Mechanobiology of Microtubules
Tension anisotropy drives fibroblast phenotypic transition by self-reinforcing cell–extracellular matrix mechanical feedback
F Alisafaei, D Shakiba, Y Hong, G Ramahdita, Y Huang, LE Iannucci, MD Davidson, M Jafari, J Qian, C Qu, D Ju, DR Flory, Y-Y Huang, P Gupta, S Jiang, A Mujahid, S Singamaneni, KM Pryse, P-HG Chao, JA Burdick, SP Lake, EL Elson, N Huebsch, VB Shenoy, GM Genin
Nature Materials, 2025
Vimentin is a key regulator of cell mechanosensing through opposite actions on actomyosin and microtubule networks
F Alisafaei, K Mandal, R Saldanha, M Swoger, H Yang, X Shi, M Guo, H Hehnly, CA Castañeda, PA Janmey, AE Patteson, VB Shenoy
Communications Biology, 2024
The balance between actomyosin contractility and microtubule polymerization regulates hierarchical protrusions that govern efficient fibroblast–collagen interactions
D Shakiba, F Alisafaei, A Savadipour, RA Rowe, Z Liu, KM Pryse, VB Shenoy, EL Elson, GM Genin
ACS Nano, 2020
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