Hemodynamic forces can be accurately measured in vivo with optical tweezers

A mechanically active heterotypic E-cadherin/N-cadherin adhesion enables fibroblasts to drive cancer cell invasion

(2017) Anna Labernadie et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Multiscale force sensing in development

(2017) Nicoletta I. Petridou et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Endoglin controls blood vessel diameter through endothelial cell shape changes in response to haemodynamic cues

(2017) Wade W. Sugden et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

In situ calibration of position detection in an optical trap for active microrheology in viscous materials

(2017) Jack R. Staunton et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Single Molecule Force Measurements in Living Cells Reveal a Minimally Tensioned Integrin State

(2016) Alice C. Chang et al.   ACS Nano

Measuring forces and stressesin situin living tissues

(2016) Kaoru Sugimura et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Watching cellular machinery in action, one molecule at a time

(2016) Enrico Monachino et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Optical micromanipulation of nanoparticles and cells inside living zebrafish

(2016) Patrick Lie Johansen et al.   Nature Communications

Oscillatory Flow Modulates Mechanosensitive klf2a Expression through trpv4 and trpp2 during Heart Valve Development

(2015) Emilie Heckel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Identification and Expression Analysis of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) E-Selectin during Embryonic Development

(2015) Guijin Sun et al.   MOLECULES

In Vivo Quantification of Peroxisome Tethering to Chloroplasts in Tobacco Epidermal Cells Using Optical Tweezers

(2015) Hongbo Gao et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Direct laser manipulation reveals the mechanics of cell contacts in vivo

(2015) Kapil Bambardekar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metastasis of circulating tumor cells: Favorable soil or suitable biomechanics, or both?

(2015) Ana Sofia Azevedo et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

The Role of Mechanical Forces in Tumor Growth and Therapy

(2014) Rakesh K. Jain et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

In vivo evaluation of vascular-targeted spheroidal microparticles for imaging and drug delivery application in atherosclerosis

(2014) Katawut Namdee et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Calibration of Optical Tweezers for In Vivo Force Measurements: How do Different Approaches Compare?

(2014) Yonggun Jun et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Inertial microfluidic physics

(2014) Hamed Amini et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Artificially-induced organelles are optimal targets for optical trapping experiments in living cells

(2014) C. López-Quesada et al.   Biomedical Optics Express

Hyaluronan, fluid pressure and stromal resistance in pancreas cancer

(2013) P P Provenzano et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Heartbeat-Driven Pericardiac Fluid Forces Contribute to Epicardium Morphogenesis

(2013) Marina Peralta et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Pulse propagation by a capacitive mechanism drives embryonic blood flow

(2013) H. Anton et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Trapping red blood cells in living animals using optical tweezers

(2013) Min-Cheng Zhong et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionary conservation of early mesoderm specification by mechanotransduction in Bilateria

(2013) Thibaut Brunet et al.   Nature Communications

Fluid flows and forces in development: functions, features and biophysical principles

(2012) J. B. Freund et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Reversing Blood Flows Act through klf2a to Ensure Normal Valvulogenesis in the Developing Heart

(2009) Julien Vermot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Tissue Deformation Modulates Twist Expression to Determine Anterior Midgut Differentiation in Drosophila Embryos

(2008) Nicolas Desprat et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL