Mechanosensitive subcellular rheostasis drives emergent single-cell mechanical homeostasis

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 961-967

  Weng, Shinuo ^a   Shao, Yue ^a   Chen, Weiqiang ^a,c   Fu, Jianping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GROUND STATE; MECHANICAL DRIVES; MECHANISMS;

CYTOSKELETONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MECHANICAL HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSICAL NATURE; SINGLE CELLS; SUB-CELLULAR; THEORETICAL MODELLING;

PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FOCAL ADHESION; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84973101035     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4654     Document Type: Article

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