Single and collective cell migration: the mechanics of adhesions

Microtubules in 3D cell motility

(2017) Benjamin P. Bouchet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The focal adhesion targeting domain of p130Cas confers a mechanosensing function

(2017) Peta M. Bradbury et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

(2017) Anna Labernadie et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A Structural Model for Vinculin Insertion into PIP 2 -Containing Membranes and the Effect of Insertion on Vinculin Activation and Localization

(2017) Peter M. Thompson et al.   STRUCTURE

Tuning Collective Cell Migration by Cell–Cell Junction Regulation

(2017) Peter Friedl et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Optogenetic control of cellular forces and mechanotransduction

(2017) Léo Valon et al.   Nature Communications

Deletion of the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin reduces, but does not eliminate, traction force-transmission

(2016) Eliot Lee et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Modulates the Affinity of Talin-1 for Phospholipid Bilayers and Activates Its Autoinhibited Form

(2016) Xin Ye et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Binding of Vinculin to Lipid Membranes in Its Inhibited and Activated States

(2016) Mridula Dwivedi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cellular Contraction and Polarization Drive Collective Cellular Motion

(2016) Jacob Notbohm et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Role of vinculin in cellular mechanotransduction

(2016) Wolfgang H. Goldmann   CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Mechanosensitive components of integrin adhesions: Role of vinculin

(2016) Paul Atherton et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in integrin-mediated cell-matrix adhesion

(2016) Zhenhai Li et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Talin: a mechanosensitive molecule in health and disease

(2016) Alexander W. M. Haining et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Vinculin head–tail interaction defines multiple early mechanisms for cell substrate rigidity sensing

(2016) Zengzhen Liu et al.   Integrative Biology

Mechanisms and Functions of Vinculin Interactions with Phospholipids at Cell Adhesion Sites

(2016) Tina Izard et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Talin tension sensor reveals novel features of focal adhesion force transmission and mechanosensitivity

(2016) Abhishek Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

P-cadherin promotes collective cell migration via a Cdc42-mediated increase in mechanical forces

(2016) Cédric Plutoni et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Integrin-mediated mechanotransduction

(2016) Zhiqi Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The mechanical regulation of integrin–cadherin crosstalk organizes cells, signaling and forces

(2016) Keeley L. Mui et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

E-cadherin-mediated force transduction signals regulate global cell mechanics

(2016) Ismaeel Muhamed et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Talin2-mediated traction force drives matrix degradation and cell invasion

(2016) Lei Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Drosophilavinculin is more harmful when hyperactive than absent, and can circumvent integrin to form adhesion complexes

(2016) Aidan P. Maartens et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Dynamic myosin activation promotes collective morphology and migration by locally balancing oppositional forces from surrounding tissue

(2016) George Aranjuez et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

(2016) Giovanni Meacci et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Coordination between Intra- and Extracellular Forces Regulates Focal Adhesion Dynamics

(2016) Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Cooperative Vinculin Binding to Talin Mapped by Time-Resolved Super Resolution Microscopy

(2016) Xian Hu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mechanosensing Controlled Directly by Tyrosine Kinases

(2016) Bo Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Kank2 activates talin, reduces force transduction across integrins and induces central adhesion formation

(2016) Zhiqi Sun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The molecular clutch model for mechanotransduction evolves

(2016) Vinay Swaminathan et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Nanoscale architecture of cadherin-based cell adhesions

(2016) Cristina Bertocchi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Engulfed cadherin fingers are polarized junctional structures between collectively migrating endothelial cells

(2016) Arnold Hayer et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical regulation of a molecular clutch defines force transmission and transduction in response to matrix rigidity

(2016) Alberto Elosegui-Artola et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

N-cadherin adhesive interactions modulate matrix mechanosensing and fate commitment of mesenchymal stem cells

(2016) Brian D. Cosgrove et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2016) William J Polacheck et al.   NATURE METHODS

Mechanosensing is critical for axon growth in the developing brain

(2016) David E Koser et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The front and rear of collective cell migration

(2016) Roberto Mayor et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Contact inhibition of locomotion determines cell–cell and cell–substrate forces in tissues

(2016) Juliane Zimmermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Collective cell durotaxis emerges from long-range intercellular force transmission

(2016) R. Sunyer et al.   SCIENCE

Converging and Unique Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction at Adhesion Sites

(2016) Mitchell K.L. Han et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Autophagy Mediates Tumor Suppression via Cellular Senescence

(2016) Lorenzo Galluzzi et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The mechanical response of talin

(2016) Mingxi Yao et al.   Nature Communications

Coordinated integrin activation by actin-dependent force during T-cell migration

(2016) Pontus Nordenfelt et al.   Nature Communications

Multiscale Cues Drive Collective Cell Migration

(2016) Ki-Hwan Nam et al.   Scientific Reports

Talin-KANK1 interaction controls the recruitment of cortical microtubule stabilizing complexes to focal adhesions

(2016) Benjamin P Bouchet et al.   eLife

αE-catenin-dependent mechanotransduction is essential for proper convergent extension in zebrafish

(2016) Mitchell K. L. Han et al.   Biology Open

Mechano-adaptive sensory mechanism of α-catenin under tension

(2016) Koichiro Maki et al.   Scientific Reports

Persistence of fan-shaped keratocytes is a matrix-rigidity-dependent mechanism that requires α5β1 integrin engagement

(2016) Maryam Riaz et al.   Scientific Reports

Vinculin-dependent actin bundling regulates cell migration and traction forces

(2015) Karry M. Jannie et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Lipid-Directed Vinculin Dimerization

(2015) Krishna Chinthalapudi et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Physical properties of cytoplasmic intermediate filaments

(2015) Johanna Block et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Integrin Molecular Tension within Motile Focal Adhesions

(2015) Xuefeng Wang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Seeds of Locally Aligned Motion and Stress Coordinate a Collective Cell Migration

(2015) Assaf Zaritsky et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Confinement and Low Adhesion Induce Fast Amoeboid Migration of Slow Mesenchymal Cells

(2015) Yan-Jun Liu et al.   CELL

Actin Flows Mediate a Universal Coupling between Cell Speed and Cell Persistence

(2015) Paolo Maiuri et al.   CELL

Intermediate filaments in cell migration and invasion: the unusual suspects

(2015) Cécile Leduc et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The endoderm and myocardium join forces to drive early heart tube assembly

(2015) Anastasiia Aleksandrova et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cadherin Switch during EMT in Neural Crest Cells Leads to Contact Inhibition of Locomotion via Repolarization of Forces

(2015) Elena Scarpa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Nascent Integrin Adhesions Form on All Matrix Rigidities after Integrin Activation

(2015) Rishita Changede et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The formation of ordered nanoclusters controls cadherin anchoring to actin and cell–cell contact fluidity

(2015) Pierre-Olivier Strale et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

F-actin flow drives affinity maturation and spatial organization of LFA-1 at the immunological synapse

(2015) William A. Comrie et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Vinculin phosphorylation at residues Y100 and Y1065 is required for cellular force transmission

(2015) V. Auernheimer et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Membrane curvature at a glance

(2015) H. T. McMahon et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Definition of a consensus integrin adhesome and its dynamics during adhesion complex assembly and disassembly

(2015) Edward R. Horton et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A molecular mechanotransduction pathway regulates collective migration of epithelial cells

(2015) Tamal Das et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Control of cell–cell forces and collective cell dynamics by the intercellular adhesome

(2015) Elsa Bazellières et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices

(2015) Haguy Wolfenson et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Integration of actin dynamics and cell adhesion by a three-dimensional, mechanosensitive molecular clutch

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

Extracellular rigidity sensing by talin isoform-specific mechanical linkages

(2015) Katharina Austen et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Active Tensile Modulus of an Epithelial Monolayer

(2015) Romaric Vincent et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Detyrosinated microtubules modulate mechanotransduction in heart and skeletal muscle

(2015) Jaclyn P. Kerr et al.   Nature Communications

Integrin-beta3 clusters recruit clathrin-mediated endocytic machinery in the absence of traction force

(2015) Cheng-han Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Adaptive rheology and ordering of cell cytoskeleton govern matrix rigidity sensing

(2015) Mukund Gupta et al.   Nature Communications

VASP, zyxin and TES are tension-dependent members of Focal Adherens Junctions independent of the α-catenin-vinculin module

