Actin stress fibers – assembly, dynamics and biological roles

Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage specification

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Tissue Cells Feel and Respond to the Stiffness of Their Substrate

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Cell Migration: Integrating Signals from Front to Back

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Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase)

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Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

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Actin, a Central Player in Cell Shape and Movement

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Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

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Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates

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Focal Adhesions: Transmembrane Junctions Between the Extracellular Matrix and the Cytoskeleton

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Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

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SimHS-AFMfit-MD: An Integrative Approach for Inferring Alpha-Actinin Atomic Conformational Dynamics

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Cell migration is another player of the minute virus of mice infection

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Cell Type-Specific Adhesion and Migration on Laser-Structured Opaque Surfaces

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Circ-RNA Expression Pattern and circ-RNA-miRNA-mRNA Network in The Pathogenesis of Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.

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FGF-2 induces a failure of cell cycle progression in cells harboring amplified K-Ras, revealing new insights into oncogene-induced senescence

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Disrupted Surfaces of Porous Membranes Reduce Nuclear YAP Localization and Enhance Adipogenesis through Morphological Changes

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Super‐Moisturizing Materials from Morphological Deformation of Suprapolysaccharides

Budpud, K., Okeyoshi, K., Kobayashi, S., Okajima, M. K., & Kaneko, T. (2022) · Macromolecular Rapid Communications · doi:10.1002/marc.202200163 · Cited by 5

Parametrizing the exposure of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in cell cultures at different in vitro environments

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The Role of Mechanobiology in Cancer Metastasis

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Lysophosphatidic Acid Regulates Rho Family of GTPases in Lungs

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Recombinant Activated Protein C (rhAPC) Affects Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Mechanical Compliance Changes and Beat Frequency of mESC-Derived Cardiomyocyte Monolayers

Artmann, A. T., Demirci, E. K., Fırat, I. S., Oflaz, H., & Artmann, G. M. (2021) · Shock · doi:10.1097/shk.0000000000001845 · Cited by 5

Lactobacillus rhamnosus reduces the cytotoxic effects of group B streptococcus on HeLa cells

Cajulao, J. M. B., & Chen, L. (2021) · Microbial Pathogenesis · doi:10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105271 · Cited by 5

Unidirectional Cell Crawling Model Guided by Extracellular Cues

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Fibroblast Migration in Fibrosis

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Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton

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Phosphatidic acid induces cytoskeletal rearrangements through the Src‐ FAK ‐ R ho A / ROCK signaling pathway during decidualization

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Study of Cytotoxicity of 3-Azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes and Cyclopropa[a]pyrrolizidines Spiro-Fused to Acenaphthylene-1(2H)-one and Aceanthrylene-1(2H)-one Fragments Against Tumor Cell Lines

Kornev, A. A., Shmakov, S. V., Gryschenko, A. M., Pronina, Y. A., Ponyaev, A. I., Stepakov, A. V., & Boitsov, V. M. (2025) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms26083474 · Cited by 4

Functionalization of Two-Component Gelatinous Peptide/Reactive Oligomer Hydrogels with Small Molecular Amines for Enhanced Cellular Interaction

Kohn-Polster, C., Müller, B. M., Krieghoff, J., Nawaz, A., Maqsood, I., Starke, A., Haastert‐Talini, K., Schulz‐Siegmund, M., & Hacker, M. C. (2025) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms26115316 · Cited by 4

Cytoskeleton changes of mammalian cells in microgravity: results from three decades of low-gravity research

Wüest, S. L. (2025) · Frontiers in Space Technologies · doi:10.3389/frspt.2025.1677728 · Cited by 4

Dynamic actin remodeling in response to lysophosphatidic acid

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Cell transdifferentiation in ocular disease: Potential role for connexin channels

Zhang, J., Green, C. R., & Mugisho, O. O. (2021) · Experimental Cell Research · doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112823 · Cited by 4

Myosin and $$\upalpha$$-actinin regulation of stress fiber contractility under tensile stress

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The small GTPase Cdc42 regulates shell field morphogenesis in a gastropod mollusk

Liu, X., Huan, P., & Liu, B. (2024) · Developmental Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.06.012 · Cited by 4

Standardized Parts for Activation of Small GTPase Signaling in Living Cells

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Linear contraction of stress fibers generates cell body rotation

Okimura, C., Akiyama, S., Nishigami, Y., Zaitsu, R., Sakurai, T., & Iwadate, Y. (2025) · Cell Reports Physical Science · doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102429 · Cited by 4

Survivin modulates stiffness-induced vascular smooth muscle cell motility

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An actin length threshold regulates adhesion maturation at the lamellipodium/lamellum interface

Loosli, Y., Labouesse, C., Luginbuehl, R., Meister, J.-J., Snedeker, J. G., & Vianay, B. (2013) · Integrative Biology · doi:10.1039/c3ib20282h · Cited by 4

RIC8A is essential for the organisation of actin cytoskeleton and cell-matrix interaction

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Connecting cell polarity signals to the cytokinetic machinery in yeast and metazoan cells

Magliozzi, J. O., & Moseley, J. B. (2021) · Cell Cycle · doi:10.1080/15384101.2020.1864941 · Cited by 4

MCPIP1 regulates focal adhesion kinase and Rho GTPase-dependent migration in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Górka, J., Marona, P., Kwapisz, O., Ryś, J., Jura, J., & Miękus, K. (2022) · European Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.174804 · Cited by 4

Pattern formation and the mechanics of a motor-driven filamentous system confined by rigid membranes

Tarama, M., & Shibata, T. (2022) · Physical Review Research · doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.4.043071 · Cited by 4

Pressure-driven membrane inflation through nanopores on the cell wall

Zhong, Q., Wu, C., & Ma, R. (2023) · Chinese Physics B · doi:10.1088/1674-1056/acd7cc · Cited by 4

Direct active Fyn-paxillin interaction regulates vascular smooth muscle cell migration

Zhang, Y., Kishi, H., & Kobayashi, S. (2023) · Journal of Smooth Muscle Research · doi:10.1540/jsmr.59.58 · Cited by 4

Growth‐induced collective bending and kinetic trapping of cytoskeletal filaments

Banerjee, D. S., Freedman, S., Murrell, M. P., & Banerjee, S. (2024) · Cytoskeleton · doi:10.1002/cm.21877 · Cited by 4

Ultrafast laser functionalized rare phased gold–silicon/silicon oxide nanostructured hybrid biomaterials

Premnath, P., Tan, B., & Venkatakrishnan, K. (2015) · Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces · doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.10.007 · Cited by 4

Subcellular distribution of non-muscle myosin IIb is controlled by FILIP through Hsc70

Yagi, H., Takabayashi, T., Xie, M.-J., Kuroda, K., & Sato, M. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172257 · Cited by 4

Role of Membrane Cholesterol in Modulating Actin Architecture and Cellular Contractility

Hissa, B., & Pontes, B. (2018) · InTech eBooks · doi:10.5772/intechopen.76532 · Cited by 4

Proteomic profile of cultured human endothelial cells after exposition to simulated microgravity

Kashirina, D. N., Kononikhin, A. S., Ratushnyy, A. Y., Николаев, Е. Н., Larina, I. M., & Buravkova, L. B. (2020) · Acta Astronautica · doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.10.014 · Cited by 4

Human mammary epithelial cells in a mature, stratified epithelial layer flatten and stiffen compared to single and confluent cells

Lee, H., Bonin, K., & Guthold, M. (2021) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects · doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2021.129891 · Cited by 4

Using carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester to monitor intracellular protein glycation

Boucher, J., Simard, É., Froehlich, U., D’Orléans-Juste, P., & Grandbois, M. (2015) · Analytical Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.ab.2015.03.017 · Cited by 4

Directional bilateral filters for smoothing fluorescence microscopy images

Venkatesh, M., Mohan, K., & Seelamantula, C. S. (2015) · AIP Advances · doi:10.1063/1.4930029 · Cited by 4

Focal adhesion kinase and Src mediate microvascular hyperpermeability caused by fibrinogen- γC- terminal fragments

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Super-resolution displacement mapping of unbound single molecules reveals nanoscale heterogeneities in intracellular diffusivityPreprint

Xiang, L., Chen, K., Yan, R., Li, W., & Xu, K. (2019) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/559484 · Cited by 5

TRPM2 channels mediate ROS-induced actin remodeling and cell migration of prostate cancer cells

Qi, P., Zhao, J., Zhang, H., Liu, X., You, Q., Niu, J., Ye, X., & Li, F. (2025) · BMC Cancer · doi:10.1186/s12885-025-14333-3 · Cited by 3

The role of actin cytoskeleton component Arp2/3 in inflammatory response

Xing, J., Wang, Y., Liang, Y., Li, J., Yao, Y., Li, J., & Zhang, K. (2025) · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · doi:10.3389/fcell.2025.1631187 · Cited by 3

FAST – filamentous actin segmentation tool for quantifying cytoskeletal organization

Aljapur, V., Gardner, A., Carayanniotis, J., & Harris, A. R. (2026) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.264265 · Cited by 5

Have plastic culture models prevented the discovery of effective cancer therapeutics?

Tharp, K. M. (2024) · British Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1111/bph.17387 · Cited by 3

Dynamic crosstalk between cytoskeletal filaments regulates dorsoventral cytoplasmic mechanics

Ray, D., & Sinha, D. K. (2025) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.263464 · Cited by 3

Actin-Myosin Force Generation and Symmetry Breaking in the Model Contractile Fiber

Fogelson, B., & Mogilner, A. (2018) · SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics · doi:10.1137/17m1112261 · Cited by 3

Inflammasome Activation in Bovine Peripheral Blood-Derived Macrophages Is Associated with Actin Rearrangement

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Role of ZIP kinase in development of myofibroblast differentiation from HPMCs

Choo, Y.-Y., Sakai, T., Ikebe, R., Jeffers, A., Idell, S., Tucker, T. A., & Ikebe, M. (2024) · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajplung.00251.2023 · Cited by 5

LUZP1 regulates the maturation of contractile actomyosin bundles

Wang, L., Tsang, H. Y., Yan, Z., Tojkander, S., Ciuba, K., Kogan, K., Liu, X., & Zhao, H. (2024) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00018-024-05294-0 · Cited by 3

Vitronectin regulates focal adhesion turnover and migration of human placenta-derived MSCs under nutrient stress

Gupta, S. D., Pal, N., & Ta, M. (2025) · European Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ejcb.2025.151477 · Cited by 3

Directional Transport of a Bead Bound to Lamellipodial Surface Is Driven by Actin Polymerization

Nobezawa, D., Ikeda, S.-I., Wada, E., Nagano, T., & Miyata, H. (2017) · BioMed Research International · doi:10.1155/2017/7804251 · Cited by 3

Rat corneal endothelial cell migration during wound repair on the basement membrane depends more on the PI-3K pathway than the cdc-42 pathway or actin stress fibers

Gordon, S. R., Gordon, G. H., & Dimovski, S. (2020) · Cell and Tissue Research · doi:10.1007/s00441-020-03229-2 · Cited by 3

Pitavastatin stimulates retinal angiogenesis via HMG-CoA reductase-independent activation of RhoA-mediated pathways and focal adhesion

Li, Z., Zhang, J., Xue, Y., He, Y., Tang, L., Ke, M., & Gong, Y. Q. (2021) · Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology · doi:10.1007/s00417-021-05328-4 · Cited by 3

Measuring response functions of active materials from data

Molaei, M., Redford, S. A., Chou, W.-H., Scheff, D. R., Pablo, J., Oakes, P. W., & Gardel, M. L. (2023) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2305283120 · Cited by 3

Alteration of actin cytoskeletal organisation in fetal akinesia deformation sequence

Jühlen, R., Grauer, L., Martinelli, V., Rencurel, C., & Fahrenkrog, B. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-023-50615-1 · Cited by 3

The Actin Cytoskeleton and the Regulation of Cell Migration

Lee, J. M. (2013) · Colloquium Series on Building Blocks of the Cell Cell Structure and Function · doi:10.4199/c00083ed1v01y201305bbc005 · Cited by 3

A Statistical and Biophysical Toolbox to Elucidate Structure and Formation of Stress Fibers

Eltzner, B., Hauke, L., Huckemann, S., Rehfeldt, F., & Wollnik, C. (2020) · Topics in applied physics · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34413-9_10 · Cited by 3

Evaluation of a peptide motif designed for protein tethering to polymer surfaces

Nakano, A., Hirata, I., Pham, B. V., Shakya, A., Tanimoto, K., & Kato, K. (2020) · Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition · doi:10.1080/09205063.2020.1816870 · Cited by 3

Expression of cell type incongruent alpha-cardiac actin 1 subunit in medulloblastoma reveals a novel mechanism for cancer cell survival and control of migration

Suresh, R., Picard, D. J., Lo, R., Beaulieu, J., Remke, M., & Diaz, R. J. (2021) · Neuro-Oncology Advances · doi:10.1093/noajnl/vdab064 · Cited by 3

Mucosal Restitution and Repair

Liu, C. Y., Polk, D. B., & Frey, M. R. (2018) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809954-4.00029-3 · Cited by 4

Viral manipulation of mechanoresponsive signaling disassembles processing bodiesPreprint

Castle, E. L., Robinson, C.-A., Douglas, P., Rinker, K. D., & Corcoran, J. A. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2020.05.15.091876 · Cited by 3

Single cell transcriptome analysis defines heterogeneity of the murine pancreatic ductal treePreprint

Hendley, A. M., Rao, A. A., Leonhardt, L., Ashe, S., Smith, J., Giacometti, S., Peng, X. L., Jiang, H., Berrios, D. I., Pawlak, M., et al. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2020.10.12.336784 · Cited by 3

Mapping variation in the morphological landscape of human cells with optical pooled CRISPRi screeningPreprint

Labitigan, R. L. D., Sanborn, A. L., Hao, C. V., Chan, C. K., Belliveau, N. M., Brown, E. M., Mehrotra, M., & Theriot, J. A. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.94964 · Cited by 3

Macrophages bend long fibres with flexural rigidity lower than 3 mN·nm2 to avoid frustrated phagocytosis

Broßell, D., Meyer-Plath, A., Gräb, O., Heunisch, E., Kämpf, K., Haase, A., & Wiemann, M. (2026) · Particle and Fibre Toxicology · doi:10.1186/s12989-026-00666-9 · Cited by 2

Expanding the Chemical Space of Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ) Receptor Type II Degraders with 3,4-Disubstituted Indole Derivatives

Längle, D. S., Wojtowicz‐Piotrowski, S., Priegann, T., Keller, N., Wesseler, F., Reckzeh, E. S., Steffens, K., Grathwol, C. W., Lemke, J., Flaßhoff, M., et al. (2024) · ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science · doi:10.1021/acsptsci.3c00371 · Cited by 2

Calponin-homology domain of GAS2L1 promotes formation of stress fibers and focal adhesions

Au, F. K. C., Le, K. T. D., Liao, Z., Lin, Z., Shen, Y., Tong, P., Zhang, M., & Qi, R. Z. (2025) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e24-10-0444 · Cited by 2

Morphological and Metabolic Adaptations to Increasing Temperature: Insights from the In Vitro Model of Maraena Whitefish

Tönißen, K., Brenmoehl, J., Wanka, H., & Grunow, B. (2025) · Fishes · doi:10.3390/fishes10070352 · Cited by 2

A song of heads and tails: myosin II conformational regulation and filament dynamics shape force generation in non-muscle cells

Perez-Diaz, R., Garrido-Casado, M., Ramos-Solano, H., Llorente-González, C., Talayero, V. C., & Vicente‐Manzanares, M. (2026) · Biophysical Reviews · doi:10.1007/s12551-026-01414-1 · Cited by 2

Modulation of actin-binding and -bundling activities of MISP/Caprice by multiple phosphorylation

Maarof, N. D., Kumeta, M., & Yoshimura, S. H. (2021) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.05.041 · Cited by 2

Modeling and simulation of cell migration on the basis of force equilibrium

Chang, C., Dai, Z., & Shih, P. (2021) · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1002/cnm.3550 · Cited by 2

3,5,3'-Triiodo-L-Thyronine Regulates Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamic in The Differentiated PC-12 Cells during Hypoxia through An αvβ3 Integrin.

Barbakadze, T., Kvergelidze, E., Bátor, J., Szeberényi, J., & Mikeladze, D. (2023) · PubMed Central · doi:10.22074/cellj.2022.557501.1059 · Cited by 2

Colchicine Modulates the Actin Cytoskeleton by Direct Binding to the Monomer and Facilitating Polymerization

Hacıosmanoğlu, E., Günçer, B., Baday, S., Edis, B. Ö., Mártonfalvi, Z., Agócs, G., Hollósi, A., Varga, A., Tordai, H., Kellermayer, M., et al. (2025) · The FASEB Journal · doi:10.1096/fj.202501907r · Cited by 2

Measuring Cell-Edge Protrusion Dynamics during Spreading using Live-Cell Microscopy

Lukić, N., Saha, T., Lapetina, S., Gendler, M., Lehmann, G., Koleske, A. J., & Gil-Henn, H. (2021) · Journal of Visualized Experiments · doi:10.3791/63157 · Cited by 2

Skeletal muscle cell protein dysregulation highlights the pathogenesis mechanism of myopathy-associated p97/VCP R155H mutations

Luzzi, A., Wang, F., Li, S., Iacovino, M., & Chou, T. (2023) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2023.1211635 · Cited by 2

Transcriptome Analysis of Myocardial Ischemic-Hypoxic Injury in Rats and Hypoxic H9C2 Cells

Niu, N., Miao, H., & Ren, H. (2024) · ESC Heart Failure · doi:10.1002/ehf2.14903 · Cited by 2

It's Not Just About Speed: Single-Cell Tracking Reveals Changes in MSC Motility Associated with Replicative Senescence

Lukacheva, A., Bogachev, M. I., Мусорина, А. С., Kriger, D. V., Poljanskaya, G. G., & Bobkov, D. E. (2025) · Stem Cell Reviews and Reports · doi:10.1007/s12015-025-10868-x · Cited by 2

Tracking coordinated cellular dynamics in time-lapse microscopy with ARCOS.px

Grädel, B., Brönnimann, L., Gagliardi, P. A., Hinderling, L., Pertz, O. C., & Dobrzyński, M. (2025) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.264022 · Cited by 2

VE‐Cadherin–Actin Regulation Promotes Mechanotransduction and Monolayer Maturation Involving a Tension‐Sensitive Intermediate State

Franz, J., Odenthal-Schnittler, M., Kipcke, J. P., Seebach, J., Labbaf, Z., Merten, F., Bojovic, V., Taha, M., Eble, J. A., Raz, E., et al. (2026) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202516423 · Cited by 2

High risk HPV E6 oncoproteins impair the subcellular distribution of the four and a half LIM-only protein 2 (FHL2)

Manzo-Merino, J., Massimi, P., Banks, L., & Lizano, M. (2014) · Virology · doi:10.1016/j.virol.2014.11.025 · Cited by 2

PFN2a, a new partner of RARα in the cytoplasm

Andriamoratsiresy, D., Piskunov, A., Lutzing, R., & Rochette‐Egly, C. (2017) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.096 · Cited by 2

A Chemomechanical Model for Regulation of Contractility in the Embryonic Brain Tube

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