Compressive stresses in cancer: characterization and implications for tumour progression and treatment

JA Linke, LL Munn, RK Jain - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Beyond their many well-established biological aberrations, solid tumours create an
abnormal physical microenvironment that fuels cancer progression and confers treatment …

Single-cell-resolved differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into pancreatic duct-like organoids on a microwell chip

S Wiedenmann, M Breunig, J Merkle… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Creating in vitro models of diseases of the pancreatic ductal compartment requires a
comprehensive understanding of the developmental trajectories of pancreas-specific cell …

Single-Cell Mechanics: Structural Determinants and Functional Relevance

M Urbanska, J Guck - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The mechanical phenotype of a cell determines its ability to deform under force and is
therefore relevant to cellular functions that require changes in cell shape, such as migration …

Mechanical stress signaling in pancreatic cancer cells triggers p38 MAPK-and JNK-dependent cytoskeleton remodeling and promotes cell migration via Rac1/cdc42 …

M Kalli, R Li, GB Mills, T Stylianopoulos… - Molecular Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer is highly resistant to existing therapies, and new
treatments are urgently needed to improve patient outcomes. Current studies focus on …

Cellular shape reinforces niche to stem cell signaling in the small intestine

N Pentinmikko, R Lozano, S Scharaw, S Andersson… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Niche-derived factors regulate tissue stem cells, but apart from the mechanosensory
pathways, the effect of niche geometry is not well understood. We used organoids and …

MYH10 combines with MYH9 to recruit USP45 by deubiquitinating snail and promotes serous ovarian cancer carcinogenesis, progression, and cisplatin resistance

L Liu, C Chen, P Liu, J Li, Z Pang, J Zhu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The poor prognosis of serous ovarian cancer (SOC) is due to its high invasive capacity and
cisplatin resistance of SOC cells, whereas the molecular mechanisms remain poorly …

Cell mechanics regulate the migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via JNK signaling

J Wang, B Zhang, X Chen, Y **n, K Li, C Zhang… - Acta biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, especially those with metastatic competence, show
reduced stiffness compared to the non-malignant counterparts. However, it is still unclear …

Heterogeneity, inherent and acquired drug resistance in patient-derived organoid models of primary liver cancer

L **an, P Zhao, X Chen, Z Wei, H Ji, J Zhao, W Liu… - Cellular Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Purpose We aimed to elucidate the applicability of tumor organoids for inherent drug
resistance of primary liver cancer (PLC) and mechanisms of acquired drug resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Precise tuning of cortical contractility regulates cell shape during cytokinesis

N Taneja, MR Bersi, SM Baillargeon, AM Fenix… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The mechanical properties of the actin cortex regulate shape changes during cell division,
cell migration, and tissue morphogenesis. We show that modulation of myosin II (MII) …

Some thoughts on the future of cell mechanics

J Guck - Biophysical reviews, 2019 - Springer
Cell mechanics research is at a crucial juncture in its decadesold history (for a good
historical perspective, see for example Pelling and Horton 2008). One of several reasons …