(2015) Joppe Oldenburg et al.   Scientific Reports

Cadherin Adhesion and Mechanotransduction

(2014) D.E. Leckband et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

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

(2014) Danfeng Cai et al.   CELL

Talin Dependent Mechanosensitivity of Cell Focal Adhesions

(2014) Jie Yan et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Neighborly relations during collective migration

(2014) Sandrine Etienne-Manneville   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Lipid binding promotes oligomerization and focal adhesion activity of vinculin

(2014) Krishna Chinthalapudi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The role of the interaction of the vinculin proline-rich linker region with vinexin   in sensing the stiffness of the extracellular matrix

(2014) H. Yamashita et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Adhesive interactions of N-cadherin limit the recruitment of microtubules to cell-cell contacts through organization of actomyosin

(2014) C. Plestant et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The nuclear lamina is mechano-responsive to ECM elasticity in mature tissue

(2014) J. Swift et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Interplay of RhoA and mechanical forces in collective cell migration driven by leader cells

(2014) M. Reffay et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Adherens junction treadmilling during collective migration

(2014) Florent Peglion et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The Biology of YAP/TAZ: Hippo Signaling and Beyond

(2014) Stefano Piccolo et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Oncogenes induce a vimentin filament collapse mediated by HDAC6 that is linked to cell stiffness

(2014) L.-S. Z. Rathje et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of an Actin Binding Surface on Vinculin that Mediates Mechanical Cell and Focal Adhesion Properties

(2014) Peter M. Thompson et al.   STRUCTURE

Microtubules in Cell Migration

(2013) Sandrine Etienne-Manneville   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Mechanisms of talin-dependent integrin signaling and crosstalk

(2013) Mitali Das et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Guidance of Cell Migration by Substrate Dimension

(2013) Stephanie S. Chang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors

(2013) Mariaceleste Aragona et al.   CELL

Vinculin, cell mechanics and tumour cell invasion

(2013) Wolfgang H. Goldmann et al.   CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

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

(2013) Alex Carisey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanical guidance of cell migration: lessons from chemotaxis

(2013) Pere Roca-Cusachs et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

An Autoinhibited Structure of α-Catenin and Its Implications for Vinculin Recruitment to Adherens Junctions

(2013) Noboru Ishiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

APC binds intermediate filaments and is required for their reorganization during cell migration

(2013) Yasuhisa Sakamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Two modes of integrin activation form a binary molecular switch in adhesion maturation

(2013) Ho-Sup Lee et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Substrate stiffness regulates solubility of cellular vimentin

(2013) Maria E. Murray et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Chase-and-run between adjacent cell populations promotes directional collective migration

(2013) Eric Theveneau et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Monomeric α-catenin links cadherin to the actin cytoskeleton

(2013) Ridhdhi Desai et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction and YAP-dependent matrix remodelling is required for the generation and maintenance of cancer-associated fibroblasts

(2013) Fernando Calvo et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Matrix geometry determines optimal cancer cell migration strategy and modulates response to interventions

(2013) Melda Tozluoğlu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

β1- and αv-class integrins cooperate to regulate myosin II during rigidity sensing of fibronectin-based microenvironments

(2013) Herbert B. Schiller et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Talins and kindlins: partners in integrin-mediated adhesion

(2013) David A. Calderwood et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

How vinculin regulates force transmission

(2013) D. W. Dumbauld et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Alignment of cellular motility forces with tissue flow as a mechanism for efficient wound healing

(2013) M. Basan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defining Single Molecular Forces Required to Activate Integrin and Notch Signaling

(2013) X. Wang et al.   SCIENCE

Nuclear Lamin-A Scales with Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation

(2013) J. Swift et al.   SCIENCE

Force Fluctuations within Focal Adhesions Mediate ECM-Rigidity Sensing to Guide Directed Cell Migration

(2012) Sergey V. Plotnikov et al.   CELL

α-Catenin and Vinculin Cooperate to Promote High E-cadherin-based Adhesion Strength

(2012) William A. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Substrate stiffness regulates cadherin-dependent collective migration through myosin-II contractility

(2012) Mei Rosa Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

FAK promotes recruitment of talin to nascent adhesions to control cell motility

(2012) Christine Lawson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Crawling from soft to stiff matrix polarizes the cytoskeleton and phosphoregulates myosin-II heavy chain

