Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell–cell junctions

By Zhijun Liu, John L. Tan, Daniel M. Cohen, Michael T. Yang, Nathan J. Sniadecki, Sami Alom Ruiz, C. Nelson, Christopher S. Chen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010

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Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction (2011, neutral): “Several studies have shown that cell–cell contacts bear considerable force”
Forces in tissue morphogenesis and patterning. (2013, neutral): “Alternatively, the E-Cad/catenin complex could act as a mechanical stress sensor to locally increase actin-myosin accumulation and contractility (Ladoux et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2010; le Duc et al., 2010; Yonemura et al., 2010; Taguchi et al., 2011;Borghi et al., 2012).”
Micropatterning as a tool to decipher cell morphogenesis and functions (2010, methodology): “Measurement of inter-cellular tension at cell-cell junctions highlights the positive correlation between the size of cell-cell junction and the tension it supports (Liu et al., 2010).”
Review on Cell Mechanics: Experimental and Modeling Approaches (2013, background): “(Reprinted from [432], with permission from the National Academy of Sciences.”
Engineering microscale topographies to control the cell–substrate interface (2012, background): “(c) Cells cultured on micropillars to measure intercellular forces by constraining cell attachment sites on the pillars [185].”
Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces (2010, neutral): “But even with detailed signalling and structural information in hand, the role of intercellular adhesion in collective migration is dispute”