Biophysics of substrate interaction: Influence on neural motility, differentiation, and repair

Engineering neuronal growth cones to promote axon regeneration over inhibitory molecules

(2011) E.-M. Hur et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microtubule Stabilization Reduces Scarring and Causes Axon Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury

(2011) F. Hellal et al.   SCIENCE

Topography, Cell Response, and Nerve Regeneration

(2010) Diane Hoffman-Kim et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Direct differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into selective neurons on nanoscale ridge/groove pattern arrays

(2010) Man Ryul Lee et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Effects of topography on the functional development of human neural progenitor cells

(2010) Ze-Zhi Wu et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Cortical Neuron Outgrowth is Insensitive to Substrate Stiffness

(2010) Leann L. Norman et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Mechanical control of tissue and organ development

(2010) T. Mammoto et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Stretchy Proteins on Stretchy Substrates: The Important Elements of Integrin-Mediated Rigidity Sensing

(2010) Simon W. Moore et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Eph/ephrin molecules--a hub for signaling and endocytosis

(2010) M. E. Pitulescu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A Hinge in the Distal End of the PACSIN 2 F-BAR Domain May Contribute to Membrane-Curvature Sensing

(2010) Markus Plomann et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fifteen-Piconewton Force Detection from Neural Growth Cones Using Nanowire Arrays

(2010) Waldemar Hällström et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mechanical regulation of cell function with geometrically modulated elastomeric substrates

(2010) Jianping Fu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Slit and Netrin-1 guide cranial motor axon pathfinding via Rho-kinase, myosin light chain kinase and myosin II

(2010) Ailish Murray et al.   Neural Development

Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease

(2010) Nanette Joyce et al.   Regenerative Medicine

Restriction of Receptor Movement Alters Cellular Response: Physical Force Sensing by EphA2

(2010) K. Salaita et al.   SCIENCE

Hippocampal neurons respond uniquely to topographies of various sizes and shapes

(2010) David Y Fozdar et al.   Biofabrication

Cellular Strategies of Axonal Pathfinding

(2010) J. Raper et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Dynamic signaling for neural stem cell fate determination

(2010) Shu Wen et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

The Regulative Role of Neurite Mechanical Tension in Network Development

(2009) Sarit Anava et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Topography and Nanomechanics of Live Neuronal Growth Cones Analyzed by Atomic Force Microscopy

(2009) Ying Xiong et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Canonical Notch Signaling Pathway: Unfolding the Activation Mechanism

(2009) Raphael Kopan et al.   CELL

Nodal signalling imposes left-right asymmetry upon neurogenesis in the habenular nuclei

(2009) M. Roussigne et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Amphipathic motifs in BAR domains are essential for membrane curvature sensing

(2009) Vikram K Bhatia et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Demonstration of catch bonds between an integrin and its ligand

(2009) Fang Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Biomaterial Design Strategies for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries

(2009) Karin S. Straley et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA

How curved membranes recruit amphipathic helices and protein anchoring motifs

(2009) Nikos S Hatzakis et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Material properties of the cell dictate stress-induced spreading and differentiation in embryonic stem cells

(2009) Farhan Chowdhury et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Mechanical tension contributes to clustering of neurotransmitter vesicles at presynaptic terminals

(2009) S. Siechen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Current tissue engineering and novel therapeutic approaches to axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury using polymer scaffolds

(2009) Nicolas N. Madigan et al.   RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY

Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding

(2009) A. del Rio et al.   SCIENCE

Traction on Immobilized Netrin-1 Is Sufficient to Reorient Axons

(2009) S. W. Moore et al.   SCIENCE

A unifying mechanism accounts for sensing of membrane curvature by BAR domains, amphipathic helices and membrane-anchored proteins

(2009) Vikram Kjøller Bhatia et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The influence of fiber diameter of electrospun substrates on neural stem cell differentiation and proliferation

(2008) Gregory T. Christopherson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

Cell Shape and Negative Links in Regulatory Motifs Together Control Spatial Information Flow in Signaling Networks

(2008) Susana R. Neves et al.   CELL

A subset of signal transduction pathways is required for hippocampal growth cone collapse induced by ephrin-A5

(2008) Xin Yue et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Rheological properties of the tissues of the central nervous system: A review

(2008) Shaokoon Cheng et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

(2008) M. Krieg et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

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

Mechanoenzymatics of titin kinase

(2008) E. M. Puchner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates

(2008) C. E. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

Control of neural stem cell differentiation on honeycomb films

(2007) Akinori Tsuruma et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS