Organization, dynamics and mechanoregulation of integrin-mediated cell–ECM adhesions

P Kanchanawong, DA Calderwood - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of animal cells to sense, adhere to and remodel their local extracellular matrix
(ECM) is central to control of cell shape, mechanical responsiveness, motility and signalling …

DNA nanostructures for exploring cell–cell communication

Y Wang, Y **ong, K Shi, CY Effah, L Song… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The process of coordinating between the same or multiple types of cells to jointly execute
various instructions in a controlled and carefully regulated environment is a very appealing …

Engineering a second‐order DNA logic‐gated nanorobot to sense and release on live cell membranes for multiplexed diagnosis and synergistic therapy

D Wang, S Li, Z Zhao, X Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor biomarker‐based theranostics have achieved broad interest and success in recent
years. However, single biomarker‐based recognition can cause false‐positive feedback …

[HTML][HTML] Novel tools to study cell-ECM interactions, cell adhesion dynamics and migration

M Dibus, O Joshi, J Ivaska - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Integrin-mediated cell adhesion is essential for cell migration, mechanotransduction and
tissue integrity. In vivo, these processes are regulated by complex physicochemical signals …

Sub-femtonewton force sensing in solution by super-resolved photonic force microscopy

X Shan, L Ding, D Wang, S Wen, J Shi, C Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Precise force measurement is critical to probe biological events and physics processes,
spanning from molecular motor's motion to the Casimir effect, as well as the detection of …

Infrared nanosensors of piconewton to micronewton forces

N Fardian-Melamed, A Skripka, B Ursprung, C Lee… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Mechanical force is an essential feature for many physical and biological processes,,,,,–,
and remote measurement of mechanical signals with high sensitivity and spatial resolution …

DNA origami nano-mechanics

J Ji, D Karna, H Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Invention of DNA origami has transformed the fabrication and application of biological
nanomaterials. In this review, we discuss DNA origami nanoassemblies according to their …

A reversible shearing DNA probe for visualizing mechanically strong receptors in living cells

H Li, C Zhang, Y Hu, P Liu, F Sun, W Chen… - Nature Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
In the last decade, DNA-based tension sensors have made significant contributions to the
study of the importance of mechanical forces in many biological systems. Albeit successful …

DNA nanotechnology for investigating mechanical signaling in the immune system

Y Hu, Y Duan, K Salaita - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immune recognition occurs at specialized cell‐cell junctions when immune cells and target
cells physically touch. In this junction, groups of receptor‐ligand complexes assemble and …

Molecular force measurement with tension sensors

LS Fischer, S Rangarajan… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The ability of cells to generate mechanical forces, but also to sense, adapt to, and respond to
mechanical signals, is crucial for many developmental, postnatal homeostatic, and …