The horizon of materiobiology: a perspective on material-guided cell behaviors and tissue engineering

Y Li, Y **ao, C Liu - Chemical reviews, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Although the biological functions of cell and tissue can be regulated by biochemical factors
(eg, growth factors, hormones), the biophysical effects of materials on the regulation of …

How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions

M Luciano, C Tomba, A Roux, S Gabriele - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Among the physicochemical cues in the cellular microenvironment that orchestrate cell
processes, the different levels of curvature in the extracellular matrix and intrinsic to the …

Surface curvature differentially regulates stem cell migration and differentiation via altered attachment morphology and nuclear deformation

M Werner, SBG Blanquer, SP Haimi, G Korus… - Advanced …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Signals from the microenvironment around a cell are known to influence cell behavior.
Material properties, such as biochemical composition and substrate stiffness, are today …

Myosin-II mediated traction forces evoke localized Piezo1-dependent Ca2+ flickers

KL Ellefsen, JR Holt, AC Chang, JL Nourse… - Communications …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Piezo channels transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical and chemical signals to
powerfully influence development, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Studies on Piezo1 …

Geometric cues for directing the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

KA Kilian, B Bugarija, BT Lahn, M Mrksich - Proceedings of the National …, 2010‏ - pnas.org
Significant efforts have been directed to understanding the factors that influence the lineage
commitment of stem cells. This paper demonstrates that cell shape, independent of soluble …

Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology

JC Love, LA Estroff, JK Kriebel, RG Nuzzo… - Chemical …, 2005‏ - ACS Publications
Nanoscience includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-
100 nm. The objects studied in this range of sizes are larger than atoms and small …

Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

B Geiger, JP Spatz, AD Bershadsky - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2009‏ - nature.com
Recent progress in the design and application of artificial cellular microenvironments and
nanoenvironments has revealed the extraordinary ability of cells to adjust their cytoskeletal …

Quantifying cell-generated mechanical forces within living embryonic tissues

O Campàs, T Mammoto, S Hasso, RA Sperling… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Cell-generated mechanical forces play a critical role during tissue morphogenesis and
organ formation in the embryo. Little is known about how these forces shape embryonic …

Innovative tools for mechanobiology: unraveling outside-in and inside-out mechanotransduction

D Mohammed, M Versaevel, C Bruyère… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Cells and tissues can sense and react to the modifications of the physico-chemical
properties of the extracellular environment (ECM) through integrin-based adhesion sites and …

Spatial coordination between cell and nuclear shape within micropatterned endothelial cells

M Versaevel, T Grevesse, S Gabriele - Nature communications, 2012‏ - nature.com
Growing evidence suggests that cytoplasmic actin filaments are essential factors in the
modulation of nuclear shape and function. However, the mechanistic understanding of the …