ReviewBMB reports2020
Traction force microscopy for understanding cellular mechanotransduction.
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- From Displacement to Angle: Diamond-Based 3D Rotation Sensing for High-Precision Cellular Force Measurement.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Moderately Reduced Contractility Decreases Epithelial Cell-Cell Contact Rupture Under Large External Stretch.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Integrin-mediated mechanotransduction in the tumor microenvironment: macrophage-centered signaling mechanisms and immune remodeling.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- High-Throughput Focal Adhesion Analysis Software for Automated Detection, Tracking, and Classification of Cell-Matrix Adhesions.Current protocols · 2026Article
- Modulating cell surface chemistry through mild reduction reinforces extracellular-to-intracellular transmission forces and mechano-signaling.Materials today. Bio · 2026Article
- Active Force Dynamics in Red Blood Cells Under Non-Invasive Optical Tweezers.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- At the Pointy End of Mechanobiology: AFM for Transient Biomechanical Analysis.Advanced healthcare materials · 2025Review
- 3D traction force microscopy in human trabecular meshwork tissues: Effects of ROCK and YAP/TAZ inhibition in normal and glaucomatous tissues.Tissue & cell · 2025Article
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- miR-548t-3p impairs nuclear mechanosensitivity and focal adhesion via lamin A/C downregulation.Biophysical journal · 2025Article
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- Mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis: the role of extracellular matrix.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025Review
- Biomechanics in the tumor microenvironment: from biological functions to potential clinical applications.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2025Review
- Mechanics of cell sheets: plectin as an integrator of cytoskeletal networks.Open biology · 2025Review
- Application of biomechanics in tumor epigenetic research.Mechanobiology in medicine · 2024Review
- Traction force with extracellular matrix mediated by cytoskeleton influences metastasis through SLC8A1 induced Wnt-β-catenin pathway in endometrial cancer.Genes & diseases · 2024Article
- Spatial confinement modulates endothelial cell behavior and traction force in 3D hydrogel microgrooves.Materials today. Bio · 2024Article
- Mechanical properties of human tumour tissues and their implications for cancer development.Nature reviews. Physics · 2024Article
- Bibliometric analysis of the global research status and trends of mechanotransduction in cancer.World journal of clinical oncology · 2023Article
- The extracellular matrix mechanics in the vasculature.Nature cardiovascular research · 2023Review
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Abstract
Under physiological and pathological conditions, mechanical forces generated from cells themselves or transmitted from extracellular matrix (ECM) through focal adhesions (FAs) and adherens junctions (AJs) are known to play a significant role in regulating various cell behaviors. Substantial progresses have been made in the field of mechanobiology towards novel methods to understand how cells are able to sense and adapt to these mechanical forces over the years. To address these issues, this review will discuss recent advancements of traction force microscopy (TFM), intracellular force microscopy (IFM), and monolayer stress microscopy (MSM) to measure multiple aspects of cellular forces exerted by cells at cell-ECM and cell-cell junctional intracellular interfaces. We will also highlight how these methods can elucidate the roles of mechanical forces at interfaces of cell-cell/cell-ECM in regulating various cellular functions. [BMB Reports 2020; 53(2): 74-81].
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