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Science

Cdk1-dependent mitotic enrichment of cortical myosin II promotes cell rounding against confinement

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Nature Cell Biology

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Rheology of the Active Cell Cortex in Mitosis

Elisabeth Fischer‐Friedrich, Yusuke Toyoda, Cédric J. Cattin, +3

Biophysical Journal

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Mitotic cells contract actomyosin cortex and generate pressure to round against or escape epithelial confinement

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Nature Communications

Mechanical control of mitotic progression in single animal cells

Cédric J. Cattin, Marcel Düggelin, David Martínez-Martín, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Wedged AFM-cantilevers for parallel plate cell mechanics

Martin P. Stewart, Adrian W. Hodel, Andreas Spielhofer, +3

Methods

EngineeringMicromechanicsMicrofabricationMechanicsMechanical Engineering +3

Genome-scale single-cell mechanical phenotyping reveals disease-related genes involved in mitotic rounding

Yusuke Toyoda, Cédric J. Cattin, Martin P. Stewart, +6

Nature Communications

MechanobiologyHuman CellDevelopmental BiologyCell DivisionSingle Cell Sequencing +13

The nucleus acts as a ruler tailoring cell responses to spatial constraints

Alexis J. Lomakin, Cédric J. Cattin, Damien Cuvelier, +14

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Rigidity percolation and active advection synergize in the actomyosin cortex to drive amoeboid cell motility

Juan Manuel GARCIA ARCOS, J. F. Ziegler, Silvia Grigolon, +9

Developmental Cell

Advected percolation in the actomyosin cortex drives amoeboid cell motility

Juan Manuel GARCIA ARCOS, J. F. Ziegler, Silvia Grigolon, +9

EngineeringCytoskeletonMechanotransductionCellular NeurobiologyCellular Physiology +23