Review of cellular mechanotransduction

N Wang - Journal of physics D: Applied physics, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Living cells and tissues experience physical forces and chemical stimuli in the human body.
The process of converting mechanical forces into biochemical activities and gene …

Cytoskeletal prestress: The cellular hallmark in mechanobiology and mechanomedicine

F Chowdhury, B Huang, N Wang - Cytoskeleton, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Increasing evidence demonstrates that mechanical forces, in addition to soluble molecules,
impact cell and tissue functions in physiology and diseases. How living cells integrate …

Single-molecule characterization of subtype-specific β1 integrin mechanics

MH Jo, J Li, V Jaumouillé, Y Hao, J Coppola… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Although integrins are known to be mechanosensitive and to possess many subtypes that
have distinct physiological roles, single molecule studies of force exertion have thus far …

Unraveling the Dual-Stretch-Mode Impact on Tension Gauge Tethers' Mechanical Stability

J Liu, J Yan - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Tension gauge tethers (TGTs), short DNA segments serving as extracellular tension
sensors, are instrumental in assessing the tension dynamics in mechanotransduction. These …

Regulation and dynamics of force transmission at individual cell-matrix adhesion bonds

SJ Tan, AC Chang, SM Anderson, CM Miller… - Science …, 2020‏ - science.org
Integrin-based adhesion complexes link the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM)
and are central to the construction of multicellular animal tissues. How biological function …

Tension gauge tethers as tension threshold and duration sensors

J Liu, S Le, M Yao, W Huang, Z Tio, Y Zhou, J Yan - ACS sensors, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Mechanotransduction, the process by which cells respond to tension transmitted through
various supramolecular linkages, is important for understanding cellular behavior. Tension …

Physically active bioreactors for tissue engineering applications

N Castro, S Ribeiro, MM Fernandes… - Advanced …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering (TE) is a strongly expanding research area. TE approaches require
biocompatible scaffolds, cells, and different applied stimuli, which altogether mimic the …

Super-resolved visualization of single DNA-based tension sensors in cell adhesion

T Schlichthaerle, C Lindner, R Jungmann - Nature Communications, 2021‏ - nature.com
Cell-extracellular matrix sensing plays a crucial role in cellular behavior and leads to the
formation of a macromolecular protein complex called the focal adhesion. Despite their …

All-covalent nuclease-resistant and hydrogel-tethered DNA hairpin probes map pN cell traction forces

SA Rashid, Y Dong, H Ogasawara… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Cells sense and respond to the physical properties of their environment through receptor-
mediated signaling, a process known as mechanotransduction, which can modulate critical …

EGFR activation attenuates the mechanical threshold for integrin tension and focal adhesion formation

TC Rao, VPY Ma, A Blanchard, TM Urner… - Journal of cell …, 2020‏ - journals.biologists.com
Mechanical forces, growth factors and the extracellular matrix all play crucial roles in cell
adhesion. To understand how epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) impacts the …