Mechanical cues affect migration and invasion of cells from three different directions

CT Mierke - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cell migration and invasion is a key driving factor for providing essential cellular functions
under physiological conditions or the malignant progression of tumors following downward …

On stretching, bending, shearing, and twisting of actin filaments i: Variational models

C Floyd, H Ni, RS Gunaratne, R Erban… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mechanochemical simulations of actomyosin networks are traditionally based on one-
dimensional models of actin filaments having zero width. Here, and in the follow up paper …

Membrane-MEDYAN: simulating deformable vesicles containing complex cytoskeletal networks

H Ni, GA Papoian - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
The plasma membrane defines the shape of the cell and plays an indispensable role in
bridging intra-and extracellular environments. Mechanochemical interactions between …
J Liman, C Bueno, Y Eliaz… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Actomyosin networks give cells the ability to move and divide. These networks contract and
expand while being driven by active energy-consuming processes such as motor protein …