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Hallmarks of Life in Single Cell Contact Mechanics: Outstanding Challenges and Perspectives
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2020 Cell mechanics is a fascinating subject that has witnessed a boost of scientific interest in the most diverse disciplines. Evidence of its biological relevance is continuously mounting, unveiling a real-life scenario ever more intricate and complex, and ...
Susana Moreno-Flores
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Mechanosensing through immunoreceptors
Nature Immunology, 2019 The immune response is orchestrated by a variety of immune cells. The function of each cell is determined by the collective signals from various immunoreceptors, whose expression and activity depend on the developmental stages of the cell and its environmental context.
Cheng Zhu +4 more
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Nucleus Mechanosensing in Cardiomyocytes
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 Cardiac muscle contraction is distinct from the contraction of other muscle types. The heart continuously undergoes contraction–relaxation cycles throughout an animal’s lifespan. It must respond to constantly varying physical and energetic burdens over the short term on a beat-to-beat basis and relies on different mechanisms over the long term.
Isabella Leite Coscarella +5 more
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The role of the host—Neutrophil biology
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) are myeloid cells packed with lysosomal granules (hence also called granulocytes) that contain a formidable antimicrobial arsenal. They are terminally differentiated cells that play a critical role in acute and chronic inflammation, as well as in the resolution of inflammation and wound ...
Iain L. C. Chapple +4 more
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Flagellum-Mediated Mechanosensing and RflP Control Motility State of Pathogenic
mBio, 2020 Bacterial flagellar motility plays an important role in many processes that occur at surfaces or in hydrogels, including adhesion, biofilm formation, and bacterium-host interactions.
Leanid Laganenka +3 more
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SnapShot: Mechanosensing Matrix
Cell, 2016 Cells sense and respond to properties of their microenvironment that can affect cell morphology, protein levels and localization, gene expression, and even nuclear integrity. Tissue micro-stiffness, largely influenced by extracellular matrix, varies dramatically within an organism and can be a useful parameter to both clarify and organize a wide range ...
Jerome, Irianto +3 more
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Advanced Science, 2023 Dynamically evolving adhesions between cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) transmit time‐varying signals that control cytoskeletal dynamics and cell fate. Dynamic cell adhesion and ECM stiffness regulate cellular mechanosensing cooperatively, but it has
Zheng Zhang +18 more
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mSphere, 2016 Classically, dormant endospores are defined by their resistance properties, particularly their resistance to heat. Much of the heat resistance is due to the large amount of dipicolinic acid (DPA) stored within the spore core.
Michael B. Francis, Joseph A. Sorg
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Cochlin, intraocular pressure regulation and mechanosensing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Fluid shear modulates many biological properties. How shear mechanosensing occurs in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and is transduced into cytoskeletal change remains unknown. Cochlin is an ECM protein of unknown function.
Manik Goel +5 more
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Cytokinesis mechanics and mechanosensing [PDF]
Cytoskeleton, 2012 AbstractCytokinesis shape change occurs through the interfacing of three modules, cell mechanics, myosin II‐mediated contractile stress generation and sensing, and a control system of regulatory proteins, which together ensure flexibility and robustness.
Hoku West‐Foyle, Douglas N. Robinson
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