Dynamic regulation of nuclear architecture and mechanics—a rheostatic role for the nucleus in tailoring cellular mechanosensitivity

Nucleus

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 287-300

  Thorpe, Stephen D ^a   Lee, David A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chromatin; differentiation; embryonic stem cell; lamin A C; LINC complex; mechanobiology; mechanotransduction; mesenchymal stem cell; nucleus

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 85021148988     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2017.1285988     Document Type: Review

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