ReviewReports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain)2014
Tensegrity, cellular biophysics, and the mechanics of living systems.
Review in Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 166 papers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Comparative Study, Between Dry Needling Techniques, in the Evolution of Myofascial Pain Shoulder in Athletes. Elastography as Indicator in the Repair of Myofascial Tissue, Post-dry Needling.
Fascial Distortion Model Manual Therapy and Painful Shoulder Syndrome
A Randomised Effectiveness-implementation Trial for Evaluating Dietary and Manual Treatment With Osteopathic Techniques on Quality of Life and on Modulation of the Inflammatory State of Patients Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Undergoing Antiestrogenic Hormonal Treatment.
Who cites it
166 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparing the Therapeutic Impact of Strain-Counterstrain and Exercise on Low Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Trial.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Trial
- Assessment of a taping method combined with manual therapy as a treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain - a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
- A novel (targeted) kinesio taping application on chronic low back pain: Randomized clinical trial.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Why the septum thickens in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus · 2026Review
- Mapping life's disparity and evolutionary constraints in a geometric complexity space.Science advances · 2026Article
- Construction and simulation-experimental characterization of a fluorescence image-based finite element model for cell mechanics.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Integrating Mechanical Loading, Mechanotransduction, and Biological Responses in Musculoskeletal Tissues Across the Lifespan: Regulation Influenced by Cells, Extracellular Matrix, and Sex.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2026Review
- Cytoskeletal Prestress Regulates RIG-I-Mediated Innate Immunity.Biophysica · 2025Article
- The Extremely Low Mechanical Force Generated by Nano-Pulling Induces Global Changes in the Microtubule Network, Nuclear Morphology, and Chromatin Transcription in Neurons.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
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- Shaping epithelial tissues by stem cell mechanics in development and cancer.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025Review
- New Perspectives on the Organization of Living Tissue and the Ongoing Connective Tissue/Fascia Nomenclature Debate, as Revealed by Intra-Tissue Endoscopy That Provides Real-Time Images During Surgical Procedures.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Hydrogels with prestressed tensegrity structures.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Glycosaminoglycans, Instructive Biomolecules That Regulate Cellular Activity and Synaptic Neuronal Control of Specific Tissue Functional Properties.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Metareview: a survey of active matter reviews.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2025Review
- Tension-sensitive HOX gene expression in fibroblasts for differential scar formation.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Regulation of Joint Tissues and Joint Function: Is There Potential for Lessons to Be Learned Regarding Regulatory Control from Joint Hypermobility Syndromes?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Tubulin Acetylation and the Cellular Mechanosensing and Stress Response.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2025Review
- Reduced cofilin activity as a mechanism contributing to endothelial cell stiffening in type 2 diabetes.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025Article
- How tapping works: physiological and psychological mechanisms in energy psychology.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
106 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The recent convergence between physics and biology has led many physicists to enter the fields of cell and developmental biology. One of the most exciting areas of interest has been the emerging field of mechanobiology that centers on how cells control their mechanical properties, and how physical forces regulate cellular biochemical responses, a process that is known as mechanotransduction. In this article, we review the central role that tensegrity (tensional integrity) architecture, which depends on tensile prestress for its mechanical stability, plays in biology. We describe how tensional prestress is a critical governor of cell mechanics and function, and how use of tensegrity by cells contributes to mechanotransduction. Theoretical tensegrity models are also described that predict both quantitative and qualitative behaviors of living cells, and these theoretical descriptions are placed in context of other physical models of the cell. In addition, we describe how tensegrity is used at multiple size scales in the hierarchy of life—from individual molecules to whole living organisms—to both stabilize three-dimensional form and to channel forces from the macroscale to the nanoscale, thereby facilitating mechanochemical conversion at the molecular level.
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