Cells exert, sense, and respond to the different physical forces through diverse mechanisms
and translating them into biochemical signals. The adhesion of cells is crucial in various …

Interfacial layers are important in a wide range of applications in biomedicine, biosensing,
analytical chemistry and the maritime industries. Given the growing number of applications …

Heterogeneity within the glycocalyx influences cell adhesion mechanics and signaling.
However, the role of specific glycosylation subtypes in influencing cell mechanics via …

Novel biosensors already provide a fast way to detect the adhesion of whole bacteria (or
parts of them), biofilm formation, and the effect of antibiotics. Moreover, the detection …

Gaining insights into the intercellular receptor-ligand binding is of great importance for
understanding numerous physiological and pathological processes, and stimulating new …

Controlling cellular adhesion is a critical step in the development of biomaterials, and in cell-
based biosensing assays. Usually, the adhesivity of cells is tuned by an appropriate …

Although cancer is a genetic disease, physical changes such as stiffening of the
extracellular matrix also commonly occur in cancer. Cancer cells sense and respond to …

The epithelium covers, protects, and actively regulates various formations and cavities of the
human body. During embryonic development the assembly of the epithelium is crucial to the …

Colorectal cancer remains one of the most important health challenges in our society. The
development of cancer immunotherapies has fostered the need to better understand the anti …

The high throughput, cost effective and sensitive quantification of cell adhesion strength at
the single-cell level is still a challenging task. The adhesion force between tissue cells and …