Non-muscle myosin II isoforms orchestrate substrate stiffness sensing to promote cancer cell contractility and migration

Y Peng, Z Chen, Y He, P Li, Y Chen, X Chen, Y Jiang… - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The stiffening of the extracellular matrix (ECM) during tumor progression results in an
increase in cancer cell motility. In cell migration, two major isoforms of non-muscle myosin II …

Salicylic acid regulates pollen tip growth through an NPR3/NPR4-independent pathway

D Rong, N Luo, JC Mollet, X Liu, Z Yang - Molecular plant, 2016 - cell.com
Tip growth is a common strategy for the rapid elongation of cells to forage the environment
and/or to target to long-distance destinations. In the model tip growth system of Arabidopsis …

Cellular‐Scale Matrix Stiffness Gradient at Soft‐Hard Tissue Interfaces Regulates Immunophenotype of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

H Zhang, Y Ma, W Shu, Y Wang, C Cao… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft‐hard tissue interfaces are widespread in the human body, where matrix stiffness
gradient at the cellular scale is a typical biophysical cue that cells experience. However …

Myxozoan Adhesion and Virulence: Ceratonova shasta on the Move

G Alama-Bermejo, AS Holzer, JL Bartholomew - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Motility factors are fundamental for parasite invasion, migration, proliferation and immune
evasion and thus can influence parasitic disease pathogenesis and virulence. Salmonid …