Mechanics and functional consequences of nuclear deformations

Y Kalukula, AD Stephens, J Lammerding… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2022 - nature.com
As the home of cellular genetic information, the nucleus has a critical role in determining cell
fate and function in response to various signals and stimuli. In addition to biochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Plasticity of cancer invasion and energy metabolism

M Parlani, C Jorgez, P Friedl - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
Energy deprivation is a frequent adverse event in tumors that is caused by mutations,
malperfusion, hypoxia, and nutrition deficit. The resulting bioenergetic stress leads to …

Can't handle the stress? Mechanobiology and disease

N Zuela-Sopilniak, J Lammerding - Trends in molecular medicine, 2022 - cell.com
Mechanobiology is a rapidly growing research area focused on how mechanical forces and
properties influence biological systems at the cell, molecular, and tissue level, and how …

Lamin A/C and vimentin as a coordinated regulator during amoeboid migration in microscale confined microenvironments

YJ Wang, H Liang, Y Liu, Q Bao, S Yang, XX Xu… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cell migration occurs in confined microenvironments, which plays a vital role in the process
of tumor metastasis. However, it is challenging to study their behaviors in vivo. Here we …

Mechanobiology and survival strategies of circulating tumor cells: a process towards the invasive and metastatic phenotype

K Kurma, C Alix-Panabières - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Metastatic progression is the deadliest feature of cancer. Cancer cell growth, invasion,
intravasation, circulation, arrest/adhesion and extravasation require specific mechanical …

Mechanisms controlling the mechanical properties of the nuclei

G Bastianello, M Foiani - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of the nucleus influence different cellular and nuclear functions
and have relevant implications for several human diseases. The nucleus protects genetic …

Orientation-invariant autoencoders learn robust representations for shape profiling of cells and organelles

J Burgess, JJ Nirschl, MC Zanellati, A Lozano… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cell and organelle shape are driven by diverse genetic and environmental factors and thus
accurate quantification of cellular morphology is essential to experimental cell biology …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of physical methods for studying nuclear mechanics and mechanobiology

CM Hobson, MR Falvo, R Superfine - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
It is increasingly appreciated that the cell nucleus is not only a home for DNA but also a
complex material that resists physical deformations and dynamically responds to external …

Nuclear envelope, chromatin organizers, histones, and DNA: The many achilles heels exploited across cancers

AK Balaji, S Saha, S Deshpande, D Poola… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In eukaryotic cells, the genome is organized in the form of chromatin composed of DNA and
histones that organize and regulate gene expression. The dysregulation of chromatin …

Restructuring of lamina-associated domains in senescence and cancer

A Bellanger, J Madsen-Østerbye, NM Galigniana… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Induction of cellular senescence or cancer is associated with a reshaping of the nuclear
envelope and a broad reorganization of heterochromatin. At the periphery of mammalian …