2022
Cell-Matrix Elastocapillary Interactions Drive Pressure-Based Wetting of Cell Aggregates
Yousafzai M, Yadav V, Amiri S, Staddon M, Errami Y, Jaspard G, Banerjee S, Murrell M. Cell-Matrix Elastocapillary Interactions Drive Pressure-Based Wetting of Cell Aggregates. Physical Review X 2022, 12: 031027. PMID: 38009085, PMCID: PMC10673637, DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.12.031027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCapillary forcesCompliant substratesCapillary effectsRigid substrateData-driven modelingInternal pressureInterfacial tensionBulk elasticityCell surface tensionCell aggregatesSurface tensionActive dropletsMechanical stressCellular length scalesLength scalesComputational simulationsCollective cell motionDrive pressureWettingTissue shapeAdhesive substrateSubstrateElastocapillaryCell motionElasticity
2014
Liposome adhesion generates traction stress
Murrell M, Voituriez R, Joanny J, Nassoy P, Sykes C, Gardel M. Liposome adhesion generates traction stress. Nature Physics 2014, 10: 163-169. DOI: 10.1038/nphys2855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMembrane tensionLarger traction stressCellular force generationTraction stressEssential life processesRole of membraneCellular length scalesCell tensionLife processesGlobal shape changesMechanical forcesMembraneShape changesForce generationAdhesionCytoskeletonLiposome adhesionStressRoleMechanical stressCellsCompliant substratesDivision