Mechanical state transitions in the regulation of tissue form and function

Y Mao, SA Wickström - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
From embryonic development, postnatal growth and adult homeostasis to reparative and
disease states, cells and tissues undergo constant changes in genome activity, cell fate …

Passive and active microrheology for biomedical systems

Y Mao, P Nielsen, J Ali - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microrheology encompasses a range of methods to measure the mechanical properties of
soft materials. By characterizing the motion of embedded microscopic particles …

Multimodal microscale mechanical map** of cancer cells in complex microenvironments

M Nikolić, G Scarcelli, K Tanner - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
The mechanical phenotype of the cell is critical for survival following deformations due to
confinement and fluid flow. One idea is that cancer cells are plastic and adopt different …

Quantitative analysis of non-equilibrium systems from short-time experimental data

SK Manikandan, S Ghosh, A Kundu, B Das… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Estimating entropy production directly from experimental trajectories is of great current
interest but often requires a large amount of data or knowledge of the underlying dynamics …

Microtubule disassembly by caspases is an important rate-limiting step of cell extrusion

A Villars, A Matamoro-Vidal, F Levillayer… - nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The expulsion of dying epithelial cells requires well-orchestrated remodelling steps to
maintain tissue sealing. This process, named cell extrusion, has been mostly analysed …

Recent Advances of Optical Tweezers–Based Dynamic Force Spectroscopy and Mechanical Measurement Assays for Live-Cell Mechanobiology

H Wang, Y Guo, R Zou, H Hu, Y Wang, F Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cells sense and respond to mechanical stimuli for activation, proliferation, migration, and
differentiation. The associated mechanosensing and biomechanical properties of cells and …

Vascular regulation of disseminated tumor cells during metastatic spread

V Sturgess, UF Azubuike, K Tanner - Biophysics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Cancer cells can travel to other organs via interconnected vascular systems to form new
lesions in a process known as metastatic spread. Unfortunately, metastasis remains the …

E-cadherin adhesion dynamics as revealed by an accelerated force ramp are dependent upon the presence of α-catenin

J Bush, JI Cabe, D Conway, V Maruthamuthu - … and Biophysical Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tissue remodeling and shape changes often rely on force-induced cell rearrangements
occurring via cell-cell contact dynamics. Epithelial cell-cell contact shape changes are …

Optical tweezers across scales in cell biology

IA Favre-Bulle, EK Scott - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Optical tweezers (OT) provide a noninvasive approach for delivering minute physical forces
to targeted objects. Controlling such forces in living cells or in vitro preparations allows for …

[HTML][HTML] α-Catenin Dependent E-cadherin Adhesion Dynamics as Revealed by an Accelerated Force Ramp

J Bush, JI Cabe, D Conway, V Maruthamuthu - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tissue remodeling and shape changes often rely on force-induced cell rearrangements
occurring via cell-cell contact dynamics. Epithelial cell-cell contact shape changes are …