Large and reversible myosin-dependent forces in rigidity sensing

Standard Loading Profile in Matrix Rigidity Sensing

(2018) Chenling Dong et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Effects of Mechanical Stimuli on Profilin- and Formin-Mediated Actin Polymerization

(2018) Miao Yu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Long-range self-organization of cytoskeletal myosin II filament stacks

(2017) Shiqiong Hu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Coordinated force generation of skeletal myosins in myofilaments through motor coupling

(2017) Motoshi Kaya et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanosensing Controlled Directly by Tyrosine Kinases

(2016) Bo Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Isoforms Confer Characteristic Force Generation and Mechanosensation by Myosin II Filaments

(2015) Samantha Stam et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices

(2015) Haguy Wolfenson et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Early Events in Cell Spreading as a Model for Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanical Events

(2014) Haguy Wolfenson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Subharmonic oscillations of collective molecular motors

(2014) D. Oriola et al.   EPL

The surface structure of UV exposed poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) insulator studied by slow positron beam

(2013) F. Zheng et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Thick Filament Length and Isoform Composition Determine Self-Organized Contractile Units in Actomyosin Bundles

(2013) Todd Thoresen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Analysis of the local organization and dynamics of cellular actin networks

(2013) Weiwei Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

β1- and αv-class integrins cooperate to regulate myosin II during rigidity sensing of fibronectin-based microenvironments

(2013) Herbert B. Schiller et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Formin mDia1 senses and generates mechanical forces on actin filaments

(2013) Antoine Jégou et al.   Nature Communications

Force Fluctuations within Focal Adhesions Mediate ECM-Rigidity Sensing to Guide Directed Cell Migration

(2012) Sergey V. Plotnikov et al.   CELL

Stochastic Force Generation by Small Ensembles of Myosin II Motors

(2012) Thorsten Erdmann et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Cells test substrate rigidity by local contractions on submicrometer pillars

(2012) S. Ghassemi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamical behavior of molecular motor assemblies in the rigid and crossbridge models

(2011) T. Guérin et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Motion Reversal of Molecular Motor Assemblies due to Weak Noise

(2011) T. Guérin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

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

Force generated by actomyosin contraction builds bridges between adhesive contacts

(2010) Olivier M Rossier et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Probing Cellular Traction Forces by Micropillar Arrays: Contribution of Substrate Warping to Pillar Deflection

(2010) Ingmar Schoen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Spontaneous Oscillations of a Minimal Actomyosin System under Elastic Loading

(2009) P.-Y. Plaçais et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Contact Mechanics of UV/Ozone-Treated PDMS by AFM and JKR Testing: Mechanical Performance from Nano- to Micrometer Length Scales

(2008) Jing Song et al.   MACROMOLECULES