The interplay of stiffness and force anisotropies drives embryo elongation

Effect of Actin Organization on the Stiffness of Living Breast Cancer Cells Revealed by Peak-Force Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy

(2016) Alicia Calzado-Martín et al.   ACS Nano

Determining Physical Properties of the Cell Cortex

(2016) Arnab Saha et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Non-centrosomal epidermal microtubules act in parallel to LET-502/ROCK to promoteC. eleganselongation

(2016) Sophie Quintin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

LeftyA decreases Actin Polymerization and Stiffness in Human Endometrial Cancer Cells

(2016) Madhuri S. Salker et al.   Scientific Reports

The Rho guanine exchange factor RHGF-2 acts through the Rho-binding kinase LET-502 to mediate embryonic elongation in C. elegans

(2015) Benjamin G. Chan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Morpho-elasticity of inflammatory fibrosis: the case of capsular contracture

(2015) Martine Ben Amar et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Modelling fibers in growing disks of soft tissues

(2014) Min Wu et al.   MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

pix-1 Controls Early Elongation in Parallel with mel-11 and let-502 in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2014) Emmanuel Martin et al.   PLoS One

PCP and Septins Compartmentalize Cortical Actomyosin to Direct Collective Cell Movement

(2014) A. Shindo et al.   SCIENCE

Epidermal Growth Factor Signalling Controls Myosin II Planar Polarity to Orchestrate Convergent Extension Movements during Drosophila Tubulogenesis

(2014) Aditya Saxena et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

(2013) Carl-Philipp Heisenberg et al.   CELL

Calcium Flashes Orchestrate the Wound Inflammatory Response through DUOX Activation and Hydrogen Peroxide Release

(2013) William Razzell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cell and tissue mechanics in cell migration

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

Coordinated waves of actomyosin flow and apical cell constriction immediately after wounding

(2013) Marco Antunes et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Signalling through mechanical inputs – a coordinated process

(2012) Huimin Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

F-actin buckling coordinates contractility and severing in a biomimetic actomyosin cortex

(2012) M. P. Murrell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forces Driving Epithelial Spreading in Zebrafish Gastrulation

(2012) M. Behrndt et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical Control of Morphogenesis by Fat/Dachsous/Four-Jointed Planar Cell Polarity Pathway

(2012) F. Bosveld et al.   SCIENCE

A Gαq-Ca2+ Signaling Pathway Promotes Actin-Mediated Epidermal Wound Closure in C. elegans

(2011) Suhong Xu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

On the growth and form of the gut

(2011) Thierry Savin et al.   NATURE

Global Tissue Revolutions in a Morphogenetic Movement Controlling Elongation

(2011) S. L. Haigo et al.   SCIENCE

Biomechanical regulation of contractility: spatial control and dynamics

(2011) Romain Levayer et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Acto-myosin based response to stiffness and rigidity sensing

(2011) Jonathan Fouchard et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Cell Flow Reorients the Axis of Planar Polarity in the Wing Epithelium of Drosophila

(2010) Benoît Aigouy et al.   CELL

NMY-2 maintains cellular asymmetry and cell boundaries, and promotes a SRC-dependent asymmetric cell division

(2010) Ji Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Nonlinear elasticity of biological tissues with statistical fibre orientation

(2010) S. Federico et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

Anisotropies in cortical tension reveal the physical basis of polarizing cortical flows

(2010) Mirjam Mayer et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A mechanical model of actin stress fiber formation and substrate elasticity sensing in adherent cells

(2010) Sam Walcott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

Mechanical control of global cell behaviour during dorsal closure in Drosophila

(2009) N. Gorfinkiel et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Myosin II regulation during C. elegans embryonic elongation: LET-502/ROCK, MRCK-1 and PAK-1, three kinases with different roles

(2009) C. Gally et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Finite element analysis of four different implants inserted in different positions to stabilize an idealized trochanteric femoral fracture

(2009) Peter Helwig et al.   INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The C. elegans Zonula Occludens Ortholog Cooperates with the Cadherin Complex to Recruit Actin during Morphogenesis

(2008) Christina Lockwood et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Limb bud and flank mesoderm have distinct “physical phenotypes” that may contribute to limb budding

(2008) Brooke J. Damon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE

Nature and anisotropy of cortical forces orienting Drosophila tissue morphogenesis

(2008) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY