Substrate stiffness regulates B-cell activation, proliferation, class switch, and T-cell-independent antibody responses in vivo

Suboptimal B-cell antigen receptor signaling activity in vivo elicits germinal center counterselection mechanisms

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T Cell-Dendritic Cell Immunological Synapses Contain TCR-dependent CD28-CD80 Clusters That Recruit Protein Kinase C 

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A sharp T-cell antigen receptor signaling threshold for T-cell proliferation

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CD28 and CD3 have complementary roles in T-cell traction forces

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Antigen-specific B lymphocytes acquire proteoglycan aggrecan from cartilage extracellular matrix resulting in antigen presentation and CD4+T-cell activation

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B Cell Activation Is Regulated by the Stiffness Properties of the Substrate Presenting the Antigens

(2013) Z. Wan et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

B Cells Use Mechanical Energy to Discriminate Antigen Affinities

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Forcing Stem Cells to Behave: A Biophysical Perspective of the Cellular Microenvironment

(2012) Yubing Sun et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Mechanosensing in T Lymphocyte Activation

(2012) Edward Judokusumo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Substrate Rigidity Regulates Human T Cell Activation and Proliferation

(2012) R. S. O'Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Measuring the stiffness of bacterial cells from growth rates in hydrogels of tunable elasticity

(2012) Hannah H. Tuson et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate

(2012) Britta Trappmann et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Capsules from Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. Manifest Significant Differences in Structure and Ability to Protect against Phagocytic Cells

(2012) Glauber de S. Araujo et al.   PLoS One

Mechanical properties of viruses analyzed by atomic force microscopy: A virological perspective

(2012) Mauricio G. Mateu   VIRUS RESEARCH

The growth of B cell receptor microcluster is a universal response of B cells encountering antigens with different motion features

(2012) Zhengpeng Wan et al.   Protein & Cell

Polarized Secretion of Lysosomes at the B Cell Synapse Couples Antigen Extraction to Processing and Presentation

(2011) Maria-Isabel Yuseff et al.   IMMUNITY

A multi-sphere indentation method to determine Young's modulus of soft polymeric materials based on the Johnson–Kendall–Roberts contact model

(2011) Xiaoling Peng et al.   MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

Early Events in B Cell Activation

(2010) Naomi E. Harwood et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Intrinsic Properties of immunoglobulin IgG1 Isotype-Switched B Cell Receptors Promote Microclustering and the Initiation of Signaling

(2010) Wanli Liu et al.   IMMUNITY

Antigen affinity discrimination is an intrinsic function of the B cell receptor

(2010) Wanli Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Antigen-Induced Oligomerization of the B Cell Receptor Is an Early Target of FcγRIIB Inhibition

(2010) Wanli Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A hybrid model to determine mechanical properties of soft polymers by nanoindentation

(2010) Qinzhuo Liao et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Synthetic Materials in the Study of Cell Response to Substrate Rigidity

(2009) Stephanie Nemir et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

(2009) D. E. Discher et al.   SCIENCE

Activation of the Small GTPase Rac2 via the B Cell Receptor Regulates B Cell Adhesion and Immunological-Synapse Formation

(2008) Eloisa Arana et al.   IMMUNITY

Regulation of integrin activation through the B-cell receptor

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