.... Golgi complex GORAB Vimentin Intermediate filament Cell stiffness Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000268 BB/T000945/1 BB/T001984/1 Medical Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007155 MR/N000366/1...

... adhesion Mechanotransduction Tyrosine phosphorylation Cell stiffness Traction FRAP Actin pulldown Adherent cells are anchored through focal adhesions to the extracellular matrix (ECM), which is essential for force transduction, cell spreading and migration ( Choquet et al., 1997 ; Beningo et...

..., the present study shows that membrane depolarization is associated with a decrease in the stiffness of endothelial cells. Three different depolarization protocols were applied, all of which led to a similar and significant decrease in cell stiffness, independently of changes in cell volume. Moreover...

... also contributes to the dissipative properties ( Fredberg et al., 1996 ) and, although this is not considered a remodeling event, it enables contractility-driven shape changes in the cytoskeleton. The force–distance relationship (units are nanoNewtons per micrometer) is related to cell stiffness...

... measurements of transendothelial ion and macromolecule permeability, apical cell surface and cell stiffness were taken. Transendothelial ion permeability was measured with electrical cell impedance sensing, macromolecule permeability with fluorescence-labeled dextran and apical cell membrane surface by three...

... by decreasing cell adhesion and cell stiffness, and by increasing cell migration on type I collagen. Collagen degradation could modify cell adhesion sites and collagen degradation peptides could induce alveolar type II pneumocyte migration. New insights regarding alveolar epithelial cell migration...