Apical and Basal Stress Fibers have Different Roles in Mechanical Regulation of the Nucleus in Smooth Muscle Cells Cultured on a Substrate

Strain waveform dependence of stress fiber reorientation in cyclically stretched osteoblastic cells: effects of viscoelastic compression of stress fibers

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Role of nesprin-1 in nuclear deformation in endothelial cells under static and uniaxial stretching conditions

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Investigation of in vivo microtubule and stress fiber mechanics with laser ablation

(2012) Jun Wu et al.   Integrative Biology

The distinct roles of the nucleus and nucleus-cytoskeleton connections in three-dimensional cell migration

(2012) Shyam B. Khatau et al.   Scientific Reports

Influence of Cell Geometry on Division-Plane Positioning

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Dynamic Change in Morphology and Traction Forces at Focal Adhesions in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells During Contraction

(2011) Kazuaki Nagayama et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Stress fibers stabilize the position of intranuclear DNA through mechanical connection with the nucleus in vascular smooth muscle cells

(2011) Kazuaki Nagayama et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Dissecting Regional Variations in Stress Fiber Mechanics in Living Cells with Laser Nanosurgery

(2010) Kandice Tanner et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Estimation of single stress fiber stiffness in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells under relaxed and contracted states: Its relation to dynamic rearrangement of stress fibers

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Linear Arrays of Nuclear Envelope Proteins Harness Retrograde Actin Flow for Nuclear Movement

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The role of chromatin structure in cell migration

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Sarcomere Mechanics in Capillary Endothelial Cells

(2009) Robert J. Russell et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

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

A perinuclear actin cap regulates nuclear shape

(2009) Shyam B. Khatau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contribution of actin filaments and microtubules to quasi-in situ tensile properties and internal force balance of cultured smooth muscle cells on a substrate

(2008) Kazuaki Nagayama et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A Network of Nuclear Envelope Membrane Proteins Linking Centromeres to Microtubules

(2008) Megan C. King et al.   CELL

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

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

Dictyostelium Sun-1 Connects the Centrosome to Chromatin and Ensures Genome Stability

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