The ease of tailoring DNA nanostructures with sub‐nanometer precision has enabled new
and exciting in vivo applications in the areas of chemical sensing, imaging, and gene …

Mechanical forces are ubiquitous in a cell's internal structure and external environment.
Mechanosensing is the process that the cell employs to sense its mechanical environment …

Although integrins are known to be mechanosensitive and to possess many subtypes that
have distinct physiological roles, single molecule studies of force exertion have thus far …

Mechanical forces drive critical cellular processes that are reflected in mechanical
phenotypes, or mechanotypes, of cells and their microenvironment. We present here …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) provides a platform for high-resolution topographical
imaging and the mechanical characterization of a wide range of samples, including live …

Cells must respond specifically and dynamically to mechanical cues from the extracellular
environment and dysregulation of extracellular force sensing leads to a variety of diseases …

Mechanical response to external stimuli is a conserved feature of many cell types. For
example, neurotransmitters (eg, histamine) trigger calcium signals that induce actomyosin …

Molecular force sensors (MFSs) have grown to become an important tool to study the
mechanobiology of cells and tissues. They provide a minimally invasive means to optically …

Cells in vivo live in a complex microenvironment composed of the extracellular matrix (ECM)
and other cells. Growing evidence suggests that the mechanical interaction between the …

This review examines the concerted role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and
integrins in regulating Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production through different signaling …