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ArticleScientific reports2017

Dual Biomembrane Force Probe enables single-cell mechanical analysis of signal crosstalk between multiple molecular species.

Lining Ju, Yunfeng Chen, Kaitao Li, Zhou Yuan, Baoyu Liu, Shaun P Jackson, Cheng Zhu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lining JuCoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, United States. arnold.ju@sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-7591-0864
Yunfeng ChenPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7618-107X
Kaitao LiCoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, United States.
Zhou YuanPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA.
Baoyu LiuCoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, United States.
Shaun P JacksonHeart Research Institute, Newtown, 2050, NSW, Australia.
Cheng ZhuCoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, United States. cheng.zhu@bme.gatech.edu.
Georgia Institute of Technology · USThe University of Sydney · AUScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

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
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132019NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional approaches for studying receptor-mediated cell signaling, such as the western blot and flow cytometry, are limited in three aspects: 1) The perturbing preparation procedures often alter the molecules from their native state on the cell; 2) Long processing time before the final readout makes it difficult to capture transient signaling events (<1 min); 3) The experimental environments are force-free, therefore unable to visualize mechanical signals in real time. In contrast to these methods in biochemistry and cell biology that are usually population-averaged and non-real-time, here we introduce a novel single-cell based nanotool termed dual biomembrane force probe (dBFP). The dBFP provides precise controls and quantitative readouts in both mechanical and chemical terms, which is particularly suited for juxtacrine signaling and mechanosensing studies. Specifically, the dBFP allows us to analyze dual receptor crosstalk by quantifying the spatiotemporal requirements and functional consequences of the up- and down-stream signaling events. In this work, the utility and power of the dBFP has been demonstrated in four important dual receptor systems that play key roles in immunological synapse formation, shear-dependent thrombus formation, and agonist-driven blood clotting.

Indexed as

Mechanical PhenomenaReceptor Cross-TalkSignal TransductionSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaErythrocytesHumansMice

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PMID29079742
PMCPMC5660210
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