Mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix homeostasis

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 802-812

  Humphrey, Jay D ^a   Dufresne, Eric R ^a,b   Schwartz, Martin A ^a,b,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EFFECTOR CELL; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REVIEW; TURNOVER TIME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

EID: 84922128722     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3896     Document Type: Review

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