Cellular contractility and substrate elasticity: a numerical investigation of the actin cytoskeleton and cell adhesion

Physical Model for Self-Organization of Actin Cytoskeleton and Adhesion Complexes at the Cell Front

(2012) Tom Shemesh et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Tension is required but not sufficient for focal adhesion maturation without a stress fiber template

(2012) Patrick W. Oakes et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Numerical investigation of the active role of the actin cytoskeleton in the compression resistance of cells

(2012) William Ronan et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

The effect of remodelling and contractility of the actin cytoskeleton on the shear resistance of single cells: a computational and experimental investigation

(2012) E. P. Dowling et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Investigating Circular Dorsal Ruffles through Varying Substrate Stiffness and Mathematical Modeling

(2011) Yukai Zeng et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Regulation of Cell Adhesion Strength by Peripheral Focal Adhesion Distribution

(2011) Kranthi Kumar Elineni et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cell Shape and Substrate Rigidity Both Regulate Cell Stiffness

(2011) Shang-You Tee et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Modelling and simulation of substrate elasticity sensing in stem cells

(2011) Xiaowei Zeng et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

An Analysis of the Cooperative Mechano-Sensitive Feedback Between Intracellular Signaling, Focal Adhesion Development, and Stress Fiber Contractility

(2011) Amit Pathak et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Dependence of cyclic stretch-induced stress fiber reorientation on stretch waveform

(2011) Abhishek Tondon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

A constrained mixture approach to mechano-sensing and force generation in contractile cells

(2011) Franck J. Vernerey et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Mechanical Integration of Actin and Adhesion Dynamics in Cell Migration

(2010) Margaret L. Gardel et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

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

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

Biomechanical properties of single chondrocytes and chondrons determined by micromanipulation and finite-element modelling

(2010) B. V. Nguyen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Focal Adhesion Dynamics

(2010) Joseph E. Olberding et al.   PLoS One

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Durotaxis Depends on Substrate Stiffness Gradient Strength

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

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Live Cells Exert 3-Dimensional Traction Forces on Their Substrata

(2009) Sung Sik Hur et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

In situ mechanical properties of the chondrocyte cytoplasm and nucleus

(2009) Gidon Ofek et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Endothelial actin and cell stiffness is modulated by substrate stiffness in 2D and 3D

(2009) Fitzroy J. Byfield et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Simulation of the contractile response of cells on an array of micro-posts

(2009) J. P. McGarry et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Effect of Matrix Elasticity on the Maintenance of the Chondrogenic Phenotype

(2009) Elena Schuh et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films of Controlled Stiffness Modulate Myoblast Cell Differentiation

(2008) Kefeng Ren et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Micropatterning of Single Endothelial Cell Shape Reveals a Tight Coupling between Nuclear Volume in G1 and Proliferation

(2008) Pere Roca-Cusachs et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanisms of actin stress fibre assembly

(2008) P. NAUMANEN et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

A computational modeling for micropipette-manipulated cell detachment from a substrate mediated by receptor–ligand binding

(2008) Q.H. Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

A kinematic model of stretch-induced stress fiber turnover and reorientation

(2008) Roland Kaunas et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

A bio-mechanical model for coupling cell contractility with focal adhesion formation

(2007) V DESHPANDE et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

The simulation of stress fibre and focal adhesion development in cells on patterned substrates

(2007) A. Pathak et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface