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ReviewMolecular biology of the cell2017

Receptor-mediated cell mechanosensing.

Yunfeng Chen, Lining Ju, Muaz Rushdi, Chenghao Ge, Cheng Zhu

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Review in Molecular biology of the cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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130citing papers in PubMed
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed, 229 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. A Review of Silica-Based Nanoplatforms for Anticancer Cargo Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yunfeng ChenWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.
Lining JuCharles Perkins Centre and Heart Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Muaz RushdiParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.
Chenghao GeParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.
Cheng ZhuWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 cheng.zhu@bme.gatech.edu.
Georgia Institute of Technology · USThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

Visualizing Single Integrin Conformational Changes on Living CellsR01AI044902 · NIAID · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZHU, CHENG · 2000 to 2016
$5.8M
Mechanisms of impaired T-cell mechanosensing of melanoma antigensU01CA214354 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI KROGSGAARD, MICHELLE, ZHU, CHENG · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
Single-platelet analysis of mechano-reception by GPIb alphaR01HL132019 · NHLBI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZHU, CHENG · 2016 to 2024
$3.8M
T cell compartmentalization and antiviral responseR01AI124680 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GRAKOUI, ARASH, ZHU, CHENG · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
KINETIC PROPERTIES OF SELECTINSR21AI044902 · NIAID · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZHU, CHENG · 2000 to 2000
$71k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA214354NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132019NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044902NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124680NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI044902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanosensing describes the ability of a cell to sense mechanical cues of its microenvironment, including not only all components of force, stress, and strain but also substrate rigidity, topology, and adhesiveness. This ability is crucial for the cell to respond to the surrounding mechanical cues and adapt to the changing environment. Examples of responses and adaptation include (de)activation, proliferation/apoptosis, and (de)differentiation. Receptor-mediated cell mechanosensing is a multistep process that is initiated by binding of cell surface receptors to their ligands on the extracellular matrix or the surface of adjacent cells. Mechanical cues are presented by the ligand and received by the receptor at the binding interface; but their transmission over space and time and their conversion into biochemical signals may involve other domains and additional molecules. In this review, a four-step model is described for the receptor-mediated cell mechanosensing process. Platelet glycoprotein Ib, T-cell receptor, and integrins are used as examples to illustrate the key concepts and players in this process.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PlateletsExtracellular MatrixFocal AdhesionsHumansIntegrinsMechanoreceptorsMechanotransduction, CellularMolecular ConformationStress, MechanicalIntegrins

Identifiers

PMID28954860
PMCPMC5687017
OpenAlexW2760071615

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