Traction stress analysis and modeling reveal that amoeboid migration in confined spaces is accompanied by expansive forces and requires the structural integrity of the membrane–cortex interactions

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Multidimensional traction force microscopy reveals out-of-plane rotational moments about focal adhesions

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Fine control of nuclear confinement identifies a threshold deformation leading to lamina rupture and induction of specific genes

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Cell mechanics control rapid transitions between blebs and lamellipodia during migration

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Baicalein mediates inhibition of migration and invasiveness of skin carcinoma through Ezrin in A431 cells

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HL-60 cells induced to differentiate towards neutrophils subsequently die via apoptosis

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Ezrin promotes invasion and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells

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Measurement of mechanical tractions exerted by cells in three-dimensional matrices

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Control of Directed Cell Migration In Vivo by Membrane-to-Cortex Attachment

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Neutrophil morphology and migration are affected by substrate elasticity

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Live Cells Exert 3-Dimensional Traction Forces on Their Substrata

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Wound repair at a glance

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Myosin-IIA and ICAM-1 Regulate the Interchange between Two Distinct Modes of T Cell Migration

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Cell stimulation with optically manipulated microsources

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Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer

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Quantifying cellular traction forces in three dimensions

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Neutrophils display biphasic relationship between migration and substrate stiffness

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Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

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Filopodia: molecular architecture and cellular functions

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Blebs lead the way: how to migrate without lamellipodia

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Life and Times of a Cellular Bleb

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