Mechanical Properties of the Cytoskeleton and Cells

Broken detailed balance at mesoscopic scales in active biological systems

(2016) Christopher Battle et al.   SCIENCE

Elasticity of fibrous networks under uniaxial prestress

(2016) Mahsa Vahabi et al.   Soft Matter

Uncoupling shear and uniaxial elastic moduli of semiflexible biopolymer networks: compression-softening and stretch-stiffening

(2016) Anne S. G. van Oosten et al.   Scientific Reports

Investigating cell mechanics with atomic force microscopy

(2015) K. Haase et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

If Cell Mechanics Can Be Described by Elastic Modulus: Study of Different Models and Probes Used in Indentation Experiments

(2014) Nataliia Guz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Probing the Stochastic, Motor-Driven Properties of the Cytoplasm Using Force Spectrum Microscopy

(2014) Ming Guo et al.   CELL

Tunable dynamics of microtubule-based active isotropic gels

(2014) G. Henkin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Modeling semiflexible polymer networks

(2014) C. P. Broedersz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Polyelectrolyte properties of filamentous biopolymers and their consequences in biological fluids

(2014) Paul A. Janmey et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanics in Neuronal Development and Repair

(2013) Kristian Franze et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

The actin cortex as an active wetting layer

(2013) J. -F. Joanny et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Effects of non-linearity on cell–ECM interactions

(2013) Qi Wen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Stress-Enhanced Gelation: A Dynamic Nonlinearity of Elasticity

(2013) Norman Y. Yao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nuclear Lamin-A Scales with Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation

(2013) J. Swift et al.   SCIENCE

Active compaction of crosslinked driven filament networks

(2012) V. Schaller et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Microrheology of highly crosslinked microtubule networks is dominated by force-induced crosslinker unbinding

(2012) Yali Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Linear and Nonlinear Rheology of Living Cells

(2011) Philip Kollmannsberger et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

The evolution of the cytoskeleton

(2011) Bill Wickstead et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Elasticity of Rigidly Cross-Linked Networks of Athermal Filaments

(2011) Goran Žagar et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Active multistage coarsening of actin networks driven by myosin motors

(2011) M. Soares e Silva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shear thickening of F-actin networks crosslinked with non-muscle myosin IIB

(2011) Melanie Norstrom et al.   Soft Matter

Actin Filament Length Tunes Elasticity of Flexibly Cross-Linked Actin Networks

(2010) K.E. Kasza et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Electron Microscopy and Persistence Length Analysis of Semi-Rigid Smooth Muscle Tropomyosin Strands

(2010) Duncan Sousa et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Elasticity in Ionically Cross-Linked Neurofilament Networks

(2010) Norman Y. Yao et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Origin of Twist-Bend Coupling in Actin Filaments

(2010) Enrique M. De La Cruz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Active cellular materials

(2010) Frederick C MacKintosh et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Divalent Cations Crosslink Vimentin Intermediate Filament Tail Domains to Regulate Network Mechanics

(2010) Yi-Chia Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Unconventional Salt Trend from Soft to Stiff in Single Neurofilament Biopolymers

(2010) Roy Beck et al.   LANGMUIR

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

Statics and dynamics of the wormlike bundle model

(2010) Claus Heussinger et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Origins of Elasticity in Intermediate Filament Networks

(2010) Yi-Chia Lin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Rheology of Soft Materials

(2010) Daniel T.N. Chen et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Cytoskeletal Polymer Networks: Viscoelastic Properties are Determined by the Microscopic Interaction Potential of Cross-links

(2009) O. Lieleg et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Coupling between axial stretch and bending/twisting deformation of actin filaments caused by a mismatched centroid from the center axis

(2009) Hidetaka Yamaoka et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

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

(2009) Zhao Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Desmin and Vimentin Intermediate Filament Networks: Their Viscoelastic Properties Investigated by Mechanical Rheometry

(2009) Michael Schopferer et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Farhan Chowdhury et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Transition to superdiffusive behavior in intracellular actin-based transport mediated by molecular motors

(2009) L. Bruno et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Microrheology of Microtubule Solutions and Actin-Microtubule Composite Networks

(2009) Vincent Pelletier et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Hierarchical Structure Controls Nanomechanical Properties of Vimentin Intermediate Filaments

(2009) Zhao Qin et al.   PLoS One

An active biopolymer network controlled by molecular motors

(2009) G. H. Koenderink et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Constitutive modeling of the stress–strain behavior of F-actin filament networks

(2008) Jeffrey S. Palmer et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Actin cytoskeletal dynamics in smooth muscle: a new paradigm for the regulation of smooth muscle contraction

(2008) Susan J. Gunst et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Rheology of the Cytoskeleton

(2008) Mohammad R.K. Mofrad   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Models for stiffening in cross-linked biopolymer networks: A comparative study

(2008) T. van Dillen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS