Mechanical confinement triggers spreading and migration of immobile cells by deforming nucleus
Ran Rao, Haoxiang Yang, Kailong Qiu, Min Xu, Hao Liu, Jinghao Shen, Weihao Wang, R. Nie, Huan Chen, Hongyuan Jiang
Topics & Concepts
NucleusCell migrationExtracellular matrixMaterials scienceCell biologyFocal adhesionCell adhesionCellCancer cellBiophysicsAdhesionBiologyCancerComposite materialPhosphorylationGeneticsCellular Mechanics and InteractionsHippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics