Fluorescence-Based Force/Tension Sensors: A Novel Tool to Visualize Mechanical Forces in Structural Proteins in Live Cells

Fluid Shear Stress on Endothelial Cells Modulates Mechanical Tension across VE-Cadherin and PECAM-1

(2013) Daniel E. Conway et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Scanning a DNA Molecule for Bound Proteins Using Hybrid Magnetic and Optical Tweezers

(2013) Marijn T. J. van Loenhout et al.   PLoS One

Orientation-based FRET sensor for real-time imaging of cellular forces

(2012) F. Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Cell Stiffness Is a Biomarker of the Metastatic Potential of Ovarian Cancer Cells

(2012) Wenwei Xu et al.   PLoS One

GFP's Mechanical Intermediate States

(2012) John Saeger et al.   PLoS One

E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

(2012) N. Borghi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crocodile Head Scales Are Not Developmental Units But Emerge from Physical Cracking

(2012) M. C. Milinkovitch et al.   SCIENCE

Electrons, Photons, and Force: Quantitative Single-Molecule Measurements from Physics to Biology

(2011) Shelley A. Claridge et al.   ACS Nano

Mechanical stimuli differentially control stem cell behavior: morphology, proliferation, and differentiation

(2011) Timothy M. Maul et al.   Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Development of an optimized backbone of FRET biosensors for kinases and GTPases

(2011) Naoki Komatsu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Assaying stem cell mechanobiology on microfabricated elastomeric substrates with geometrically modulated rigidity

(2011) Michael T Yang et al.   Nature Protocols

Real Time FRET Based Detection of Mechanical Stress in Cytoskeletal and Extracellular Matrix Proteins

(2010) Fanjie Meng et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Mechanical control of tissue and organ development

(2010) T. Mammoto et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Atomic force microscopy probing in the measurement of cell mechanics

(2010) Dimitrios Kirmizis   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Visualizing dynamic cytoplasmic forces with a compliance-matched FRET sensor

(2010) F. Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Angiogenesis - may the force be with you!

(2010) Stuart Egginton   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

A Novel Fluorescent Sensor Protein for Visualization of Redox States in the Cytoplasm and in Peroxisomes

(2010) T. Yano et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics

(2010) Carsten Grashoff et al.   NATURE

Forcing form and function: biomechanical regulation of tumor evolution

(2010) Hongmei Yu et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Cell Mechanics: Dissecting the Physical Responses of Cells to Force

(2009) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Evolution of spectrin function in cytoskeletal and membrane networks

(2009) Anthony J. Baines   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Elastic Energy Driven Polymerization

(2009) Andrew Wang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanics, malignancy, and metastasis: The force journey of a tumor cell

(2009) Sanjay Kumar et al.   CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS

Matrix Crosslinking Forces Tumor Progression by Enhancing Integrin Signaling

(2009) Kandice R. Levental et al.   CELL

Electromechanical coupling in the membranes of Shaker-transfected HEK cells

(2009) A. Beyder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

(2009) D. E. Discher et al.   SCIENCE

FRET evidence that an isoform of caspase-7 binds but does not cleave its substrate

(2008) Isaac T.S. Li et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanical stimulation by osmotic and hydrostatic pressure activates Drosophila oocytes in vitro in a calcium-dependent manner

(2008) Vanessa L. Horner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Transitioning from egg to embryo: Triggers and mechanisms of egg activation

(2008) Vanessa L. Horner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

A fluorescence energy transfer-based mechanical stress sensor for specific proteins in situ

(2008) Fanjie Meng et al.   FEBS Journal

Molecular regulation of cardiac hypertrophy

(2008) Sean P. Barry et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

The development of the heart and microcirculation: role of shear stress

(2008) Robert E. Poelmann et al.   MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING

Mechanotransduction in development: a growing role for contractility

(2008) Michele A. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction gone awry

(2008) Diana E. Jaalouk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Atomic force microscopy analysis of cell volume regulation

(2008) Chiara Spagnoli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Signaling in Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy

(2008) Marco Sandri   PHYSIOLOGY