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Mechanotransduction

Mechanotransduction is the biological process by which cells convert mechanical stimuli into intracellular biochemical signals, distinguished from other signaling mechanisms by its reliance on physical forces transmitted through cell adhesion complexes and the cytoskeleton.

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Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

Sirio Dupont, Leonardo Morsut, Mariaceleste Aragona et al. · Nature · 2011 · 5.9K citations · Full text

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Cell Movement Is Guided by the Rigidity of the Substrate

Chun‐Min Lo, Hong-Bei Wang, Micah Dembo et al. · Biophysical Journal · 2000 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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Cell locomotion and focal adhesions are regulated by substrate flexibility

Robert J. Pelham, Yu‐li Wang · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 3K citations

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Mechanotransduction Across the Cell Surface and Through the Cytoskeleton

Ning Wang, James P. Butler, Donald E. Ingber · Science · 1993 · 3K citations

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The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder

Matthew J. Dalby, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Rahul S. Tare et al. · Nature Materials · 2007 · 2.4K citations

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    Shu Chien

    University of California San Diego, United States

    49 publications · 9.2K citations

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    Ning Wang

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    46 publications · 10K citations

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    Donald E. Ingber

    Harvard University, United States

    43 publications · 15.7K citations

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    Michael P. Sheetz

    Columbia University, United States

    45 publications · 10K citations

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    Masahiro Sokabe

    Nagoya University, Japan

    43 publications · 3.8K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    133 h-index

    1.6K publications

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    112 h-index

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  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    111 h-index

    634 publications

    141.8K citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    100 h-index

    1.1K publications

    144.8K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    97 h-index

    1.1K publications

    128.4K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    90 h-index

    875 publications

    105.8K citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    87 h-index

    653 publications

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  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    86 h-index

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  3. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 297 publications · 30.2K citations

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  4. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 192 publications · 35.8K citations

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  5. Nature Communications

    248 publications · 29K citations

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