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Localized Tensional Forces on PECAM-1 Elicit a Global Mechanotransduction Response via the Integrin-RhoA Pathway

Caitlin Collins, Christophe Guilluy, Christopher M. Welch, E. Timothy O’Brien, Klaus M. Hahn, Richard Superfine, Keith Burridge, Ellie Tzima

Current Biology · 2012 · 164 citations · 34 references

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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

Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates

Nathalie Q. Balaban, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Daniel Riveline et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 2001 · 2.1K citations

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Regulation of the small GTP-binding protein Rho by cell adhesion and the cytoskeleton

Xiang-Dong Ren · The EMBO Journal · 1999 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Focal Contacts as Mechanosensors

Daniel Riveline, Eli Zamir, Nathalie Q. Balaban et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2001 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Extracellular Matrix Rigidity Causes Strengthening of Integrin–Cytoskeleton Linkages

Daniel Choquet, Dan P. Felsenfeld, Michael P. Sheetz · Cell · 1997 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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