(2012) Matthew Raab et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Nanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension

(2012) S. R. Coyer et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

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

N-cadherin expression level modulates integrin-mediated polarity and strongly impacts on the speed and directionality of glial cell migration

(2012) Emeline Camand et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Microtubules regulate GEF-H1 in response to extracellular matrix stiffness

(2012) Jessica N. Heck et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Mechanical waves during tissue expansion

(2012) Xavier Serra-Picamal et al.   Nature Physics

Spatial organization of the extracellular matrix regulates cell-cell junction positioning

(2012) Q. Tseng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cells test substrate rigidity by local contractions on submicrometer pillars

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

Emerging modes of collective cell migration induced by geometrical constraints

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

E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

(2012) N. Borghi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence of a large-scale mechanosensing mechanism for cellular adaptation to substrate stiffness

(2012) L. Trichet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vinculin-dependent Cadherin mechanosensing regulates efficient epithelial barrier formation

(2012) F. Twiss et al.   Biology Open

Vinculin Activation Is Necessary for Complete Talin Binding

(2011) Javad Golji et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Mechanoresponsive Cadherin-Keratin Complex Directs Polarized Protrusive Behavior and Collective Cell Migration

(2011) Gregory F. Weber et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Distinct ECM mechanosensing pathways regulate microtubule dynamics to control endothelial cell branching morphogenesis

(2011) Kenneth A. Myers et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Microtubule depolymerization induces traction force increase through two distinct pathways

(2011) Andrew Rape et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Cytoplasmic intermediate filaments mediate actin-driven positioning of the nucleus

(2011) I. Dupin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Integrins and cadherins join forces to form adhesive networks

(2011) G. F. Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

(2011) Sirio Dupont et al.   NATURE

Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

(2011) Dhananjay T. Tambe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Stiffness Gradients Mimicking In Vivo Tissue Variation Regulate Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate

(2011) Justin R. Tse et al.   PLoS One

Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

(2011) V. Maruthamuthu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plithotaxis and emergent dynamics in collective cellular migration

(2011) Xavier Trepat et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Integrins in Cell Migration

(2011) A. Huttenlocher et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Velocity Fields in a Collectively Migrating Epithelium

(2010) L. Petitjean et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Strength Dependence of Cadherin-Mediated Adhesions

(2010) Benoit Ladoux et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cancer Cell Stiffness: Integrated Roles of Three-Dimensional Matrix Stiffness and Transforming Potential

(2010) Erin L. Baker et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Dynamic interplay between the collagen scaffold and tumor evolution

(2010) Mikala Egeblad et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adhesion during the epithelial to mesenchymal transition

(2010) Melissa G. Mendez et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions

(2010) Pakorn Kanchanawong et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Real-time single-cell response to stiffness

(2010) D. Mitrossilis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of cell motile behavior by crosstalk between cadherin- and integrin-mediated adhesions

(2010) N. Borghi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

(2010) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Durotaxis Depends on Substrate Stiffness Gradient Strength

(2009) Brett C. Isenberg et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Control of High Affinity Interactions in the Talin C Terminus

(2009) Mirko Himmel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Classical cadherins control nucleus and centrosome position and cell polarity

(2009) Isabelle Dupin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Recruitment of vimentin to the cell surface by  3 integrin and plectin mediates adhesion strength

(2009) R. Bhattacharya et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

Differential Matrix Rigidity Response in Breast Cancer Cell Lines Correlates with the Tissue Tropism

(2009) Ana Kostic et al.   PLoS One

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

The Extracellular Matrix: Not Just Pretty Fibrils

(2009) R. O. Hynes   SCIENCE

Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed

(2008) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

(2008) A. J. Engler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

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

(2008) Xian Zhang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

Traction forces and rigidity sensing regulate cell functions

(2008) Marion Ghibaudo et al.   Soft Matter

Touch, Grasp, Deliver and Control: Functional Cross-Talk Between Microtubules and Cell Adhesions

(2008) Anna Akhmanova et al.   TRAFFIC

Mechano-Coupling and Regulation of Contractility by the Vinculin Tail Domain

(2007) Claudia Tanja Mierke et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL