The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

Rho GTPases are a family of small G proteins that regulate a wide array of cellular
processes related to their key roles controlling the cytoskeleton. Cancer is a multistep …

18.1. 1 Extracellular Vesicles The direct contact between two or more cells and the
interaction between the ligand and the receptor have been considered, for a long time, the …

Apoptosis is widely known as programmed cell death eliciting no inflammatory responses.
The intricacy of apoptosis has been a focus of an array of researches, accumulating a wealth …

Apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, is essential for growth and tissue homeostasis.
Apoptotic bodies (ApoBDs) are a form of extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by dying cells …

The cytoskeleton of animal cells is one of the most complicated and functionally versatile
structures, involved in processes such as endocytosis, cell division, intra-cellular transport …

Cell migration is an essential process, both in unicellular organisms such as amoeba and as
individual or collective motility in highly developed multicellular organisms like mammals. It …

In the final stages of apoptosis, apoptotic cells can generate a variety of membrane-bound
vesicles known as apoptotic extracellular vesicles (ApoEVs). Apoptotic bodies (ApoBDs), a …

Bleb-based migration, a conserved cell motility mode, has a crucial role in both
physiological and pathological processes. Unlike the well-elucidated mechanisms of …

The fluid-mosaic model posits a liquid-like plasma membrane, which can flow in response to
tension gradients. It is widely assumed that membrane flow transmits local changes in …