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Mechanoreciprocity in cell migration

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van Helvert, Sjoerd, Storm, Cornelis, Friedl, Peter·2018·Nature Cell Biology

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Cell migration is an adaptive process that depends on and responds to physical and molecular triggers. Moving cells sense and respond to tissue mechanics and induce transient or permanent tissue modifications, including extracellular matrix stiffening, compression and deformation, protein unfolding, proteolytic remodelling and jamming transitions. Here we discuss how the bi-directional relationship of cell-tissue interactions (mechanoreciprocity) allows cells to change position and contributes to single-cell and collective movement, structural and molecular tissue organization, and cell fate decisions.

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Authors
van Helvert, S., Storm, C., & Friedl, P.
Affiliations
  • Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
Friedl, Peter
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2017-12-21
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
8-20
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
OpenAlex
W2775339123
Cited by
587
References
188
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 69 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 77 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 88 · 2019: 62 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
5.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • TU/e Research Portal (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (918.11.626)
  • National Institutes of Health (CA210184)
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • National Cancer Institute (U54CA210184, P30CA016672)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Keywords
cell migration, cell-tissue interactions, tissue mechanics, extracellular matrix stiffening, cell compression, protein unfolding, jamming transition, collective cell migration, single-cell migration, tissue organization, cell fate determination
MeSH terms
Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Bone and Bones, Brain, Cell Communication, Cell Differentiation, Cell Movement, Eukaryotic Cells, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Organ Specificity, Tendons, Muscle, Skeletal, Mechanotransduction, Cellular, Proteolysis

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