期刊
MICRON
卷 150, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2021.103138
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Traction force microscopy; Cells; Traction in single cells and multicellular; systems; 2D; 3D traction force microscopy
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资金
- European Union [812772, POWR.03.02.00-00-I013/16]
Cells generate mechanical forces when interacting with the extracellular matrix or neighbouring cells. Techniques like traction force microscopy have been developed to measure these forces and understand how cells sense, adapt, and respond to mechanical forces, revealing their role in controlling and regulating cell behavior in normal and pathological conditions.
Cells generate mechanical forces (traction forces, TFs) while interacting with the extracellular matrix or neighbouring cells. Forces are generated by both cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) and transmitted within the cell-ECM or cell-cell contacts involving focal adhesions or adherens junctions. Within more than two decades, substantial progress has been achieved in techniques that measure TFs. One of the techniques is traction force microscopy (TFM). This review discusses the TFM and its advances in measuring TFs exerted by cells (single cells and multicellular systems) at cell-ECM and cell-cell junctional intracellular interfaces. The answers to how cells sense, adapt and respond to mechanical forces unravel their role in controlling and regulating cell behaviour in normal and pathological conditions.
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