Physical limits to biomechanical sensing in disordered fibre networks

Mechanosensing via cell-matrix adhesions in 3D microenvironments

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Strain-controlled criticality governs the nonlinear mechanics of fibre networks

(2016) A. Sharma et al.   Nature Physics

Fiber networks amplify active stress

(2016) Pierre Ronceray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vinculin is required for cell polarization, migration, and extracellular matrix remodeling in 3D collagen

(2015) Ingo Thievessen et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Matrix stiffness drives epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour metastasis through a TWIST1–G3BP2 mechanotransduction pathway

(2015) Spencer C. Wei et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cell-mediated fibre recruitment drives extracellular matrix mechanosensing in engineered fibrillar microenvironments

(2015) Brendon M. Baker et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Micromechanics of cellularized biopolymer networks

(2015) Christopher A. R. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three-dimensional matrix fiber alignment modulates cell migration and MT1-MMP utility by spatially and temporally directing protrusions

(2015) Stephanie I. Fraley et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-Range Force Transmission in Fibrous Matrices Enabled by Tension-Driven Alignment of Fibers

(2014) Hailong Wang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Extracellular matrix stiffness and composition jointly regulate the induction of malignant phenotypes in mammary epithelium

(2014) Ovijit Chaudhuri et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Three-dimensional cell migration does not follow a random walk

(2014) P.-H. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modeling semiflexible polymer networks

(2014) C. P. Broedersz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Protrusion force microscopy reveals oscillatory force generation and mechanosensing activity of human macrophage podosomes

(2014) Anna Labernadie et al.   Nature Communications

Modulation of keratocyte phenotype by collagen fibril nanoarchitecture in membranes for corneal repair

(2013) Qiongyu Guo et al.   BIOMATERIALS

An Improved Non-Affine Arruda-Boyce Type Constitutive Model for Collagen Networks

(2013) Adrian R. Cioroianu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Estimating the 3D Pore Size Distribution of Biopolymer Networks from Directionally Biased Data

(2013) Nadine R. Lang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cell and tissue mechanics in cell migration

(2013) Janina R. Lange et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Strain history dependence of the nonlinear stress response of fibrin and collagen networks

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Physics of adherent cells

(2013) Ulrich S. Schwarz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Nonlinear effective-medium theory of disordered spring networks

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Redundancy and Cooperativity in the Mechanics of Compositely Crosslinked Filamentous Networks

(2012) Moumita Das et al.   PLoS One

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

Remodeling and homeostasis of the extracellular matrix: implications for fibrotic diseases and cancer

(2011) T. R. Cox et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

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

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

Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

(2011) Masha Prager-Khoutorsky et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Criticality and isostaticity in fibre networks

(2011) Chase P. Broedersz et al.   Nature Physics

A Blind Spot in Confocal Reflection Microscopy: The Dependence of Fiber Brightness on Fiber Orientation in Imaging Biopolymer Networks

(2010) Louise M. Jawerth et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nuclear mechanics during cell migration

(2010) Peter Friedl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The extracellular matrix at a glance

(2010) C. Frantz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

Microengineered Platforms for Cell Mechanobiology

(2009) Deok-Ho Kim et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Durotaxis Depends on Substrate Stiffness Gradient Strength

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

Control of Stem Cell Fate by Physical Interactions with the Extracellular Matrix

(2009) Farshid Guilak et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Accuracy of direct gradient sensing by single cells

(2008) R. G. Endres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA