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Cell-Driven ECM Remodeling Enables Mechanical Cell-Cell Communication

Long-range mechanical signaling in biological systems

F Alisafaei, X Chen, T Leahy, P A Janmey, VB Shenoy

Soft Matter, 2021

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The balance between actomyosin contractility and microtubule polymerization regulates hierarchical protrusions that govern efficient fibroblast–collagen interactions

D Shakiba, F Alisafaei, A Savadipour, RA Rowe, Z Liu, KM Pryse, VB Shenoy, EL Elson, GM Genin

ACS Nano, 2020

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Fibrous nonlinear elasticity enables positive mechanical feedback between cells and ECMs

MS Hall, F Alisafaei, E Ban, X Feng, CY Hui, VB Shenoy, M Wu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2016

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