Force communication in multicellular tissues addressed by laser nanosurgery

Growing up is stressful: biophysical laws of morphogenesis

(2011) Stephan W Grill   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Mechanosensitive EPLIN-dependent remodeling of adherens junctions regulates epithelial reshaping

(2011) Katsutoshi Taguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A novel laser nanosurgery approach supports de novo Golgi biogenesis in mammalian cells

(2011) C. Tangemo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

(2011) Masha Prager-Khoutorsky et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Viscoelastic response of contractile filament bundles

(2011) Achim Besser et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

The PAR complex regulates pulsed actomyosin contractions during amnioserosa apical constriction in Drosophila

(2010) D. J. V. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cytoskeletal dynamics and supracellular organisation of cell shape fluctuations during dorsal closure

(2010) G. B. Blanchard et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Zyxin-Mediated Mechanism for Actin Stress Fiber Maintenance and Repair

(2010) Mark A. Smith et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Zyxin-mediated Actin Assembly Is Required for Efficient Wound Closure

(2010) Thuc Nghi Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination

(2010) Adam C. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL 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

Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling

(2010) Matteo Rauzi et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

Apical constriction: A cell shape change that can drive morphogenesis

(2009) Jacob M. Sawyer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

(2009) Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model

(2009) Peter Friedl et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanosensing in actin stress fibers revealed by a close correlation between force and protein localization

(2009) J. Colombelli et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Physical forces during collective cell migration

(2009) Xavier Trepat et al.   Nature Physics

Tissue remodelling through branching morphogenesis

(2009) Markus Affolter et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

Tip-Cell Migration Controls Stalk-Cell Intercalation during Drosophila Tracheal Tube Elongation

(2008) Emmanuel Caussinus et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A multi-modular tensegrity model of an actin stress fiber

(2008) Yaozhi Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Mechanical forces facilitate actin polymerization at focal adhesions in a zyxin-dependent manner

(2008) H. Hirata et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

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

Femtosecond-Laser-Induced Nanocavitation in Water: Implications for Optical Breakdown Threshold and Cell Surgery

(2008) Alfred Vogel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS