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Force Generation, Transmission, and Integration during Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis
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Cell shape changes underlie a large set of biological processes ranging from cell division to cell motility. Stereotyped patterns of cell shape changes also determine tissue remodeling events such as extension or invagination. In vitro and cell culture systems have been essential to understanding the fundamental physical principles of subcellular mechanics. These are now complemented by studies in developing organisms that emphasize how cell and tissue morphogenesis emerge from the interplay between force-generating machines, such as actomyosin networks, and adhesive clusters that transmit tensile forces at the cell cortex and stabilize cell-cell and cell-substrate interfaces. Both force production and transmission are self-organizing phenomena whose adaptive features are essential during tissue morphogenesis. A new era is opening that emphasizes the similarities of and allows comparisons between distant dynamic biological phenomena because they rely on core machineries that control universal features of cytomechanics.
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- Authors
- Lecuit, T., Lenne, P.-F., & Munro, E.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2011-11-10
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 157-184
- ISSN
- 1081-0706 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-8995
- OpenAlex
- W2121492835
- Cited by
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- 2.73
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- journal article
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- en
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- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Skin and Cellular Biology Research
- Keywords
- cell shape changes, tissue morphogenesis, force generation, force transmission, actomyosin network, cell adhesion, cell cortex, cell mechanics, tissue remodeling, cell motility, cell division, self-organization, cell-substrate interaction
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Cell Adhesion, Cell Movement, Cytoskeleton, Microfilament Proteins, Actin Cytoskeleton, Morphogenesis, Stress, Mechanical, Myosin Type II, Cell Shape, Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex
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