stimulation of Vascular Cells: A Review

(2015) Caleb A. Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Geometric control of capillary architecture via cell-matrix mechanical interactions

(2014) Jian Sun et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Shear Stress Regulated Gene Expression and Angiogenesis in Vascular Endothelium

(2014) Joseph W. Wragg et al.   MICROCIRCULATION

Extracellular Matrix Density Regulates the Rate of Neovessel Growth and Branching in Sprouting Angiogenesis

(2014) Lowell T. Edgar et al.   PLoS One

Fluid shear stress threshold regulates angiogenic sprouting

(2014) P. A. Galie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fluid Shear Stress on Endothelial Cells Modulates Mechanical Tension across VE-Cadherin and PECAM-1

(2013) Daniel E. Conway et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Flow mechanotransduction regulates traction forces, intercellular forces, and adherens junctions

(2012) Lucas H. Ting et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Increased shear stress inhibits angiogenesis in veins and not arteries during vascular development

(2012) Guillaume Chouinard-Pelletier et al.   ANGIOGENESIS

Elastomeric microposts integrated into microfluidics for flow-mediated endothelial mechanotransduction analysis

(2012) Raymond H. W. Lam et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Roles of cell confluency and fluid shear in 3-dimensional intracellular forces in endothelial cells

(2012) S. S. Hur et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In vitro microvessels for the study of angiogenesis and thrombosis

(2012) Y. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phosphorylation of VE-cadherin is modulated by haemodynamic forces and contributes to the regulation of vascular permeability in vivo

(2012) Fabrizio Orsenigo et al.   Nature Communications

How Matrix Properties Control the Self-Assembly and Maintenance of Tissues

(2011) Cynthia A. Reinhart-King   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

In vivoshear stress response

(2011) Stuart Egginton   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Responses of endothelial cells to extremely slow flows

(2011) Joong Yull Park et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of angiogenesis

(2011) Peter Carmeliet et al.   NATURE

Fluid forces control endothelial sprouting

(2011) J. W. Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assembly of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells on Compliant Hydrogels

(2010) Randi L. Saunders et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Substrate Stiffness and Cell Area Predict Cellular Traction Stresses in Single Cells and Cells in Contact

(2010) Joseph P. Califano et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Shear stress promotes nitric oxide production in endothelial cells by sub-cellular delocalization of eNOS: A basis for shear stress mediated angiogenesis

(2010) Gopi Krishna Kolluru et al.   NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Endothelial cell traction and ECM density influence both capillary morphogenesis and maintenance in 3-D

(2009) Ekaterina Kniazeva et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Vascular endothelial growth factor and substrate mechanics regulate in vitro tubulogenesis of endothelial progenitor cells

(2009) Donny Hanjaya-Putra et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Cell-Cell Mechanical Communication through Compliant Substrates

(2008) Cynthia A. Reinhart-King et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Balance of Substrate Mechanics and Matrix Chemistry Regulates Endothelial Cell Network Assembly

(2008) Joseph P. Califano et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Traction force microscopy on-chip: shear deformation of fibroblast cells

(2008) Tamal Das et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Tumor-derived endothelial cells exhibit aberrant Rho-mediated mechanosensing and abnormal angiogenesis in vitro

(2008) K. Ghosh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High Resolution Traction Force Microscopy Based on Experimental and Computational Advances

(2007) Benedikt Sabass et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL