Integrin signaling

FG Giancotti, E Ruoslahti - science, 1999 - science.org
Cells reside in a protein network, the extracellular matrix (ECM), which they secrete and
mold into the intercellular space. The ECM exerts profound control over cells. The effects of …

Vascular smooth muscle cells and arterial stiffening: relevance in development, aging, and disease

P Lacolley, V Regnault, P Segers… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
The cushioning function of large arteries encompasses distension during systole and recoil
during diastole which transforms pulsatile flow into a steady flow in the microcirculation …

Geometric control of cell life and death

CS Chen, M Mrksich, S Huang, GM Whitesides… - Science, 1997 - science.org
Human and bovine capillary endothelial cells were switched from growth to apoptosis by
using micropatterned substrates that contained extracellular matrix-coated adhesive islands …

The role of myofibroblasts in physiological and pathological tissue repair

R Schuster, F Younesi, M Ezzo… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Myofibroblasts are the construction workers of wound healing and repair damaged tissues
by producing and organizing collagen/extracellular matrix (ECM) into scar tissue. Scar tissue …

Vascular channel formation by human melanoma cells in vivo and in vitro: vasculogenic mimicry

AJ Maniotis, R Folberg, A Hess, EA Seftor… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Tissue sections from aggressive human intraocular (uveal) and metastatic cutaneous
melanomas generally lack evidence of significant necrosis and contain patterned networks …

Harnessing nanotopography and integrin–matrix interactions to influence stem cell fate

MJ Dalby, N Gadegaard, ROC Oreffo - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
Stem cells respond to nanoscale surface features, with changes in cell growth and
differentiation mediated by alterations in cell adhesion. The interaction of nanotopographical …

Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

N Wang, JD Tytell, DE Ingber - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Research in cellular mechanotransduction often focuses on how extracellular physical
forces are converted into chemical signals at the cell surface. However, mechanical forces …

Active liquid-like behavior of nucleoli determines their size and shape in Xenopus laevis oocytes

CP Brangwynne, TJ Mitchison… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
For most intracellular structures with larger than molecular dimensions, little is known about
the connection between underlying molecular activities and higher order organization such …

Biomechanics and biophysics of cancer cells

S Suresh - Acta biomaterialia, 2007 - Elsevier
The past decade has seen substantial growth in research into how changes in the
biomechanical and biophysical properties of cells and subcellular structures influence, and …

Cellular mechanotransduction: putting all the pieces together again

DE Ingber - The FASEB journal, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of cellular mechanotransduction, the mechanism by which cells convert mechanical
signals into biochemical responses, has focused on identification of critical …