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ReviewBiophysical journal2018

Force Spectroscopy and Beyond: Innovations and Opportunities.

Bhavik Nathwani, William M Shih, Wesley P Wong

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Review in Biophysical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Forces in mechanically interlocked materials.Chemical Society reviews · 2026
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  6. Biochemistry: one molecule at a time.Essays in biochemistry · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bhavik NathwaniDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: bhavik.nathwani@wyss.harvard.edu.
William M ShihDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Wesley P WongDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: wesley.wong@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR001102 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2013 to 2017
$106.2M
Mechanical forces in nanoscale biology: From hemostasis to single-molecule centrifugationR35GM119537 · NIGMS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Wesley Philip Wong · 2016 to 2026
$5.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001102NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Life operates at the intersection of chemistry and mechanics. Over the years, we have made remarkable progress in understanding life from a biochemical perspective and the mechanics of life at the single-molecule scale. Yet the full integration of physical and mechanical models into mainstream biology has been impeded by technical and conceptual barriers, including limitations in our ability to 1) easily measure and apply mechanical forces to biological systems, 2) scale these measurements from single-molecule characterization to more complex biomolecular systems, and 3) model and interpret biophysical data in a coherent way across length scales that span single molecules to cells to multicellular organisms. In this manuscript, through a look at historical and recent developments in force spectroscopy techniques and a discussion of a few exemplary open problems in cellular biomechanics, we aim to identify research opportunities that will help us reach our goal of a more complete and integrated understanding of the role of force and mechanics in biological systems.

Indexed as

Mechanical PhenomenaAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansIntracellular SpaceSpectrum Analysis

Identifiers

PMID30447991
PMCPMC6302248

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