Mechanosensing through focal adhesion-anchored intermediate filaments

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

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Plectin contributes to mechanical properties of living cells

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A multi-scale approach to understand the mechanobiology of intermediate filaments

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Recruitment of vimentin to the cell surface by  3 integrin and plectin mediates adhesion strength

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Vimentin Coil 1A—A Molecular Switch Involved in the Initiation of Filament Elongation

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Mechanically Activated Integrin Switch Controls  5 1 Function

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Severe Myopathy Mutations Modify the Nanomechanics of Desmin Intermediate Filaments

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Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

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Rapid signal transduction in living cells is a unique feature of mechanotransduction

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Focal adhesion kinase as a regulator of cell tension in the progression of cancer

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