| Literature DB >> 21943439 |
Philippe Marcq, Natsuhiko Yoshinaga, Jacques Prost.
Abstract
The magnitude of traction forces exerted by living animal cells on their environment is a monotonically increasing and approximately sigmoidal function of the stiffness of the external medium. We rationalize this observation using active matter theory, and propose that adaptation to substrate rigidity results from an interplay between passive elasticity and active contractility.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21943439 PMCID: PMC3177058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.023
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033