Fibronectin fibrillogenesis facilitates mechano-dependent cell spreading, force generation, and nuclear size in human embryonic fibroblasts

Mesenchymal stem cell durotaxis depends on substrate stiffness gradient strength

(2013) Ludovic G. Vincent et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Modulation of Nuclear Shape by Substrate Rigidity

(2013) David B. Lovett et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Tuning three-dimensional collagen matrix stiffness independently of collagen concentration modulates endothelial cell behavior

(2012) Brooke N. Mason et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Differential responses of osteoblast lineage cells to nanotopographically-modified, microroughened titanium–aluminum–vanadium alloy surfaces

(2012) Rolando A. Gittens et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Decoupling Substrate Stiffness, Spread Area, and Micropost Density: A Close Spatial Relationship between Traction Forces and Focal Adhesions

(2012) Sangyoon J. Han et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Force-induced fibronectin assembly and matrix remodeling in a 3D microtissue model of tissue morphogenesis

(2012) Wesley R. Legant et al.   Integrative 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

Matrix rigidity regulates a switch between TGF-β1–induced apoptosis and epithelial–mesenchymal transition

(2012) Jennifer L. Leight et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

Paying for Tissue: The Case of WI-38

(2012) L. Hayflick   SCIENCE

Actin cap associated focal adhesions and their distinct role in cellular mechanosensing

(2012) Dong-Hwee Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

How Matrix Properties Control the Self-Assembly and Maintenance of Tissues

(2011) Cynthia A. Reinhart-King   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Substrate Stiffness Increases Twitch Power of Neonatal Cardiomyocytes in Correlation with Changes in Myofibril Structure and Intracellular Calcium

(2011) Anthony G. Rodriguez et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Essential roles of fibronectin in the development of the left–right embryonic body plan

(2011) Maria V. Pulina et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Mechanobiology

(2011) Jeroen Eyckmans et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Fibronectin Aggregation and Assembly

(2011) Tomoo Ohashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Assaying stem cell mechanobiology on microfabricated elastomeric substrates with geometrically modulated rigidity

(2011) Michael T Yang et al.   Nature Protocols

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

(2011) Christopher C. DuFort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Fibronectins, Their Fibrillogenesis, and In Vivo Functions

(2011) J. E. Schwarzbauer et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Substrate stiffening promotes endothelial monolayer disruption through enhanced physical forces

(2010) Ramaswamy Krishnan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Assembly of Fibronectin Extracellular Matrix

(2010) Purva Singh et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

A Predictive Model of Cell Traction Forces Based on Cell Geometry

(2010) Christopher A. Lemmon et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Substrate Stiffness and Cell Area Predict Cellular Traction Stresses in Single Cells and Cells in Contact

(2010) Joseph P. Califano et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Extended Binding Site on Fibronectin for the Functional Upstream Domain of Protein F1 ofStreptococcus pyogenes

(2010) Lisa M. Maurer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Matrix elasticity, cytoskeletal forces and physics of the nucleus: how deeply do cells 'feel' outside and in?

(2010) A. Buxboim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Gene Expression in the Third Dimension: The ECM-nucleus Connection

(2010) Virginia A. Spencer et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMARY GLAND BIOLOGY AND NEOPLASIA

Mechanical regulation of cell function with geometrically modulated elastomeric substrates

(2010) Jianping Fu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Matrix Rigidity Regulates Cancer Cell Growth and Cellular Phenotype

(2010) Robert W. Tilghman et al.   PLoS One

Nanotopography-induced changes in focal adhesions, cytoskeletal organization, and mechanical properties of human mesenchymal stem cells

(2009) Evelyn K.F. Yim et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Cell Traction Forces Direct Fibronectin Matrix Assembly

(2009) Christopher A. Lemmon et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Fibronectin fibrillogenesis regulates three-dimensional neovessel formation

(2008) X. Zhou et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Mechanotransduction - a field pulling together?

(2008) C. S. Chen   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

(2008) Ning Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE