How do cells stiffen?

PA Galie, PC Georges, PA Janmey - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Cell stiffness is an important characteristic of cells and their response to external stimuli. In
this review, we survey methods used to measure cell stiffness, summarize stimuli that alter …

[HTML][HTML] How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells move: Bridging cell-free and cell studies

JP Conboy, I Istúriz Petitjean, A van der Net… - Biophysics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Cell migration is a fundamental process for life and is highly dependent on the dynamical
and mechanical properties of the cytoskeleton. Intensive physical and biochemical crosstalk …

Characterizing mechanical properties of epithelial monolayers based on indentation

JY Li, PC Chen, SZ Lin, B Li - The European Physical Journal Special …, 2023 - Springer
Epithelial tissues have a variety of functions, such as protection, secretion, and absorption.
Appropriate mechanical properties of epithelia are essential to achieve these functions …

How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells move

JP Conboy, I IstÃēriz Petitjean, JJP van der Net… - 2024 - repository.tudelft.nl
Cell migration is a fundamental process for life and is highly dependent on the dynamical
and mechanical properties of the cytoskeleton. Intensive physical and biochemical crosstalk …

Watching a cell sheet transform from soft to stiff

D Song, PA Janmey - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
The physical properties of the interface between a cell monolayer and its substrate have
been hard to measure directly and are risky to infer from mechanical measurements done on …