ReviewAnnual review of biomedical engineering2019
The Driving Force: Nuclear Mechanotransduction in Cellular Function, Fate, and Disease.
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169 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 260 citations in OpenAlex.
- Consequences of Aging on Bone.Aging and disease · 2023Pooled it
- The Interplay of Microtubules with Mitochondria-ER Contact Sites (MERCs) in Glioblastoma.Biomolecules · 2022Pooled it
- Nuclear mechanotransduction: tools for mechanical perturbation and chromatin characterization.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2026Review
- Chromatin remodelling: a driving force in reverse mechanotransduction.RNA biology · 2026Review
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- Nuclear Wrinkles Result From Geometric Adaptations to Cellular and Nuclear Morphological Changes in Epithelial Cells.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2026Article
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- Genotype-Dependent Effects of Mechanical Stretch and GATA4-Targeted Compound 3i-1262 in Cardiomyopathy Patient-Derived hiPSC-Cardiomyocytes.Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2026Article
- The Mechano-Genomic Frontier: Orchestrating Nuclear Deformation for Craniomaxillofacial Bone Regeneration.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Adaptable sliding hydrogels enable pericellular pocket formation while enhancing MSC chondrogenesis and survival in 3D.Bioactive materials · 2026Article
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- Mechanobiology-Driven Metabolic Reprogramming: Integrative Roles of YAP/TAZ Signaling and Extracellular Matrix Dynamics.Cell biology international · 2026Review
- A Circuit of Mechanically Regulated Transcription Factors Balances Regenerative and Fibrotic Memory of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Quantifying intracellular mechanosensitive response upon spatially defined mechano-chemical triggering.eLife · 2026Article
- The nuclear envelope protein TMEM209 is an integral component of the nuclear pore complex and interacts with Nup210.Journal of cell science · 2026Article
- Farnesylated prelamin A induces fibroblast polarity defects in premature aging disorders by inhibiting nesprin-2-SUN2 LINC complex function.Journal of cell science · 2026Article
- The role of ECM mechanics in cancer mechanotransduction through unraveling the molecular machinery of integrins, FAK, and YAP signaling.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Review
- Sono-Mechanogenetics: Linking Ultrasound Physics With Cellular Mechanobiology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Nuclear SUN2 coordinates endothelial cell-matrix interactions to regulate blood vessel homeostasis and barrier function.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Nuclear Mechanotransduction Across the Metastatic Cascade: Decoding Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in Cancer Dissemination.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Cellular behavior is continuously affected by microenvironmental forces through the process of mechanotransduction, in which mechanical stimuli are rapidly converted to biochemical responses. Mounting evidence suggests that the nucleus itself is a mechanoresponsive element, reacting to cytoskeletal forces and mediating downstream biochemical responses. The nucleus responds through a host of mechanisms, including partial unfolding, conformational changes, and phosphorylation of nuclear envelope proteins; modulation of nuclear import/export; and altered chromatin organization, resulting in transcriptional changes. It is unclear which of these events present direct mechanotransduction processes and which are downstream of other mechanotransduction pathways. We critically review and discuss the current evidence for nuclear mechanotransduction, particularly in the context of stem cell fate, a largely unexplored topic, and in disease, where an improved understanding of nuclear mechanotransduction is beginning to open new treatment avenues. Finally, we discuss innovative technological developments that will allow outstanding questions in the rapidly growing field of nuclear mechanotransduction to be answered.
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